UNC’s Parr Center for Ethics has a new interim director: philosophy professor Geoffrey Sayre-McCord.

Arts and Sciences dean Karen Gil made the announcement last week, according to the Daily Tar Heel.

Sayre-McCord replaces Jan Boxill, who was one of the key figures named in Kenneth Wainstein’s 130-page report on “paper classes” and other academic irregularities at UNC. Among other things, Wainstein’s investigation uncovered emails between Boxill and AFAM department administrator Deborah Crowder about what grade a student-athlete needed on a paper in order to remain eligible to compete.

Geoffrey Sayre-McCord is a well-known and respected ethicist. His research has focused on the concept of moral realism and the work of the Scottish Enlightenment philosopher David Hume. He told the Daily Tar Heel he plans to remain in the position until the end of June.