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Michael C. Munger

Pfizer,Inc./Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. University Distinguished Professor
Political Science
Box 90204, Durham, NC 27708-0204
140 Science Drive, 217 Gross, Box 90204, Durham, NC 27708

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Pfizer,Inc./Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. University Distinguished Professor · 2024 - Present Political Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor of Political Science · 2000 - Present Political Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor of Economics · 2001 - Present Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy · 2011 - Present Sanford School of Public Policy
Bass Fellow · 2011 - Present Political Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Previous Appointments & Affiliations


Chair of the Department of Political Science · 2022 - 2022 Political Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Director of Undergraduate Studies of the Department of Political Science · 2016 - 2022 Political Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Director of the Philosophy, Politics & Economics Certificate · 2015 - 2018 Political Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Earl D. McLean, Jr. Professor of Political Science in Trinity College of Arts and Sciences · 2006 - 2011 Political Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Chair, Department of Political Science · 2007 - 2010 Political Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Chair, Department of Political Science · 2000 - 2006 Political Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor of Public Policy Studies · 2001 - 2005 Sanford School of Public Policy
Associate Professor of Political Science · 1997 - 2000 Political Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke


Chair, Department of Political Science, 2000-2010
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Political Science, 2015-2022
Director, Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Program, 2012-Present

Academic Positions Outside Duke


Chair of International Faculty · 2016 - Present Cevro Institute, Prague, Czech Republic
Adjunct Scholar and Faculty · 2009 - 2019 Institut fur Politische Wissenschaft, Friedrich Alexander Universitat, Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany,
Research Fellow and Adjunct Scholar · 2010 - 2017 Centro de Economia Politica, Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago de Chile