Ben Bergmann is a junior at Duke University, majoring in Political Science and Theater Studies with a minor in history. He is the president of the Duke Democrats, the co-chair (representing the left) of the Duke Political Union, and a Duke Student Government Senator (serving on the Athletics and Campus Services Committee). Ben is an active member of Duke Players, the student-arm of the Duke Theater Studies department, and Hoof’n'Horn, Duke’s student-run musical theater group. He is also a member of Ubuntu, a selective-living group at Duke themed around civic engagement.
Ben caught the blogging bug while interning with the progressive blog ThinkProgress at the Center for American Progress, check out his TP posts here.
He is a native of Gainesville, Florida (Go Gators).
Check out the Duke Chronicle’s Towerview Magazine Profile of Ben.
