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Fellows

The Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise Research Fellowship is an opportunity for advanced doctoral students, post docs and early career faculty researching the topics of entrepreneurship, economic development, or global competitiveness.

Research Fellows

The Kenan Institute draws on the expertise and insights of its Research Fellows. Fellows represent an intellectually diverse group of business and policy scholars that advise the Institute’s core initiatives and affiliated centers.

LaChaun Banks

Research Fellow, Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise; Professor of the Practice, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

Chris Bingham

Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Phillip Hettleman Distinguished Scholar and Area Chair of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

Jennifer Blouin

Professor of Accounting, The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania

    Greg Brown

    Founder and Research Director, Institute for Private Capital; Van and Kay Weatherspoon Distinguished Professor of Finance, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School; Faculty Director, Luther Hodges Scholars

    Anusha Chari

    Professor of Economics, UNC-Chapel Hill, and Professor of Finance, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

      Maryann P. Feldman

      Watts Endowed Professor of Public Affairs, Arizona State University School of Public Affairs

        Eric Ghysels

        Edward Bernstein Distinguished Professor of Economics and Professor of Finance, Faculty Director of Rethinc. Labs

          Robert S. Harris

          C. Stewart Sheppard Professor of Business Administration, University of Virginia

          David J. Hartzell

          Steven D. Bell and Leonard W. Wood Distinguished Professor in Real Estate; Professor of Finance, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

          David A. Hofmann

          Hugh L. McColl, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Leadership and Organizational Behavior and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

          Jim Johnson

          William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Director of the Urban Investment Strategies Center 

          Christian Lundblad

          Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Research & Richard "Dick" Levin Distinguished Professor of Finance, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

          Albert H. Segars

          PNC Distinguished Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

          Michael Smith

          Dean, School of Government; Professor of Public Law and Government; Executive Director, School of Government Foundation Board of Directors, UNC-Chapel Hill

          Jayashankar M. Swaminathan

          GlaxoSmithKline Distinguished Professor of Operations, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, and 2024 Kenan Institute Distinguished Fellow

          Valarie Zeithaml

          David S. Van Pelt Family Distinguished Professor of Marketing, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

          Distinguished Fellows

          The Kenan Institute’s Distinguished Fellows comprise an exemplary set of global scholars committed to leveraging their individual expertise, thought leadership, research and networks to further the institute’s efforts to examine – and drive solutions to – the most complex and timely issues facing business and the economy today. Appointed on an annual basis, the 2025 Distinguished Fellows work to support the Kenan Institute’s grand challenge initiative.

          Sekou Bermiss

          Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, and 2025 Kenan Institute Distinguished Fellow

          David J. Deming

          Isabelle and Scott Black Professor of Political Economy, Harvard Kennedy School, and 2025 Kenan Institute Distinguished Fellow

            Annelies Goger

            Fellow, The Brookings Institution, and 2025 Kenan Institute Distinguished Fellow

              Fellows

              Connections between leaders of in the private sector, policy makers, and the academy are central to the mission of the Institute. Kenan Institute Fellows play an instrumental role in advancing our mission by advising initiatives and affiliated centers on current developments in business and policy as well as facilitating outreach to key constituents.

              Dedric A. Carter

              Vice Chancellor for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development and Chief Innovation Officer, UNC Chapel Hill

                Mary Moore Hamrick

                CEO, Political Quotient Advisors, LLC; Adjunct Professor, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, College of Charleston School of Business, The Citadel

                  Thomas Stith

                  CEO, The Michael Thomas Group Inc.; former president, North Carolina Community College System

                    LaChaun Banks
                    Research Fellow, Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise; Professor of the Practice, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
                    Sekou Bermiss
                    Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, and 2025 Kenan Institute Distinguished Fellow
                    Chris Bingham
                    Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Phillip Hettleman Distinguished Scholar and Area Chair of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
                    Jennifer Blouin
                    Professor of Accounting, The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania
                    Greg Brown
                    Founder and Research Director, Institute for Private Capital; Van and Kay Weatherspoon Distinguished Professor of Finance, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School; Faculty Director, Luther Hodges Scholars
                    Dedric A. Carter

                    Vice Chancellor for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development and Chief Innovation Officer, UNC Chapel Hill

                    Anusha Chari
                    Professor of Economics, UNC-Chapel Hill, and Professor of Finance, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
                    David J. Deming

                    Isabelle and Scott Black Professor of Political Economy, Harvard Kennedy School, and 2025 Kenan Institute Distinguished Fellow

                    Maryann P. Feldman
                    Watts Endowed Professor of Public Affairs, Arizona State University School of Public Affairs
                    Eric Ghysels
                    Edward Bernstein Distinguished Professor of Economics and Professor of Finance, Faculty Director of Rethinc. Labs
                    Annelies Goger
                    Fellow, The Brookings Institution, and 2025 Kenan Institute Distinguished Fellow
                    Mary Moore Hamrick
                    CEO, Political Quotient Advisors, LLC; Adjunct Professor, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, College of Charleston School of Business, The Citadel
                    Robert S. Harris
                    C. Stewart Sheppard Professor of Business Administration, University of Virginia
                    David J. Hartzell
                    Steven D. Bell and Leonard W. Wood Distinguished Professor in Real Estate; Professor of Finance, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
                    David A. Hofmann
                    Hugh L. McColl, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Leadership and Organizational Behavior and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
                    Jim Johnson
                    William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Director of the Urban Investment Strategies Center 
                    Christian Lundblad
                    Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Research & Richard "Dick" Levin Distinguished Professor of Finance, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
                    Albert H. Segars
                    PNC Distinguished Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
                    Michael Smith
                    Dean, School of Government; Professor of Public Law and Government; Executive Director, School of Government Foundation Board of Directors, UNC-Chapel Hill
                    Thomas Stith

                    CEO, The Michael Thomas Group Inc.; former president, North Carolina Community College System

                    Jayashankar M. Swaminathan
                    GlaxoSmithKline Distinguished Professor of Operations, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, and 2024 Kenan Institute Distinguished Fellow
                    Valarie Zeithaml
                    David S. Van Pelt Family Distinguished Professor of Marketing, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School