Viji Sathy

Dr. Viji Sathy is Interim Associate Provost for Faculty Development and Success, Senior Associate Director and Interim Director of the Center for Faculty Excellence. With over 30 years at UNC as a student, faculty member, and academic leader, she brings deep expertise in faculty development focused on evidenced-based teaching approaches, academic leadership, and mentorship.

A nationally recognized educator and facilitator, Dr. Sathy designs and leads programs that strengthen teaching and mentoring practices in higher education, advancing excellence and innovation across the academy. She has collaborated with organizations such as the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the Association of American Universities (AAU), and the National Academies (NASEM) to drive systemic change in STEM education.

Her leadership development work includes serving as Faculty Director of the Tyson Academic Leadership Program at UNC's Institute for the Arts & Humanities, where she coaches faculty leaders through the challenges of leading transformational change in academic institutions.

Dr. Sathy's scholarship on pedagogy and student success has been featured in Science and The Chronicle of Higher Education. She has received numerous campus teaching awards, as well as top national honors, including the American Psychological Association's 2024 Charles L. Brewer Distinguished Teaching Award.

She earned her B.S. and Ph.D. in psychometrics from UNC. Born in India and raised in a small North Carolina town, Dr. Sathy is a first-generation college graduate and a proud product of the state's public education system—and a lifelong Tar Heel.

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