Faculty Type: Staff

Hillary Train is program director at the Kenan Institute for Ethics. She oversees program implementation across the institute’s priority areas and is responsible for the planning and successful execution of KIE’s major events.

Hillary worked previously as the interim director of DukeCreate in 2022, a program offering free arts enrichment activities for students and staff. She has also coordinated research colloquia, concerts, and major conferences for Duke Initiatives in Theology and the Arts and has worked closely with Jeremy Begbie, Distinguished Research Professor at Duke Divinity School, to coordinate multi-year research projects and public-facing events. Prior to moving to Durham, Hillary was a program coordinator for Baylor University’s Interdisciplinary Core, an Honors College program serving over 700 students. In this role, Hillary recruited and advised students, coordinated program events, and liaised with faculty, administration, and students on all facets of university life – including assessment and retention; course development and curriculum equivalencies; and co-curricular enrichment opportunities.  She also taught a course for first-year students called “The Examined Life.”

John Biewen is a longtime audio journalist, documentary maker, and educator. He is the producer and host of the award-winning podcast, “Scene on Radio.”

“Scene on Radio’s” 2017 series exploring the history of white supremacy, “Seeing White,” and its 2020 series on American democracy, “The Land That Never Has Been Yet,” were each nominated for a Peabody Award. Biewen is also a two-time winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Award for outstanding coverage of the disadvantaged.

Before joining Kenan, he directed the audio program at the Center for Documentary Studies (CDS) at Duke University. Previously, John reported for NPR News, American Public Media, and Minnesota Public Radio. John is co-editor of the book, “Reality Radio: Telling True Stories in Sound,” published by the University of North Carolina Press.

Dagny Edison joined the Kenan Institute for Ethics in May 2024 as a Program Coordinator. In this role she supports a variety of undergraduate initiatives including the What Now? program, the Ethics and Society Certificate, and the Ethics and Global Citizenship LLC.

Before joining the Kenan team, Dagny worked as a Project Director for the Project Change orientation program at Duke, and she worked as a K-12 tutor for over four years. She earned her BA from Duke University in Political Science with a minor in Classical Civilizations, and is originally from Charlotte, North Carolina.

Jac joined Duke and the Kenan team in August 2022.

As a Program Coordinator, they support programs including the Prison Engagement Initiative, Democracy and the Politics of American Higher Education, The Ethics of Now, and Focus.

Jac holds a BA in Comparative Literature from Barnard College. They have a commitment to and background in anti-carceral work and have worked for organizations focusing on prison education and criminal legal system reform.

jac.arnade-colwill@duke.edu

Sarah Rogers joined the Kenan Institute for Ethics as Assistant Director for Communications in December 2021. A storyteller at heart, she is passionate about writing and creating digital content that shares the transformative experiences that people have at the institute.

Sarah attended Duke University as an undergraduate, earning a BA with a double major in English and Medieval and Renaissance Studies. She studied abroad with the Duke in Berlin program, and, after graduating, she won a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant grant to Germany, and worked in a secondary school in Berlin. After returning to the United States, she continued her studies as a graduate student in the English Department at Duke University, where she TAed, taught undergraduate courses in academic writing and literature, and earned an MA. She earned a Certificate in Digital Communication from the UNC Hussman School of Media and Journalism in 2020.