The Floyd B. McKissick Visiting Scholar
The Floyd B. McKissick Visiting Scholar Program was created by Professors Emeriti Charles M. and Shirley F. Weiss in honor of their late friend, Judge Floyd McKissick, the first African-American admitted to the UNC School of Law, an active civil rights lawyer and chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality. Each year, a scholar is chosen, from among those nominated by programs throughout the University. The McKissick scholar spends a week in residence at Chapel Hill, providing public and classroom lectures and discussions with faculty, students, and mentors of the community. The last fellow was appointed in 1999.
Recent Floyd B. McKissick Visiting Scholars:
Autumn – 1999
- Timothy Bates
- Distinguished Professor of Labor and Urban Affairs
- College of Urban, Labor and Metropolitan Affairs
- Wayne State University
- Research: The formation, growth and failure of diverse minority owned businesses.
Autumn – 1998
- Samuel L. Meyers, Jr.
- Roy Wilkins Professor of Human Relations and Social Justice
- Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
- University of Minnesota
- Research: Racial and ethnic factors in economic inequality; educational outcomes of neighborhood poverty; unemployment and racial inequality.
Autumn – 1997
- George C. Galster
- Clarence Hiberry Professor of Urban Affairs
- College of Urban, Labor and Metropolitan Affairs
- Wayne State University
- Research: Subsidized and public housing programs; community development; redlining and racial discrimination.
1996-1997
- Anita R. Brown-Graham
- Assistant Professor of Public Law and Government
- Institute of Government
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Research: The relationship between nonprofit agencies and government in community development.