The Pandemic Divide
The Pandemic Divide: How COVID Increased Inequality in America Overview As COVID-19 made inroads in…
Advancing social equity through research, programming, and policy
The Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University is a scholarly collaborative that studies the causes and consequences of inequality and develops remedies for these disparities and their adverse effects.
2025 Inequality Studies Courses
This semester the Cook Center is offering 4 courses including: How to Study Inequality, History of Inequality, GIRI Seminar: Disability Justice, and GIRI Seminar: Inequality and Reparations!
Founding Director William A. Darity Jr. Receives AEA Distinguished Scholar Award
Last year Founding director, William A. “Sandy” Darity, Jr., was named a 2024 Distinguished Fellow by the American Economic Association (AEA). On January 5th, 2025 he received the award at the ASSA Annual Meeting.
The Hank & Billye Suber Aaron Young Scholars Summer Research Institute accepting applications for the 2025 cohort
The Hank & Billye Suber Aaron Young Scholars Summer Research Institute is a program that provides high school students enrolled in Durham Public Schools (DPS) with training to enhance their writing, research, and presentation skills.
A Message from Our Director, Dr. William A. Darity Jr. ("Sandy")
The Cook Center stands as a beacon of scholarly collaboration, delving into the multifaceted causes and consequences of inequities across economic, political, social, and cultural dimensions. Our mission is clear—not only understand the roots of inequality but, more importantly, to assess existing and develop new tangible remedies that directly address the adverse effects of unfair disparities. We seek to unite Duke’s intellectual strengths as we build an outstanding research center devoted to the study of human disparity, especially group-based disparities.
