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University Scholars Program
Designed to stimulate an interdisciplinary, inter-generational community of scholars, the University Scholars Program was created in 1998 by the Office of the Vice-Provost of Interdisciplinary Studies with a gift from Duke University Trustee Emerita Melinda French Gates.
The University Scholars Program (USP) welcomed its first matriculating class in 1999. This innovative program was the first of its kind in the United States and around the world, bringing together undergraduates, graduate students, and students from Duke’s professional schools.
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Spotlight on Chance Brantley
Chance Brantley is a rising sophomore and University Scholar with OUSF. This program has encouraged him to pursue an interdisciplinary education that connects his interests in psychology, economics, and music performance. He plans to double major in psychology and economics with a minor in music performance. Beyond the classroom, Chance stays engaged with the community through his club involvement. With First Generation Investors, he works with underserved youth in Durham, and as a member of Hoof 'n' Horn, Duke's musical theatre organization, he explores his passion for performance. He also cheers for Duke, contributing to the university's vibrant sports culture.
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Dr. Katya Wesolowski, University Scholars Faculty Director
Dr. Wesolowski is a Lecturing Fellow in the Department of Cultural Anthropology. As an anthropologist and dancer, she is interested in the possibilities that embodied practices open up for empathetic ways of being together, constructing and transmitting knowledge, and creating alternative futures. Her current project is an interdisciplinary and mixed-method exploration of social and stage dance in the Angolan diaspora. Dr. Wesolowski's courses often blend seminar and studio to create an experiential and dialogic learning environment that blurs the boundary between theory and praxis and emphasizes collective over individual knowledge acquisition and achievement.