Contact Admissions

You will find contact information for the admissions officers below. If you would like to reach someone else at Duke, you can call Duke University Information at (919) 684-8111.

Each admissions officer is responsible for a region of the country or the world. If you have a specific question for your regional officer, please feel free to contact him or her. (Your regional officer is based on the location of the school that you attend, not your home address.) Please do not send material requests to your regional admissions officer. If you’d like to receive information about Duke, including a viewbook, click here.

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Christoph Guttentag, Dean
Manhattan
(919) 684-2898

Stephen McLaughlin, Associate Dean, Operations
AZ, NM, OK, RI
Native American Student Recruitment
stephen.mclaughlin@duke.edu
(919) 684-0179

Leonard Satterwhite, Associate Dean, Admissions Staff Supervision
CO, MA
leonard.satterwhite@duke.edu
(919) 684-0157

Jennifer Dewar, Associate Director
NV, International (Central & Southern Asia, Europe, Middle East)
jennifer.dewar@duke.edu, international-admissions@duke.edu
(919) 684-0166

Kathy Phillips, Associate Director
AK, DE, MT, NJ, ND, SD, WY
kathy.phillips@duke.edu
(919) 684-0171

Stacy Scarfutti Rusak, Associate Director
FL (Southern and Central; zip codes 32700-34999)
stacy.rusak@duke.edu
(919) 684-0173

Anne Sjostrom, Associate Director
Guam, PR, US Virgin Islands, International (Africa, Australia/Oceania, Caribbean, Latin America/Mexico, East & Southeast Asia except China)
anne.sjostrom@duke.edu, international-admissions@duke.edu
(919) 684-0152, 684-8129

Nikki Baskin, Senior Assistant Director
AR, LA, MD, NC (Durham City and Northeastern Counties)
nikki.baskin@duke.edu
(919) 684-0178

Sue Coon, Senior Assistant Director
DC, NY (except Manhattan)
susan.coon@duke.edu
(919) 684-0158

Duncan Brook, Assistant Director
OH, WV, International (China)
Engineering Student Recruitment
duncan.brook@duke.edu, international-admissions@duke.edu
(919) 684-0156

Samuel Carpenter, Assistant Director
CA (Northern; zip codes 93000-96699)
samuel.carpenter@duke.edu
(919) 684-0172

Valerie Schwartz, Assistant Director
TX
valerie.schwartz@duke.edu
(919) 684-0175

Margi Strickland, Assistant Director
KY, NC (all except Durham City and Northeastern Counties)  
margi.strickland@duke.edu
(919) 684-0170 

Susan Semonite Waters, Assistant Director
AL, CT, IN, ME, MS, NH, UT, VT
susan.waters@duke.edu
(919) 684-0154

Will Dixon '84, '88, Senior Admissions Officer
CA (San Diego; zip codes 91900-91999 and 92000-92199), HI, IL, MO
African-American Student Recruitment
will.dixon@duke.edu
(919) 684-0159

Ben Adams '08, Admissions Officer
IA, ID, MN, NE, OR, WA, WI, International (Canada)
ben.adams@duke.edu, international-admissions@duke.edu
(919) 684-0153

Elizabeth Harlow '11, Admissions Officer
KS, MI, PA
elizabeth.harlow@duke.edu 
(919) 684-0176 

Morgan Kirkland ’11, Admissions Officer
FL (Northern; zip codes 32000-32699), GA, SC
morgan.kirkland@duke.edu
(919) 684-0160

Will Niver, Admissions Officer
TN, VA
will.niver@duke.edu
(919) 684-0665

Ashley Taylor ’09, Admissions Officer
CA (Southern; zip codes 90000-91899 and 92200-92999)
Latino Student Recruitment
ashley.s.taylor@duke.edu
(919) 684-0169