Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy
Director of Duke in DC, Policy, Leadership & Innovation
Director of the Center for the Study of Philanthropy and Voluntarism
Professor of Political Science
Faculty Affiliate in the Hart Leadership Program
Faculty Affiliate in the Center for the Study of Philanthropy and Voluntarism
Faculty Affiliate in the Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society
Faculty Affiliate in the Center for Firearms Law
Director of the Center for the Study of Philanthropy and Voluntarism
Professor of Political Science
Faculty Affiliate in the Hart Leadership Program
Faculty Affiliate in the Center for the Study of Philanthropy and Voluntarism
Faculty Affiliate in the Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society
Faculty Affiliate in the Center for Firearms Law
- A native of Denver, I began my professional career as a newspaper reporter in Washington, DC.
- I got an MPP at Duke and a PhD at Harvard before returning to Duke as a faculty member in 2005.
- I study American politics, with an emphasis on political participation.
- My work examines gun politics, women's organizations, and philanthropy's influence on the health of democracy.
- I run the Duke in DC "semester away" program and am honored to be a member of the Bass Society of Fellows.