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Betsi Dessauer

Fitness Instructor
Political Science
Box 90204, Durham, NC 27708
2020 W. Main Street, Suite 100, Box 104409, Durham, NC 27705

Overview


Betsi Dessauer
Project Coordinator for the Duke Council on Race and Ethnicity (DCORE)
and Duke MIEA / KORU Meditation Teacher

Betsi Dessauer is a researcher, writer, brainstormer, problem-solver, and artist, as well as a yoga and mindfulness instructor. Prior to joining Duke, she worked at C.A.R.E., the United Nations University's futurist Millennium Project, and the Benton Foundation doing research, writing, communications, program management, and development. Within Duke, she was the Assistant Director for Corporate and Foundation Relations at Duke’s Pratt School of Engineering before shifting to her work with the Duke Council on Race and Ethnicity.

Educational Background:
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Painting & Printmaking, Honors;
Minor in Art History

VCU's, School of the Arts

Master of Fine Arts
Painting and Drawing
UGA's Lamar Dodd School

United Nations Association Graduate Fellow
George Washington University

Service to Duke (previous and current):

Project Coordinator for the Duke Council on Race and Ethnicity
Associate Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations, Pratt School of Engineering
MIEA / Koru Mindfulness Meditation Instructor
OLLI Instructor
'Mindfulness in the Gardens' classes at Duke Gardens
Yoga Instructor at DFC

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Current Appointments & Affiliations