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Deondra Rose, professor of public policy, political science, and history at the Sanford School of Public Policy, is one of three Duke faculty members to receive the 2025 Judith Deckers Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.
Now in its second year, the Judith Deckers Prize honors three Duke faculty members annually for their excellence in undergraduate education. Sanford faculty have been represented in both years of the award. In 2024, Catherine Admay, senior lecturer at Sanford, was among the inaugural recipients.
Rose’s teaching spans public policy, political science, and history, with a focus on higher education policy, American political development, political behavior, and the politics of inequality, particularly as they relate to gender, race, and socioeconomic status. Her scholarship includes The Power of Black Excellence: HBCUs and the Fight for American Democracy (Oxford University Press, 2024) and Citizens by Degree: Higher Education Policy and the Changing Gender Dynamics of American Citizenship (Oxford University Press, 2018).
Official announcement
Below is Duke Today’s announcement of this year’s award recipients.
The Judith Deckers Prize honors three Duke faculty members for their excellence in undergraduate education. This award recognizes leaders in their fields who have substantial track records of positively affecting student learning and lives. The three faculty receiving the 2025 Judith Deckers Prize are Lisa Huettel of Pratt, Deondra Rose of Sanford and Sarah Schott of Trinity.
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“These faculty members’ commitment to the exemplary teaching of our undergraduates plays such an important role in shaping the academic pathways of our students,” said Duke Provost Alec Gallimore. “The foundations they lay in our Duke classrooms not only guarantee academic excellence but also prepare our students for a meaningful future as thoughtfully contributing members of our society.”
The Judith Deckers Prize celebrates professors who not only make a profound impact on students, but who are also pedagogical leaders within Duke’s faculty, individuals who have a history of sharing teaching innovations and best practices within the educational community.
“These faculty are not just awesome instructors, they are exceptional mentors, advisors, and exemplify faculty/student engagement,” noted Duke’s Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education Lee D. Baker. “They make a difference and instantiate the Duke difference."
The Judith Deckers Prize received more than 680 nominations from active Duke students, alums, faculty and staff, identifying 225 remarkable faculty members last spring. The award grants three faculty members a prestigious honor along with a monetary prize of $35,000 each.