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Judith Kelley

Judith Kelley CV

ITT/Terry Sanford Distinguished Professor of Public Policy
Sanford School of Public Policy
judith.kelley@duke.edu
Box 90245, Durham, NC 27708-0245
240A Sanford Bldg, Box 90245, Durham, NC 27708
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Awards & Honors

Fellow, National Academy of Public Administration

National National Academy of Public Administration · 2021

Brownell-Whetten Award for Diversity and Inclusion

Department Duke · 2016

Susan E. Tifft Undergraduate teaching and mentoring award

University Duke Sanford School of Public Policy · 2013

One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2013

National Choice · 2013

Chadwick F. Alger Prize

International International Studies Association · 2013

Fellow

Other Bass Society, Duke University · 2012

Fellow of the Bass Society of Excellence in Scholarship and Teaching

University Duke University · 2012

First Place Winner of the ENMISA Graduate Paper Competition (later the Martin O. Heisler Award)

International The Ethnicity, Nationalism and Migration section of the International Studies Association · 2000

Firestone Medal for Excellence in Research

University Stanford University · 1995

In the News

Published August 18, 2025
Search Committee for Next Dean of Sanford School of Public Policy
Published April 5, 2024
Judith Kelley to Step Down as Sanford School Dean
Published March 5, 2024
‘People Are Exhausted by Politics’: Faculty Assess the 2024 Election at Briefing for International Journalists
Published October 30, 2023
Leaders in Government, Business, Academia to Examine Results of CHIPS and Science Act
Published July 5, 2022
Judith Kelley Reappointed Dean of the Sanford School of Public Policy
Published November 19, 2021
Comments Sought in Regular Review of Sanford Dean Judith Kelley
Published January 7, 2021
Lessons From the U.S. Capitol Riot
Published October 23, 2020
Everything You Need to Know About How Your Vote Gets Properly Counted
Published January 9, 2020
Sanford Podcast: Getting Artificial Intelligence Right, for Everyone
Published June 20, 2019
Sanford Dean Judith Kelley on Why Today's US Report on Trafficking Is Important
Published February 28, 2019
When Democracy Declines: Panel Explores the Challenges to Sustaining Freedom
Published January 15, 2019
Scorecarding the Dictators: How Rating Countries' Behavior Can Change It
Published December 4, 2018
On the Hill, Deans Promote Higher Education's Power to Transform Lives
Published November 14, 2018
Evidence: Linking Scholars and Education Practitioners
Published October 31, 2018
International Election Observers Evaluating US Midterm Elections Will Face Limitations
Published January 11, 2018
Judith Kelley Named Dean of Dukes Sanford School of Public Policy
Published January 10, 2018
Kelley Receives Albie Award
Published November 27, 2017
Robots, Wikileaks and the Fight Against Human Trafficking
Published March 23, 2017
What WikiLeaks Reveals About Human Trafficking
Published November 2, 2016
Duke's Danish-American Expert on Elections Talks About Voting in the US for the First Time
Published October 8, 2015
China Expert to Speak on Democracy vs. Meritocracy
Published July 29, 2015
New research: Who cares how the U.S. ranks nations' efforts on human trafficking?
Published June 5, 2015
The peculiar charms (and perils) of electronic voting
Published April 30, 2015
‘Scorecard Diplomacy:’ Rating Nations on the Fight Against Human Trafficking
Published November 17, 2014
U.S. Must Maintain Strong Voice for Trafficking Victims
Published November 14, 2014
Judith Kelley, co-author: U.S. must maintain strong voice for trafficking victims
Published November 6, 2014
Judith Kelley comments: Performance indices -- ranking the rankings
Published May 6, 2014
Judith Kelley comments: Hong Kong still seeking a middle ground on electoral reform
Published October 20, 2013
Judith Kelley: Finding Leverage to Stop Human Trafficking