The faculty at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy have earned national and international recognition for excellence in research, policy engagement and teaching.
About Us
Sanford has a diverse mix of academic scholars and professors of the practice whose practical experience in top leadership roles enhances the classroom experience.
Faculty members collaborate across disciplines to explore questions relating to income inequality, obesity and hunger, energy policy, child neglect and abuse, access to health care, democratization, foreign policy and global concerns.
Featured Faculty
Professor Deondra Rose
Faculty member Deondra Rose is co-director of the North Carolina Scholars Strategy Network (SSN). Her research focuses on the feedback effects of landmark social policies on the American political landscape.
Tenure-track professors
Non-tenure track faculty
Professors Emeriti
Members of National Academies & American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Hold named titles
BASS FELLOWS
- Bill Adair - Knight Professor of the Practice of Journalism and Public Policy
- Frank Bruni - Eugene C. Patterson Professor of the Practice of Journalism and Public Policy
- Stephen Buckley - Eugene C. Patterson Professor of the Practice of Journalism and Public Policy
- Lisa Gennetian - Pritzker Professor of Early Learning Policy Studies
- David Hoffman - Steed Family Professor of the Practice of Public Policy
- Matt Johnson - Bruce L. Payne Associate Professor of Public Policy
- Robyn Meeks - Mark and Lynne Florian Associate Professor of Public Policy
- Andrew Nurkin - Hart Associate Professor of the Practice
- Jay Pearson - McLain Foundation Associate Professor of Public Policy
- Celina Scott-Buechler - Accenture Assistant Professor of Public Policy
- Mallory SoRelle - Tony & Teddie Brown Associate Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy
- Anne Washington - Rothermere/Harmsworth Duke Associate Professor of Technology Policy
- Alexandra Zagbayou - Hart Associate Professor of the Practice
- Nicholas W. Carnes
- Kristin Anne Goss
- Judith Kelley
- Robert Korstad
- Gunther W. Peck
National Academy of Medicine
- Peter A. Ubel
- Kenneth A. Dodge
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Vincent E. Price
- Kenneth A. Dodge
National Academy of Public Administration
- Judith Kelley
American Academy of Political and Social Science
- William A. Darity
Faculty Centers
Faculty members lead interdisciplinary centers within the Sanford School, including:
- Duke Center for Child and Family Policy
- DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy
- Hart Leadership Program
- World Food Policy Center
- Duke Center for International Development (DCID). Through DCID, Sanford offers international policy consulting services and executive education to international mid-career professionals.
Sanford Faculty Directory
The Sanford School faculty have earned national and international recognition for excellence in research, policy engagement and teaching. We have a diverse mix of academic scholars and professors of the practice whose practical experience in top leadership roles enhances the classroom experience.