The Dialectic Senate proudly carries on the tradition of Society-father James Mebane, who presided over the first student organization at the University of North Carolina and the second student organization at any American university. The Dialectic Society has always stood as UNC’s symbol of student extracurricular achievement. The ideals of virtus and scientia and the current Dialectic President, Joy Aikens, guide the Society as it continually strives to better itself and the university. Below is a list of active Dialectic Senators. The Dialectic Constitution may be viewed here.
Valerie Calvo, Senator
Junior | Physics and English
Joined: October 15th, 2018
“When people talk, listen completely. Don’t be thinking what you’re going to say. Most people never listen.”
– Ernest Hemingway
AJ Moore, Senator
Senior | Spanish Literature and Culture
Joined: December 3rd, 2018
“But the main thing he sees is that the whole system of the world is built on a lie. And although it’s as plain as the shining sun—the don’t-knows have lived with that lie so long they just can’t see it.”
– Carson McCullers, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Anna Fiore, Joint Senate President
Senior | Peace, War, and Defense and Philosophy
Joined: March 18th, 2019
Marie Leighton McCall, Senator
Senior | Asian Studies
Joined: April 1st, 2019
“When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.”
-Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
Jacob Woody, Senator
Senior | Economics
Joined: November 4, 2019
“We realize that we are as ourselves unlimited and our experiences valid. It is for the rest of the world to recognize this, if they choose.”
-Alice Walker, The Color Purple
Holly Michelle Atkinson, Senator
Senior | Advertising, Psychology, and Studio Art
Joined: November 11, 2019
“Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in a good society holds exactly the same opinions. ”
– Oscar Wilde
Andrew Richards, President Pro Tempore
Senior | Computer Science and Philosophy
Joined: November 18, 2019
– Unnamed Democratic Operative
Evans Orcel, Senator
Senior | Information Science and Computer Science
Joined: February 3rd, 2020
“You’re my everything, Evans”
– Senator Lïndbêgērkër
Joy Aikens, Di President
Senior | Computer Science, Public Policy and Classical Humanities
Joined: February 17th, 2020
“Sweet is it, sweet is it to sleep in the coolness of snug unawareness.”
– Gwendolyn Brooks
Reynaldo Reyes-Arroyo, Senator
Senior | Peace, War, and Defense and History
Joined: October 6th, 2020
Jessica Barta, Treasurer
Junior| Psychology
Joined: October 15th, 2020
“How did I get here?”
– Desmond the Moon Bear
Catherine Williamson, Senator
Junior | Peace, War, and Defense and Japanese
Joined: November 15th, 2020
“When the old paths are choked with the debris of failure, look for newer and fresher paths. Art is such a path. Art is distilled from suffering.”
– Nathanael West, Miss Lonelyhearts
Sam Robinson, Senator
Sophomore | Philosophy and Political Science
Joined: April 20, 2021
Justin Hall, Senator
Senior| Political Science
Joined: April 20, 2021
“Conkling was elected in January 1867 a U.S. Senator from New York, and re-elected in 1873 and 1879, served from March 4, 1867 to May 16, 1881.”
– Wikipedia Article on Roscoe Conkling
