The Center for Human Science was founded at the turn of the millennium to advance the understanding of human and social dynamics by fostering a vibrant community of scholars in a setting that encourages intellectual exchange and innovative interdisciplinary research.
    Its Director, Bibb Latané, is a retired professor of social psychology who has won numerous awards and grants for his research on bystander intervention, social loafing, and the complex dynamics of social systems.
    Center activities are designed to involve pre- and post-doctoral students at UNC and Duke, adjunct and visiting faculty, and Center alumni. However, the heart of the program is its group of Residential Fellows who constitute the faculty of this "experiment in academic utopia."

Fellowships: The Center seeks practical idealists who:

• Want to meet and interact intellectually with people from other departments;
• Want to extend knowledge from their own disciplines to human problems;
• Are curious about theories and methods from other fields of study;
• Desire to live and/or work in a communal setting;
• Would like to be part of a life-long network of experts in related fields; and
• Seek involved, intense, exciting conversations on important issues.

Priority will be given to students in anthropology, business, communication, economics, geography, political science, psychology, public health, or sociology, although applicants from any discipline with a personal or scholarly interest in human science will be considered.

Amenities: The Center consists of three houses and two cottages on a two-acre campus in Chapel Hill’s historic Vance-McCauley district. The residences boast airy porches, well-maintained grounds, and Southern charm. The Center is located two blocks from campus and the Franklin Street shopping district, with several free bus lines nearby.
    In addition to furnished suites, Fellows have access to:

• A 2000+ volume reading room,
• 12-station computer lab with hi-speed internet access,
• Color printing/duplication/binding facilities,
• Media room with 120" high-definition audio/visual system,
• Lap pool/workout facilities,
• Off-street parking (for an additional $40 per month) and covered bike shed

The Center's "faculty" consists of 16 pre- and post-doctoral Fellows committed to teaching one another and the online world from the perspectives of their respective fields.

• Teaching: With primary responsibility for just two presentations a semester, Fellows help teach the equivalent of a graduate seminar. Our expanding curriculum will include a variety of course formrats, content areas, and meeting times from which to choose.
• Scholarship: Fellows create and submit short contributions based on their presentations to the soon-to-be inaugurated Human Science Online, which will use a web-based format to reach an interdisciplinary audience. They can also use the Center's powerful KNOW system for conducting online experiments and surveys.
  
• Service: Fellows constitute the committees that steer the Center's day-to-day and long-term operations, providing valuable experience in departmental procedures.

Finances: The Residential Fellowship in Interdisciplinary Learning covers almost all of the costs associated with living at the Center, from utilities and insurance to meals and special events. However, Fellows are asked for a small additional contribution of about $300 per month to help defray these costs. The cost of room and board is weighed against fellow participation: the more a fellow participates, the less their housing contribution is.

Non-residential Fellowships are available only to Former Fellows, who may continue to participate in Center programs while receiving a housing allowance.