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Noah M. Pickus

Professor of the Practice in the Sanford School of Public Policy
Sanford School of Public Policy
Duke Box 90005, Durham, NC 27708
220 Allen Bldg, Box 90432, Durham, NC 27708

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Professor of the Practice in the Sanford School of Public Policy · 2023 - Present Sanford School of Public Policy
Dean of Academic Strategy and Learning Innovation at Duke Kunshan University · 2022 - Present DKU Faculty
Associate Provost · 2022 - Present Duke University

Previous Appointments & Affiliations


Professor of the Practice · 2021 - 2023 Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Dean of Undergraduate Curricula Affairs and Faculty Development at Duke Kunshan University · 2017 - 2021 DKU Faculty
Associate Provost and Senior Advisor, Duke University · 2017 - 2021 Duke University
Associate Research Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy · 2007 - 2019 Sanford School of Public Policy
Nannerl O. Keohane Director of the Kenan Institute for Ethics · 2007 - 2016 Kenan Institute for Ethics, University Institutes and Centers
Associate Provost and Senior Advisor, Duke University · 2015 - 2016 Duke University
Assistant Professor of Public Policy Studies · 1996 - 2001 Sanford School of Public Policy
Assistant Professor of Political Science · 1996 - 2000 Political Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Academic Positions Outside Duke


Director, Institute for Emerging Issues · 2002 - 2004 NC State University
Cohort Co-Director · 2016 - 2020 Academy for Innovative Higher Education Leadership, Arizona State University/Georgetown University
Chief Academic Officer · 2021 - 2022 Minerva Project