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N&O Names Bill Kinsella Tar Heel of the Week

N&O Names Bill Kinsella Tar Heel of the Week

March 28, 2011 1-min. read


Associate Professor of Communication Bill Kinsella focuses on how public discussion of technical issues, such as nuclear power, shapes public policy. His work takes on new relevance after the disaster in Japan. The News and Observer has named Kinsella as its Tar Heel of the Week. Kinsella directs the interdisciplinary Science, Technology, and Society program.

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