Deondra Rose, associate professor of public policy, political science and history in the Sanford School of Public Policy and director of Polis: the Center for Politics, has been named by Duke University as a Bass Chair in recognition of excellence in undergraduate teaching and research.

Rose will be the Kevin D. Gorter Associate Professor, effective July 1 for a five-year term. She will become a lifetime member of the Bass Society of Fellows.

Rose joined Duke in 2014 and has served in leadership roles at Polis since 2019. She has helped launch the Polis Innovation Accelerator, an initiative to help students grapple with problems such as racial injustice and threats to democracy while exploring policy innovations to address them; she created PolicyLab, which allows students to work on policy memos in response to policymakers’ questions; and she organized a major virtual conference on voting and democratic aspiration. Rose has also helped to shape Duke University efforts to support voter engagement.