Incoming UNC Faculty Chair: ‘Academic Scandal Indefensible, Unacceptable’ Posted May 27, 2014 Jaycee Burn Center director and John Stackhouse Distinguished Professor of Surgery, Bruce Cairns was recently elected as chair of the faculty at UNC amid an academic scandal that has some faculty—current and former—up in arms. Dr. Cairns will take over from Jan Boxill at the start of the new academic year on July 1 and serve three years. (Chapelboro.com)