The Chronicle

The opinions in the daily editorial are formulated by a panel comprising the editor-in-chief, the editorial page editor, the editorial page managing editor and 10 members of the undergraduate community selected through an application process.

The 13 members of the editorial board have diverse interests and an immense depth of knowledge about the University and the local community. The editorials are anonymously written by one member present at the meeting.

In an effort to be transparent, names and biographies of the members formulating the opinion are posted below.

Members of the 2008-2009 Editorial Board:

John Harpham, Editorial Board Chair

John Harpham, Edward Sasser Angier B. Duke Memorial Scholar, is a native of New Orleans, La., and Chapel Hill, N.C. A political science major, political theory concentrator and French minor, Harpham has served on the Editorial Board for the past three years--since the Board first became independent. His academic interests converge on political theory, and his main areas of research include the history of colonial New York, slave law in the antebellum South, the aesthetics of crime in the nineteenth century and the political meanings of the Sherlock Holmes canon. Harpham is also a member of Duke's club baseball team and the Angier B. Duke Memorial Scholarship Recruitment committee, and he is the treasurer of Wayne Manor selective living house.

Chelsea Allison, Editor-in-Chief and Ex-officio Nonvoting Member

R. Chelsea Allison is the Editor of The Chronicle and President of the Duke Student Publishing Company. Born and bred in Charlotte, Allison was University Editor last year and served as an associate editor in the department her freshman year. She is also a member of Delta Delta Sorority. After entering Duke as a biology pre-med and quickly shifting to public policy, Allison will (hopefully) graduate in May 2010 with a degree in English and a certificate in Policy Journalism and Media Studies. She has a passion for poetry and her collection of poems won the 2008 Chester P. Middlesworth Award for the best use of the Duke library's special collections. She prefers Beech Mountain, Edna St. Vincent Millay, chai, water, The Office and the office. Don't talk to her about Twitter.

Michael Blake, Editorial Board Member

Michael Blake is a Trinity junior from Buffalo, N.Y. He is History major with a focus on South Africa and the U.S. South. Aside from working as a Resident Assistant on West Campus, Michael is also on the staff of the Community Service Center, a member of the DukeEngage Student Advisory Committee, a lector with the Newman Catholic Student Center, and a student tutor at the Durham Nativity School. He is very interested in Duke history and campus culture, and he has spent past summers working on political campaigns, interning the City of Buffalo Office of Economic Development, and volunteering at the District Six Museum in Cape Town, South Africa.

Joe Clark, Editorial Board Member

Joe Clark is a Trinity senior from New Jersey. He is double majoring in biology and economics and maybe minoring in chemistry with interests in cell and molecular biology. He previously served as Health and Science Editor at the Chronicle and chaired the Duke Coffeehouse, part of the Duke University Union. Currently, he is president of Mirecourt selective living group and is a member of selective house council. Next year, Joe will work in Connecticut at Cigna working to solve the country's healthcare problems.

Christen Tingley, Editorial Board Member

Christen is a Trinity senior from Rochester, New York. She is a Public Policy major and Economics minor. She has a specific interest in education policy and enjoys her position as a research assistant for education finance professor Dr. Ladd. In addition to education, she is also interested in microfinance as a tool of economic development, and has spent time in Costa Rica working to improve the operations of a micro-lending institution. She is a former co-chair of Students to Unite Duke, the social branch of the Center for Race Relations, treasurer of Duke Debate, and member of Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority.

David Graham, Editorial Board Nonvoting Member

David Graham is a Trinity senior. He is an ex-officio member of the Editorial Board but does not vote. He previously served as editor of The Chronicle and is editor of recess. Graham, a University scholar, hails from Akron, Ohio. He is a member of SHARE selective living group and sits on the vestry of the Episcopal Student Fellowship. Graham is majoring in history with an Arabic minor and Islamic studies certificate. He hopes to go on to a career in journalism.

Frank Holleman, Editorial Board Member

Frank Holleman is Trinity senior from Greenville, South Carolina and a history and political science double major. A former Chronicle columnist, he is currently a campus volunteer organizer for Barack Obama's campaign and is a sporadically active member of Duke Democrats, as well as a reformed blogger. He hopes he can get into law school and one day take Charlie Rose's job.

Kevin Hwang, Editorial Board Member

Kevin Hwang is a Trinity senior and Robertson Scholar from Houston, TX. As a pre-med, Public Policy major receiving a certificate in Global Health, he has worked extensively at Duke on issues in international health-sector finance/reform, the social determinants of health, and therapeutic production dynamics.
A former Chronicle News Photography Editor, Hwang's involvement with students at Duke has led him to ethnographic and service-oriented work across four continents on projects ranging from the construction of houses and schools in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam to a charity climb of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. In his free time, he enjoys traveling, outdoor sports, and cheering on Duke Basketball.

Lucy McKinstry, Editorial Board Member

Lucy McKinstry is a Trinity junior from Lexington, Kentucky. She is majoring in Political Science and Economics minor and certificate in Ethics. Building on an internship at the Hague Institute for the Internationalisation of Law, McKinstry is currently researching the use of foreign law in U.S. Supreme Court decisions.
A former DSG vice president, McKinstry serves on the DukeEngage Student Advisory Board and the Duke University Board of Trustees Committee on Undergraduate Affairs. She is also active in the Baldwin Scholars Program and Delta Delta Delta Sorority.

Jared Mueller, Editorial Board Member

Jared Mueller is a Trinity senior from Beaverton, Oregon. He previously served as The Chronicle's city and state editor and editorial page managing editor. Jared co-chairs the Nasher Student Advisory Board and is a member of the Duke University Honor Council. He enjoys reading, hiking, traveling, and following Greg Oden's rehab.

Dan Romero, Editorial Board Member

Dan Romero is a Trinity junior from Mansfield, Mass. He is currently in the process of applying for a Program II course of study in rhetoric.
A member of The Chronicle's first independent Editorial Board last year, Romero is a part of Mi Gente/CASA as well as Duke's club baseball team. He is addicted to blogs, the Boston Red Sox, Duke Basketball and T.S. Eliot.

Connor Southard, Editorial Board Member

Connor Southard is a freshman in Trinity College, and a proud resident of Laramie, Wyoming. In his short time at Duke, Connor has had the pleasure of working with the vivacious members of the Editorial Board, doing internship work at Duke Magazine, and working as a low-level volunteer for a certain presidential campaign. Connor's interests include most things that fulfill neither a science nor a quantitative requirement for Trinity graduation, though he has nothing but compliments for Dr. Wray's "Biology of Dinosaurs" course. It is most likely that Connor will major in English, but he feels lucky to have some time to decide among that course and his other diverse interests in the liberal arts.

Bruna Zacka, Editorial Board Member

Charles Colbert, Editorial Board Member