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Kristin Carlucci Weed and Joshua Weed gathering with Carlucci Fellows at Sanford School
Kristin Carlucci Weed and Joshua Weed gathering with Carlucci Fellows at Sanford School

2022 Fellows

The Marcia and Frank Carlucci Charitable Foundation generously supports internships for graduate students at the Duke Sanford School of Public Policy who are pursuing careers in national security.

Carlucci Fellows

Meet the Carlucci Fellows who are reinventing the future of security studies.

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The Carlucci Family

A letter to the fellows from Mr. Carlucci's daughter, Kristin Carlucci Weed.

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Internship Blogs

Read about the internships Carlucci Fellows complete over the summer.

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Recent Posts

North Carolina Human Trafficking Commission | Madelyne Huibregtse

September 9, 2020

I spent my summer interning at the North Carolina Human Trafficking Commission, under the supervision of the Executive Director Christine Long. Through this position, I…

NC State Laboratory for Analytic Sciences | James Settles

September 2, 2020

My 2020 summer internship developed from the Carlucci Fellowship network. Matt Buchanan (MPP ’20) recommended North Carolina State’s Laboratory for Analytic Sciences based on his…

A la libanaise – Women, Peace, and Security in Beirut | Julie Snyder

August 27, 2020

During my first fall at Sanford, I knew I wanted to be abroad for the summer – the only question was where, doing what, and…

Carlucci Fellowship Summer Blog Post | John Pratson

August 27, 2020

I spent the summer working for Booz Allen Hamilton as a management consulting intern within the Strategic Innovation Group (SIG). I was specifically aligned to…

Research in Raleigh and Geneva | Matt Buchanan

August 27, 2020

This summer I worked at NC State’s Lab for Analytic Sciences (LAS). The National Security Agency (NSA) founded the LAS in 2013 to support the…

A Joyful Journey to Jerusalem | Danelle Gamble

August 27, 2020

It was spring break 2019, full of excitement and adventure… and internship hunting.  Two months away from starting my summer break and I still had…

FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force | Ben Hunter

August 12, 2020

During the summer of 2019, I was selected as an embedded intern with the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) in Manhattan, New York. For…

Summer in Beirut | Jackson Tufts

September 30, 2018

I was fortunate to spend Summer 2018 in Beirut, Lebanon, first as a Visiting Fellow at the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and then as a…

Summer in Raleigh, DC, and Geneva | Rex Steele

September 30, 2018

This summer I worked in the district office of Congressman David Price who represents Raleigh, Chapel Hill and a small portion of Durham. Congressman Price’s…

Assisting a New Command in the Air Force | Spencer Schaffer

September 28, 2018

My summer was divided in two distinct parts while working for two different branches of the military. I attended my Annual Training requirements with the…