Margaret Jane Kern

Maggie earned a BA with highest distinction in public policy and a BA with distinction in history with a concentration in law, politics, and economics. At Carolina, she was the president and service educator of the Alpha Phi Omega public service organization, coordinating thousands of community service hours within the local community. Additionally, she was an undergraduate editor of the UNC Journal of History, an Ignite Fellow with Teach for America, and a Buckley Public Service Scholar. Academically, she pursued interests in North Carolina history and public policy, with an emphasis on public education and environmental policy. During her time at Carolina, she spent a semester at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, studying the origins of Scots-Irish settlement in the Carolinas.