Duke students: the 2024 presidential election represented a critical moment in American democracy, and we want to hear your perspective. We invite you to submit a thoughtful, 250-500 word reaction essay exploring your insights, observations, and reflections on this pivotal electoral event. Your reaction piece will be published in The Lemur, and will be used, alongside other students’ reactions, as part of roundtable discussion on the election. The Lemur is a student-run magazine maintained by students of Transformative Ideas and Polis: Center for Politics.
Submissions are due December 6 at midnight ET. Please email your essay to sherman.criner@duke.edu.
The Lemur is a student-run magazine maintained by Transformative Ideas and Polis students.
The PSC Executive Board works to maximize the Committee's impact and to help foster a vibrant community for politics at Duke. They are vital in the execution of Polis's major events and in organizing and carrying out PSC events and activities.
"The Polis team is delighted to share our annual report for AY 2023-24. As we wrap up another inspiring year of programming and events, we are struck by the impact that our amazing community of students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends had in bringing out the best in politics at a time when society continues to grapple with the forces of political polarization, legislative gridlock, and declining civil discourse"
- Deondra Rose
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Polis Distinguished Fellows
The Polis Distinguished Fellows Program brings accomplished political practitioners, public servants, and organizers to campus to engage with our community and to dedicate some portion of their time to a project that promises an innovative solution to a problem of contemporary politics and that involves students in the process.
The program honors extraordinary leadership in politics and public service. Fellows are prominent figures who bring expertise and experience from their roles as practitioners in politics and governance, campaigns, activism, journalism, media, etc.
Fellows include Huma Abedin, Top Aide and Longtime Advisor to Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; Veteran Journalist John Harwood; Reggie Love, Senior Advisor, Apollo Global Management & Former Personal Aide to President Barack Obama; Minh-Thu Pham, Co-Founder of New American Voices & Former Director of Global Policy, United Nations Foundation; Former U.S. Representative for North Carolina District 4 David Price; & Ambassador Miriam Sapiro.
AY24-25 Polis Distinguished Fellow
Richard Burr
Principal Policy Advisor, DLA Piper LLP & Former North Carolina State Senator
Project Citizen ’23
Polis: Center for Politics serves as the Campus Partner for Project Citizen, an Experiential Orientation program designed to give students the skills to be informed, active, and compassionate citizens within Duke campus and our local, national, and global communities.
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Political scientists at Duke University draw upon a variety of theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches to produce cutting-edge research that enhances our understanding of politics. Polis is committed to showcasing political science research at Duke and to facilitating its creation.
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The Lemur provides a forum for intellectually ambitious and curious Duke students who wish to share ideas about history, philosophy, politics, art, religion, science, and culture with the broader university community while honing their writing skills with the aid of superb mentorship from Duke faculty and affiliates.
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