Eric Mlyn is a Distinguished Faculty Fellow at the Kenan Institute for Ethics and Lecturer at Duke’s Sanford School for Public Policy. He was the founding Executive Director of DukeEngage and Assistant vice Provost for Civic Engagement. Before that he was the founding director of the Robertson Scholars Program and served on the Political Science Faculty of UNC-Chapel Hill. He leads a project at Kenan on Democracy and Higher Education, looking at current threats to academic freedom, university governance and related issues.. His intellectual interests focus on the role of higher education in fostering democracy and working with undergraduates to foster political and civic engagement. He holds a BA in Political Science from Tufts University and PHD in Political Science from the University of Minnesota. During the fall of 2019 he was a a visiting scholar at the Tisch College for Civic Life at Tufts.

Courses

• RIGHTS 201: Introduction to Engaged Citizenship and Social Change (Gateway Course) More info
• PUBPOL 401S: The Adventure of Citizenship: Lives of Civic Engagement More info
• PUBPOL 286S: The Democratic Mission of American Higher Education More info
• PUBPOL 203: Introduction to Engaged Citizenship and Social Change (Gateway Course) More info
• PUBPOL 190FS: Focus Program Introductory Special Topics in Public Policy More info
• POLSCI 493-6: Senior Research Independent Study in Political Methodology More info
• POLSCI 493-2: Senior Research Independent Study Political Institutions More info
• POLSCI 401S: The Adventure of Citizenship: Lives of Civic Engagement More info
• POLSCI 304S: The Democratic Mission of American Higher Education More info
• POLSCI 213: Introduction to Engaged Citizenship and Social Change (Gateway Course) More info
• POLSCI 190FS: Special Topics in the Focus Program More info
• MUSIC 89S: First-Year Seminar More info
• I&E 89S: Special Topics More info
• HISTORY 89S: First-Year Seminar More info
• FOCUS 195FS: Special Topics in Focus More info
• ETHICS 89S: Special Topic: First-Year Seminar in Ethics More info
• ETHICS 401S: The Adventure of Citizenship: Lives of Civic Engagement More info
• ETHICS 283S: The Democratic Mission of American Higher Education More info
• ETHICS 201: Introduction to Engaged Citizenship and Social Change (Gateway Course) More info
• ETHICS 190FS: Special Topics in Ethics (Focus Program) More info
• EDUC 401S: The Adventure of Citizenship: Lives of Civic Engagement More info
• EDUC 283S: The Democratic Mission of American Higher Education More info
• EDUC 201: Introduction to Engaged Citizenship and Social Change (Gateway Course) More info
• EDUC 190FS: Focus Special Topics More info
• CESC 401S: The Adventure of Citizenship: Lives of Civic Engagement More info
• CESC 201: Introduction to Engaged Citizenship and Social Change (Gateway Course) More info