Ana Herndon is a senior studying Public Policy with minors in Economics and Psychology. Ana’s goals focus on creating interdisciplinary research to tackle today’s most pressing issues. Ana’s research interests lie in Higher Education Policy, STEM education, and Belonging in Educational and workplace contexts. At Duke, Ana has served as a research assistant for labs in both the psychology and management departments of the Trinty School of Arts & Sciences and the Fuqua School of Business. Additionally Ana was a part of the “A Trauma-Informed Approach to Court” Bass Connection team with Duke Law’s Bolch Judicial Institute focusing on the impact on trauma informed practices on court-involved youth. Ana serves as a Costanzo Teaching fellow in Psychology, teaching sections in Introduction to Psychology, and as a House Course Instructor in the class “Inequity in Higher Education.” Post-grad, Ana aims to get a PhD in business or social psychology.

Honors Thesis: Black, White, and Green: Student Characteristics and Revenues Differences between UNC System Minority Serving Institutions and Predominantly White Institutions

Faculty Advisor: Professor Sarah Komisarow