Bruce Jentleson is a professor of Public Policy and Political Science

Political science

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 at Duke University

Duke University

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, where he served from 2000-2005 as Director of the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy.

From 1999-2000, he served as senior foreign policy advisor to Vice President Al Gore

Al Gore

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 and the Gore-Lieberman

Lieberman

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 presidential campaign.

Prior to coming to Duke, Jentleson was a professor at UC-Davis. He holds a Ph.D. from Cornell University

Cornell University

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, a Masters from the London School of Economics

London School of Economics

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, and a Bachelor's degree from Cornell. http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/PublicPolicy/bwj