Riley Institute Staff

Richard W. Riley
Former U.S. Secretary of Education and former SC governor

Donald Gordon
Executive Director, Riley Institute; Professor, Politics and International Affairs





David Fleming
Associate Professor, Politics and International Affairs; Senior Researcher, Riley Institute




Kelly Gregory
Director, Public Education Partnerships and Projects




Sally Morris Cote
Director, Nonprofit Strategic Learning; Co-Director, Furman Prison Education Partnership





Senior Associates and Faculty Coordinators



Cleveland Fraser
Professor, Politics and International Affairs; Coordinator, APEC


Elizabeth Smith
Professor, Department of Politics and International Affairs; Assistant Faculty Director, The Cothran Center for Vocational Reflection

Katherine "Kate" Kaup 白荷婷
James B. Duke Professor of Asian Studies and Politics and International Affairs
Senior Distinguished Fellows

Jim Guth
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor, Politics and International Affairs; Senior Distinguished Fellow, Riley Institute; Distinguished Scholar for the Tocqueville Center