Joy Salyers, Interim Executive Director
Joy M. Salyers received her MA in Folklore from UNC-Chapel Hill, and
has conducted fieldwork in several states, including a long-term life
review oral history project, and a collaborative project documenting,
through text and photos, members of a modern performance community.
She is the current secretary of the North Carolina Folklore Society.
Salyers has more than ten years’ experience in project management,
including running her own consulting business, facilitating an
innovative education program at UNC-Chapel Hill, and developing and
executing projects with multiple partners, including county agencies,
nonprofits, community groups, and museums. A decade of work in the
white anti-racist movement informs her particular interest in the
ethics and equity of engagement. Her work has been recognized with the
Robert E. Bryan Public Service Fellowship from UNC-Chapel Hill’s
Carolina Center for Public Service.
Salyers is also an award-winning curriculum developer who has
developed and taught courses at the elementary, middle school, and
university level. She has taught courses for the certificate in
documentary arts at Duke University’s Center for Documentary Studies
for more than ten years.
Email: Joy Salyers
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