LaTarsha Pough is a Senior Program Associate in the Office of Curriculum and Moderators, where they handle readings production for external custom seminars, the Aspen Executive Leadership Seminar, and the Institute’s internal programs; they are also responsible for maintaining the Leadership Division’s library and archive. LaTarsha is passionate about preserving and sharing the Institute’s decades-long history of engagement with local, national, and global intellectual and social currents in pursuit of its mission.
LaTarsha holds a B.A. in Art History and a B.A. in Comparative Area Studies from Duke University. They also hold an M.A. in English from Duke University with a concentration in medieval British literature, an M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and were a Fulbright student grantee at the Free University of Berlin. They have worked in scholarly publishing, social media marketing, and have completed a clinical fellowship at a skilled nursing facility. LaTarsha speaks German, reads French, and harbors too many other language-learning ambitions for one lifetime.
Outside of work, LaTarsha enjoys reading (alone or with others); music of all varieties; film; following hockey, basketball, and fashion; and visiting museums and botanical gardens. LaTarsha is also a sporadic crafter, keen trivia team member, and would very much like to meet your dog (or cat or rabbit or budgie…).