Democracy in Danger

Saving the rule of the people — one episode at a time.

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

Vaihyanathan
Robertson Professor of Modern Media Studies, Department of Media Studies

Lab Management

Intern, Democracy in Danger
Intern Emerita, Democracy in Danger
Ludovici
Lab Manager, Democracy Initiative
Intern Emeritus, Democracy in Danger

Core Faculty

Christopher Ali Headshot
Associate Professor, Department of Media Studies
Alvarado
Program Director, Data Science Institute
Andrews
Professor of Practice, Department of Media Studies
Carter
Associate Professor of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, Director of Latin American Studies
Clark
Assistant Professor, Department of Media Studies
Coan
Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology
Davidson
Professor, Computer ScienceDirector, CyberDefense Program of Study, School of Engineering
Driscoll
Assistant Professor, Department of Media Studies
Goff
Assistant Professor of English and American Studies, Director of Institute for Public History, Department of English
Golino
Assistant Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology
Hitchcock Headshot
Professor of History, Corcoran Department of History
Nemer
Assistant Professor, Department of Media Studies
Potter
Associate Professor, Department of Politics, Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy
Wikimedian-in-Residence, School of Data Science
Assistant Professor, School of Data Science
Assistant Professor, Department of Media Studies
Wellmon
Associate Professor, Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures

Affiliated Faculty

Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Wahl
Assistant Professor, Department of Leadership, Foundations and Policy, Curry School of Education