Lucy Ballard is the Senior Program Coordinator for the Hart Leadership Program’s Service Opportunities in Leadership (SOL) and the Laidlaw Scholars Program. Lucy holds a PhD in the Study of Religion from Harvard University where she studied the shape and impact of U.S. Muslim civic organizations and community organizing in the city of Detroit. She also earned a Master of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School and a Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies from Appalachian State University. Interested in the intersections of religion and civic life in the contemporary U.S., Lucy was a Religion, Spirituality, and Democratic Renewal Fellow with the Social Science Research Council and an adjunct professor at Stonehill College. She is currently a researcher with the Listening to Women about Abortion & Religion Project. In her role at Hart Leadership Program, she is excited to engage her training as a researcher, educator, and program builder to provide strong student support and advance community-engaged scholarship and education. In her life beyond Duke, Lucy enjoys reading, board games, rock-climbing, hiking, and picking bluegrass tunes with family and friends.

Dr. Ballard is available for office hours with students who would like to learn more about Hart Leadership Program offerings, especially SOL and the Laidlaw Scholars Program. Click here to schedule a time to meet with Dr. Ballard.