Jaden Rodriguez is a senior from Safety Harbor, Florida studying Public Policy, Economics, and Russian and Eastern European literature. Jaden previously worked with the North Carolina Leadership Forum through the Cross-Partisan collaboration Bass Connections cohort, served as a writing coach in Public Policy 155, and studied Venetian politics and history abroad at Venice International University. Outside the classroom, Jaden is the Executive Vice President of Duke University Union and a member of the Duke Film Club’s executive team. He is passionate about 19th-century literature, all things Duke sports, non-profit work in the Tampa Bay area, and pickleball. Post-grad, Jaden will work as an associate consultant at Bain & Company in Washington, D.C.
Honors Thesis: One Athlete, Many Markets: Examining NIL Variance Across States and its Discontents
Faculty Advisor: Professor Penny Jacobs Fleming