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Denzel Mitchell
Intern Emeritus, Democracy in Danger
Denzel Mitchell is a third-year Echols Scholar at the University of Virginia studying Political and Social Thought and Economics. He is from Northumberland County, Virginia which sits on Virginia’s Northern Neck -- the region where founding fathers such as George Washington and James Monroe were born. In addition to keeping up with his studies, Mitchell is a production intern for UVA’s Democracy In Danger podcast, a member of the UVA Democracy Initiative’s Student Advisory Council, and the co-founder and co-hosts the Main Street Speaks podcast which covers news, politics, and history of the Northern Neck of Virginia.
Lab Director
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Robertson Professor of Modern Media Studies, Department of Media Studies
Lab Management
Core Faculty
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Associate Professor of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, Director of Latin American Studies
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Professor, Computer ScienceDirector, CyberDefense Program of Study, School of Engineering
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Assistant Professor of English and American Studies, Director of Institute for Public History, Department of English
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology
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Associate Professor, Department of Politics, Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy
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Associate Professor, Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures
Affiliated Faculty
Assistant Professor, Department of Leadership, Foundations and Policy, Curry School of Education