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Meet the 2025–2026 PathWays Fellows

Duke Chapel PathWays Fellows live, study, and learn together in the PathWays House in Durham's West End neighborhood. They participate in programming that provides tools for making connections between academics, faith, and life while discerning their vocational and spiritual direction in community. Meet the 2025–2026 PathWays Fellows.

Kylie Carter

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Kylie Carter is a first-year Master of Divinity student at Duke Divinity School. Before coming to Durham, she studied religion at Westmont College. In addition to getting her bachelor's in religious studies at Westmont, she spent her undergraduate experience interning in a variety of ministry contexts, including at the Free Methodist Church of Santa Barbara and the Santa Barbara Rescue Mission. She is originally from Las Vegas, Nevada, and still loves going back to her hometown to see family and spend time rock climbing or hiking. She loves the outdoors and outdoor recreation, but she also has a passion for Christian education and social justice. Kylie came to Duke Divinity School to explore these interests, and she hopes to take what she learns at Duke to teach in some context after graduation. As a Pathways fellow, Kylie wants to grow a deeper understanding of God and Scripture in community with other Pathway fellows.

Ian Dyke

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Ian Dyke is a Master of Divinity student at Duke Divinity School, where his studies focus on pastoral ministry and American church history. His academic interests are Christian humanitarian organizations and the ways faith shapes public life and perception. Outside the classroom, Ian is an enthusiastic road trip traveler who has explored forty-eight states and crossed the country more than once. He especially values the PathWays House’s spirit of hospitality and enjoys bringing fellow students together, whether for a shared meal around the table or sweet tea on the porch.

Jonas Hu

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Jonas Hu is in the Master of Theological Studies program at Duke Divinity School, with a focus in Theology and Ethics. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in philosophy from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. His undergraduate thesis examines Augustine’s concept of memory as articulated in Confessions, and his master thesis is about the problem of analogy in Aquinas’ discussion of divine names. During his master program in philosophy, he spent a year studying as a visiting student at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome, Italy. He plans to apply for a doctoral program in systematic theology to continue preparing himself to teach theology when he returns to China. He dreams of faithfully listening to and responding to the Word of God with others in the context of churches in China. As a PathWays Fellow, he hopes to become more connected to the city of Durham and to discern his vocation within community life.

Emily Phenice

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Emily Phenice graduated from McNeese State University with a bachelor's in elementary education. She was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Before being accepted to Duke Divinity's Master of Divinity program, she worked as an elementary art teacher and then moved to Oxford, Mississippi, where she was an intern at Oxford University United Methodist. Emily is on track to become an Elder in the United Methodist Church upon graduation in the spring of 2027. She is hoping to go and work in camp ministry for the United Methodist Church. As a Pathways fellow, she is excited to learn more about the city of Durham and the nonprofit organizations within the community she is now a part of.

Oral White

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Oral White is a student in the Master of Theological Studies program at Duke Divinity School. He has served as a pastor in his home country of Jamaica and as a missioner pastor in Panama. He holds a bachelor’s in theology from the University of the West Indies. After graduation, Oral hopes to continue in the academic world by enrolling in a PhD program in the field of New Testament studies. As a PathWays Fellow, he is attracted to the socio-historical context of Durham's West End neighborhood and intends to immerse himself in community at the PathWays house on Kent Street. Interested in the intersection of socio-economic justice and biblical Scholarship, he hopes to find ways in which his studies and his life at the house can be mutually fulfilling.