Jim DeCristo
Interim Director

Jim DeCristo Interim Co-Director I Jim DeCristo joined the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in March 2005 as Director of Economic Development and External Affairs. DeCristo’s initial primary responsibility was laying the groundwork for the Center for...

Melicia Whitt-Glover Co-Director heART studio

Melicia Whitt-Glover Executive Director, Center of Excellence   Send mail to: glovermw@wssu.edu Melicia Whitt-Glover, PhD Executive Director, Center of Excellence for the Elimination of Health Disparities and Associate Professor, Department of Healthcare...

Betsy Towns – Director, Ed Design Studio

Betsy Towns Director, Higher Education Design Studio Send mail to: townsb@uncsa.edu Betsy Towns is an artist, designer, art historian, and educator. She also serves as Associate Professor of Art History in the Division of Liberal Arts at UNCSA, and founding director...

Tanya Walker

Tanya Walker Associate Professor of African American Literature and Interim Chairperson, Department of English   Dr. Tanya E. Walker-Bethea is Co-Faculty Lead for the HeArts Studio at CDI. Additionally, she is Associate Professor of African American Literature...

Nickolay Hristov Director, Information Design Studio

Nickolay Hristov Research Designer Send mail to: hristovn@cdiunc.org I grew up in the mountains of Bulgaria and didn’t cross the Atlantic Ocean to set foot in North America until I was 20.  The reason for the adventure?  Endless desire for learning!  Lots of it!  I...