Doug Leonard, Ph.D. 2012

Associate Professor of History, US Air Force Academy – Colorado

2012 Ph.D., History

How has being a History graduate from Duke helped shape you personally and/or professionally?

"My time in the program set my academic interests for my career and exposed me to a deeper and more complete way of understanding the social and intellectual world that I found so intriguing."

What advice would you give students in Duke's History programs? 

"Embrace the most difficult ideas; some day they'll be the centerpiece of how you encounter the world."

Leonard