Staff

Connect with our team to learn more about opportunities available with the Dean Rusk International Studies Program including grants, lectures, art performances, and exhibits. 

All students are required to meet with a member of the Dean Rusk Staff prior to submitting an application for a grant. Alona Webb-Newton is the primary staff contact for application questions.  Jane Mangan is the primary staff contact for proposal development.

Dean Rusk International Studies Program Staff

Jane Mangan

  • John and Ruth McGee Director of the Dean Rusk International Studies Program | Mary Reynolds Babcock Professor of History and Latin American Studies
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Alona Webb-Newton

  • Dean Rusk Fellow

alwebbnewton@davidson.edu

704-894-2743

Pronouns: she/they

Duke Residence Hall

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