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Philip Michael Napoli

James R. Shepley Distinguished Professor of Public Policy
Sanford School of Public Policy
123 Sanford Building, Box 90245, Durham, NC 27708
123 Sanford Building, Box 90245, Durham, NC 27708
Office hours Tuesdays, 12:30 -- 2:30 and by appointment  

Current Appointments & Affiliations


James R. Shepley Distinguished Professor of Public Policy · 2016 - Present Sanford School of Public Policy
Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy · 2016 - Present Sanford School of Public Policy
Director of the DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy · 2021 - Present DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy, Sanford School of Public Policy
Associate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society · 2019 - Present Duke Science & Society, Initiatives

Previous Appointments & Affiliations


Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Research in the Sanford School of Public Policy · 2020 - 2023 Sanford School of Public Policy
Professor of the International Comparative Studies Program · 2018 - 2021 International Comparative Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Visiting Assistant Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy · 2016 - 2016 Sanford School of Public Policy