New Faculty & Staff
Sebastian James
A former senior economist at the World Bank, Sebastian James joins Sanford and DCID as a professor of the practice. In his 15 years at the World Bank, he advised several countries on the design of their tax policy and tax administration with an emphasis on economic growth and fiscal adequacy. He has also worked in cross-cutting areas covering the role of tax policy on investment policy, inequality and climate change, and his research work on tax incentives is influential. Prior to the World Bank, James worked for the Indian Revenue Service and held senior positions in the India’s Tax Administration and Tax Policy between 1996 and 2002.
Jonathan Stromseth
Jonathan Stromseth, a nonresident senior fellow at The Brookings Institution with a joint appointment in the Center for Asia Policy Studies and John L. Thornton China Center, joined Sanford and DCID in January 2024 as a professor of the practice. An expert on U.S. Asia policy and good governance, Stromseth previously worked at Brookings as a senior fellow and the Lee Kuan Yew Chair in Southeast Asian Studies; served on the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff (2014-17); served as The Asia Foundation’s country representative to China (2006-14); and taught Southeast Asian politics at Columbia University.
Shelley Liu
Political scientist Shelley Liu comes to Duke from UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy, where she was an assistant professor. Her research focuses on how conflict affects development, institutional weakness, and citizen trust in the state in polarized political contexts. The assistant professor's book, “Governing After War: Rebel Victories and Post-War Statebuilding,” published in March 2024 by Oxford University Press, is the culmination of several years of fieldwork in Zimbabwe and Liberia to understand how wartime processes in different African countries affect state-building efforts.
Jack Daly
Jack Daly is a research manager for the Duke World Food Policy Center (WFPC) and Duke Center for International Development. Previously, he worked in research positions at the WFPC, where he focused on food systems and global institutions, and at the Duke Global Value Chain Center, where he examined supply chain and firm dynamics across multiple sectors. He also served as the WFPC's business manager.
Ankhi Das
DCID senior fellow Ankhi Das is a public policy expert, a South Asian woman business leader, and VC investor dedicated to improving technology access and digital transformation for promoting economic growth, education and strengthening digital rights in South Asia. She has over 25 years of operating and leadership experience representing U.S. tech companies in the South Asia region and driving partnerships with public, private and social sectors.
Haude Lannon
DCID senior fellow Haude Lannon comes from the consultancy Access Partnership, where she was director of international policy, leading advocacy campaigns for global tech companies. She previously worked in political campaigning, including the UK’s EU membership referendum campaign and EU Constitution referendum, served the European Parliament as Chief of Staff, and co-founded EU-turn, a boutique communications agency.
Visiting Research Scholars
Lucas Falcão
With sponsorship from the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES/Brazil), Lucas Falcão was a visiting researcher at the Duke Center for International Development during fall 2023. Under the guidance of Professor Marcos Rangel, his research examines the impacts of river seasonality on public health in the Brazilian Amazon.
Huong Vu
Huong Vu was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the Duke Center for International Development for the 2023-24 academic year. He is an associate professor of economics at Vietnam National University with primary research interests encompassing topics such as corruption, firm performance, livelihoods and household welfare.
Ting Zhou
Ting Zhou joined the Duke Center for International Development for 2023-24 as a visiting researcher with sponsorship from the China Scholarship Council. Under the guidance of Professor Alexander Pfaff, her research examines the causal mechanisms of the forest payment for ecosystem services program on forest regulating services in China.
Our Team
Faculty
- Catherine Admay
- Sarah Bermeo
- Jennifer Chow
- Taylor Conger
- Sarah Dickerson
- Fernando Fernholz
- Rachel George
- Gary Gereffi
- Graham Glenday
- Rebecca Goldsmith
- Sebastian James
- Bruce Jentleson
- Marc Jeuland
- Roy Kelly
- Anirudh Krishna
- Bruce Kuniholm
- Francis Lethem
- Shelley Liu
- Robyn Meeks
- Natalia Mirovitskaia
- Manoj Mohanan
- Lisa Moreau
- Maureen Moriarty
- Matt Nash
- Subhrendu Pattanayak
- Alexander Pfaff
- Dirk Philipsen
- Anne Pizer
- Billy Pizer
- Phyllis Pomerantz
- Marcos Rangel
- Kenneth Rogerson
- Amb Manuel Sager
- Laura Sallstrom
- Kerilyn Schewel
- Gangadhar “GP” Shukla
- Andrew Sisson
- Jonathan Stromseth
- Shai Tamari
- Undes Wen
- Giovanni Zanalda
Administration
- Edmund Malesky, director; professor of political economy
- Jonathan Abels, executive director
- Corinne Krupp, director of graduate studies; professor of the practice
Staff
- Matt Bunyi, director of executive education and knowledge partnerships
- Susan Carroll, managing director, Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center
- Jooyoung Chun, program coordinator, MIDP
- Jack Daly, research manager
- Mirna Dave, senior program coordinator, executive education
- Eleanor Feaver, staff assistant, executive education
- Nicole Filippo, communications director
- Dayne Hamrick, MIDP admissions director
- Stephanie Alt Lamm, director of global academic partnerships and engagement
- Mollie LoJacono, director of student and academic services, MIDP
- Felicia Mims, financial and grants manager
- Dean Storelli, director, MIDP writing and communication services
- Jay Tucker, accounting supervisor