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Bruce W. Jentleson

William Preston Few Distinguished Professor of Public Policy
Sanford School of Public Policy
Box 90312, Durham, NC 27708-0312
122 Rubenstein Hall, Box 90312, Durham, NC 27708-0312

Current Appointments & Affiliations


William Preston Few Distinguished Professor of Public Policy · 2019 - Present Sanford School of Public Policy
Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy · 2000 - Present Sanford School of Public Policy
Professor of Political Science · 2000 - Present Political Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Affiliate of the Duke Center for International Development · 2023 - Present Sanford School of Public Policy

Previous Appointments & Affiliations


Faculty Network Member of The Energy Initiative · 2012 - 2022 Initiatives, University Initiatives & Academic Support Units
Chair · 2000 - 2005 Sanford School of Public Policy
Director · 2000 - 2005 Sanford School of Public Policy

Academic Positions Outside Duke


Associate Director, Cornell-in-Washington Program · 1988 - 1989 Cornell University
Assistant Professor of Political Science · 1983 - 1988 UC Davis
Associate Professor of Political Science · 1989 - 1995 UC Davis
Senior Fellow · 1999 United States Institute of Peace
Visiting Research Fellow, School of Politics and International Relations, Research School of Social Sciences · 2013 Australia National University
Director · 1990 - 1999 UC Davis Washington Center
International Affairs Fellow · 1987 - 1988 Council on Foreign Relations
Guest Scholar · 1989 - 1990 Brookings Institution
Distinguished Scholar · 2014 Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Smithsonian Institution
Professor of Political Science · 1995 - 1999 UC Davis
Washington Research Director · 1997 - 1999 UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC)
Fulbright Senior Research Scholar · 2006 - 2007 Fundacion de Relaciones Internacionales y Dialogo Exterior (FRIDE), Madrid, Spain
Visiting Senior Research Fellow · 2006 - 2007 International Institute for Strategic Studies (London)
Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Changing Character of War Programme · 2006 - 2007 Oxford University, Centre for International Studies and Nuffield College
Global Fellow · 2018 Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Henry A. Kissinger Chair in Foreign Policy and International Relations · 2015 - 2016 John W. Kluge Center, Library of Congress
Non-Resident Senior Fellow on Public Opinion and Foreign Policy · 2016 - 2018 Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Co-Director · 2018 Bridging the Gap Initiative
Desmond Ball Visiting Chair · 2020 The Australia National University College of Asia and the Pacific