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

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Deondra Rose  is the Director of Polis: Center for Politics and 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. 

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Tenure-track professors

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Research & Practice Professors

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Professors Emeriti

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Members of National Academies & American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Hold distinguished chairs

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BASS FELLOWS

M. Kate Bundorf – J. Alexander McMahon Distinguished Professor

William A. Darity – Samuel DuBois Cook Professor

Kenneth A. Dodge – William McDougall Professor

Lisa Gennetian – Pritzker Professor of Early Learning

Bruce Jentleson – William Preston Few Professor

Judith Kelley – ITT/Terry Sanford Professor

Anirudh Krishna – Edgar T. Thompson Professor

Jennifer Lansford - S. Malcolm Gillis Distinguished Research Professor

Manoj Mohanan- Creed C. Black Professor of Public Policy (Bass)

Phil Napoli – James K. Shepley Professor

Subhrendu Pattanayak – Oak Foundation Professor of Environmental and Energy Policy

Jay A. Pearson – H.M. Foundation Associate Professor

Vincent E. Price – Walter Hines Page University Professor of Political Science and Public Policy

Deondra Rose - Kevin D. Gorter Associate Professor of Public Policy (Bass)

Jennifer Siegel – Bruce Kuniholm Distinguished Professor of History and Public Policy

Peter A. Ubel – Dennis T. McLawhorn University Professor of Business Administration

National Academy of Medicine

Peter A. Ubel 

Kenneth A. Dodge

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Sanford faculty Kenneth Dodge, Margaret Sullivan and Abdullah Antepli (l-r) were all inducted into the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in 2023.

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Vincent E. Price

Joel Fleishman

Abdullah Antepli

Jennifer Lansford

Margaret Sullivan

National Academy of Public Administration

Judith Kelley

Joel Fleishman

American Academy of Political and Social Science

William A. Darity

Faculty Centers

Faculty members lead interdisciplinary centers within the Sanford School, including:

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Sanford Faculty Guide

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.

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Sanford's Strengths

Our areas of strength directly relate to the grand challenges of policy. The strengths of the school are augmented by larger strengths and networks within Duke and beyond. 

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Publications

Sanford faculty members conduct research all around the world. Explore the latest published research.

Recent Publications