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Phil Stern

Role: Faculty Lead

Duke Experience: Associate Professor of History

Why Bass: 

Contact: Email

Jonathan Wiener

Role: Faculty Lead

Duke Experience: Perkins Professor of Law; Professor of Environmental Policy and Public Policy; Co-Director, Duke Center on Risk

Why Bass: 

Contact: Email

Giovanni Zanalda

Role: Faculty Lead

Duke Experience: Director, Duke Space Diplomacy Lab; Professor of the Practice, Social Science Research Institute; Professor of the Practice of History; Professor of the Practice of Economics

Why Bass: 

Contact: Email

Chelsea Nielsen – JD/MEM ’25

Role: Project Manager, Legal Systems

Studying: JD, Master’s Environmental Management

Why Bass:

Contact: Email, LinkedIn

Harrison Schreiber – MPP ’25

Role: Graduate Assistant, Technology & Innovation

Studying: Public Policy

Why Bass:

Contact: 

Katlin Risen – PhD ’28

Committees: Graduate Assistant, Company Towns, Poster Design

Studying: History

Why Bass: I wanted a space (no pun intended) to dive deeper into my own research on space history and to meet others who find it as fascinating as I do.

Research Story:

Contact: Email, LinkedIn

Anna Mallard – M.A. ’25

Committees: Technology & Innovation, Symposium

Studying: Tech Ethics & Policy

Why Bass: I joined out of a general interest in space, but over the course of the year have realized that space is my passion, so that has become my motivation for continuing research in the field.

Contact: Email, LinkedIn

Becky Ball ’25

Committees: Legal Systems, Symposium

Studying: Mathematics

Why Bass: I wanted to participate in this Bass Connections to explore my passion for the space industry through a different lens. This was a fantastic opportunity for developing for research skills.

Contact: rjb65@duke.edu

Rachel Christ – B.A. ’25

Committees: Company Towns, Archive

Studying: Public Policy, History, Spanish

Why Bass: I wanted to take advantage of the research opportunities at Duke to expand my academic pursuits, explore space, and engage in areas of research and personal interests that I might not have otherwise had the chance to pursue.

Contact: Email, LinkedIn

Karina Lu – B.A. ’26

Committees: Legal Systems, Archive

Studying: History, French Studies, PPE Certificate

Why Bass: I am interested in using historical cases to understand how our societies function today, and my research focuses on themes of law and governance, so this Bass Connection’s methodology and topic really combined my academic curiosities.

Contact: Email, LinkedIn

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