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2009 Levitan Fellows

Graduate Research Fellowships

Our Graduate Student Fellowships support the development of promising students who are interested in a career that blends basic social science with public policy.

Sulzberger Family/Dan Levitan Social Policy Graduate Research Fellowships

Sulzberger/Levitan Fellows engage in Center activities by attending seminars and lectures which address emerging issues in social science approaches to policy translation.  They also develop a research mentoring arrangement across multiple disciplines with a Center faculty member. In addition, they complete a review paper or research paper and produce a three-page policy brief.

2009-2010 Sulzberger Family/Dan Levitan Social Policy Graduate Research Fellows:

  • Lane Destro, doctoral student, sociology
  • Hye-Jin Park, doctoral student, public policy studies
  • Sara Pilzer, doctoral student, public policy studies
  • Heather Rackin, doctoral student, sociology
  • Andrea Young, doctoral student, psychology and neuroscience

Each fellow receives a stipend. These fellowships are made possible through generous donations by the Sulzberger family, who have made significant contributions to society through publishing The New York Times and are now contributing to the development of outstanding scholars in child and family policy, and by Dan Levitan, a 1979 Duke graduate and co-founder of Maveron, a Washington State-based venture capital firm.