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Leadership Team & Steering Committee

For overall questions about Polis / institutional priorities, please reach out to Manoj Mohanan.  If you have questions about upcoming Polis events, please contact Meg Bittle (Assistant Director of Polis).

Polis Leadership Team

Meg Bittle

MEG BITTLE

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Quazha Nettles

QUAZHA NETTLES

ADMINISTRATIVE & COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANT

Polis Steering Committee

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NICK CARNES
Creed C. Black Associate Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy

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MARK DALHOUSE
Academic Dean, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Peter Feaver

PETER FEAVER
Professor of Political Science

Kristin Goss

KRISTIN GOSS
Kevin D. Gorter Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy

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POLLY HA
Associate Professor in the History Department and Divinity School; Director of the Transformative Ideas Program

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ASHER D. HILDEBRAND
Professor of the Practice in the Sanford School of Public Policy

Bruce Jentleson

BRUCE JENTLESON
William Preston Few Distinguished Professor of Public Policy

Eric Mlyn

ERIC MLYN
Lecturer in the Sanford School of Public Policy; Distinguished Faculty Fellow in the Kenan Institute for Ethics

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JAY PEARSON
Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Associate Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy

Congressman David Price

DAVID E. PRICE
Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Duke University; Polis Distinguished Fellow

Ken Rogerson

KENNETH ROGERSON
Associate Professor of the Practice in the Sanford School of Public Policy

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DEONDRA ROSE
Kevin D. Gorter Associate Professor of Public Policy and Associate Professor of Political Science and History at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy

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DAVID SCHANZER
Professor of the Practice in the Sanford School of Public Policy; Director of the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security

Chris Simmons

CHRIS SIMMONS
Associate Vice President, Office of Government Relations

Mallory SoRelle

MALLORY SORELLE
Assistant Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy

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KATHRYN WHETTEN
Professor, Public Policy and Global Health; Director, Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Research