Nikole Hannah-Jones, the leading author of the New York Times’ highly controversial 1619 Project, will be teaching journalism at the University of North Carolina (UNC) this summer. While remaining at the New York Times, Hannah-Jones will join the faculty at the UNC-Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Journalism and Media in July as a Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism, the school announced Monday. “This is a full-circle moment for me as I return to the place that launched my career to help launch the careers of other aspiring journalists,” Hannah-Jones, who earned her master’s degree at UNC Hussman, wrote on Twitter. “I’m so excited to continue mentoring students from the classroom and for all I will learn from them.” In May 2020, Hannah-Jones was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for her work on the 1619 Project, which aims to “reframe American history” by presenting the United States as an inherently …