ICDC-NC Fellows, 2026 to 2027

Eighteen faculty members on the 17 UNC System campuses are teaching the ICDC course this year, in disciplines from history and psychology to logic, political science, and arts entrepreneurship.

Paul Boaheng
Paul Boaheng
Associate Professor, Intelligence Studies, Geospatial Sciences, Political Science and History
Fayetteville State University
FellowDisciplineCampusCourseTerm
James BlackwellHistoryWinston-Salem State University
HIS 1305, Africa's Impact on World History
HIS 2306, US History to 1865
Fall 2026 and Spring 2027
Paul BoahengPhilosophyFayetteville State UniversityCritical Thinking, or Political and Social Philosophy: Foundations of American DemocracySpring 2027
Daniel BoisvertPhilosophyUNC CharlottePHIL 1150, Conflict to Curiosity: Rethinking Disagreement for Life and DemocracySpring 2027
Grace CampbellPolitical ScienceUNC AshevillePOLS 373, Politics and Public ReasonSpring 2027
Sam CastelblancoPsychologyWestern Carolina UniversityPSY 150, General Psychology (three sections, including the Honors section)Fall 2026
John CollinsPhilosophyEast Carolina UniversityPHIL 3350, Great PhilosopherFall 2026
Gary ComstockDirectorPhilosophyNorth Carolina State University
HON 398, Critical Thinking, Civil Discourse (two sections)
HON 210, How We Argue
Fall 2026 and Spring 2027
Gabriel CruzMedia StudiesNorth Carolina Central UniversityMSCM 3610, Special TopicsSpring 2027
Galen ForesmanLiberal StudiesNorth Carolina A&T State UniversityCourse to be announcedSpring 2027
Mathew FoustPhilosophyAppalachian State UniversityPHL 1530, Selected Topics: Critical Thinking and Civil DiscourseSpring 2027
Alejandro HortalLanguages, Literatures, and CulturesUNC GreensboroLLC 140, Democracy as a Culture: Shaping Communities and Civic LifeSpring 2027
Scott JamesPhilosophyUNC WilmingtonPAR 115, Introduction to Ethics (two sections)Fall 2026
Bethany KiblerHumanitiesUNC School of the Arts
HUM 2100, Critical Dialogues
ARE 2198 and ARE 3198, Arts Entrepreneurship Topics
Fall 2026 and Spring 2027
Ormand MooreAmerican StudiesNorth Carolina School of Science and MathematicsAmerican Studies I (two sections)Fall 2026
Charles ReedHistoryElizabeth City State UniversityHIST 141, Making of the Modern WorldFall 2026
Geoffrey Sayre-McCordCo-directorPhilosophyUNC-Chapel HillPHIL 160, Virtue, Value, and HappinessFall 2026
Roy SchwartzmanCommunicationNorth Carolina State UniversityCOM 498, Critical Thinking and Civil DiscourseSpring 2027
Brian StrattonPhilosophyUNC PembrokePHI 1010, LogicFall 2026

Course titles and terms are as registered by the fellows and may change. Enrollment across these courses is expected to be roughly 900 students.

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