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Erinn C. Whitaker, Adjunct Instructor  

Office Phone: (919) 612-9301
Email Address: erinn.whitaker@duke.edu

Areas of Expertise

    Education:
    M.A., Georgetown University, 2010
    B.A., Middlebury College, 2005

    Office Hours:
    Wednesday 11am-12 noon, Sanford 149

    Highlight:

    Erinn Whitaker, a former senior analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency and US State Department, teaches undergraduate students at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill about the intelligence community. With nearly 15 years of experience overseas and in Washington, she uses active teaching practices to underscore themes such as the dynamic between senior policymakers and intelligence officers, how the intelligence community has evolved, and the importance of analytic tradecraft. Whitaker teaches courses such as “Writing and Briefing for Intelligence,” “The US Intelligence Enterprise,” and “The Origins and Consequences of September 11th” to help students interested in careers ranging from intelligence to public policy to journalism strengthen their written and oral communication skills.

     Previously, Whitaker served as a government-sponsored Fellow at the Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies at UNC Chapel Hill. In this position, Whitaker produced a book-length report for the US Government on how academic theories on negotiating style could be applied to world leaders, developing a quantitative tool analysts are now using across the US Government.

     Whitaker earned a BA from Middlebury College, where she spent a year studying Russia in Siberia, and a MA from Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service. She speaks German and Russian. She serves as the faculty advisor to the Carolina International Relations Association.

    Erinn C. Whitaker