By: Rachel Ruff Durham, NC — On November 28, the Rubenstein Library at Duke University buzzed with energy as students from the Fall 2023 Global Inequality Research Initiative (GIRI) course on Digital Bias and Machine Learning presented their capstone projects, which ranged from the practical use of algorithms in various fields to critical analyses of […]
By: Rachel Ruff Durham, NC — The Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University recently hosted a notable guest lecturer, Dr. Kunfeng Pan, as part of its “History of Inequality” course. This course, an integral part of the Center’s Inequality Studies minor, delves into social inequalities and has been focusing on African […]
Cook Center Founding Director William A. “Sandy” Darity Jr. was recently featured on the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Institute for Research and Policy’s Poverty Research and Policy Podcast. On the December 5th episode, Dr. Darity, along with A. Kirsten Mullen, discussed what a reparations program for Black Americans would look like, topics that the two authors […]
Cook Center Postdoctoral Associate Sungmee Kim has co-authored a report titled “Gender Differences in Remote Learning amid COVID-19 Pandemic” published through Georgia Policy Labs and the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. In this research, Dr. Sungmee Kim and her co-author Dr. Tim Sass found that there was considerable variation between the ability of girls […]
Dr. Keisha Bentley-Edwards, Associate Director of Research with the Cook Center and Associate Professor of General Internal Medicine with the Duke Department of Medicene, was recently interviewed by WSOC-TV 9 for their feature news story titled “Doula advocates for Black women to be taken seriously in the delivery room”, by Deneige Broom. In the interview, Dr. Bentley-Edwards comments […]
The Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity has officially joined the Mapping the Movement for Racial Equity in Education and Beyond project, an initiative by the Dudley Flood Center for Educational Equity and Opportunity. The goal for this project is to establish a visible network of organizations actively engaged in education and racial equity work throughout the […]
Cook Center Associate Director of Research Keisha L. Bentley-Edwards, also an Associate Professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, just received a major grant from the National Institutes of Health for a new project to address structural racism and health disparities in kidney disease. The five-year project will have Duke University operating as the coordinating center for […]
Faculty Affiliate Sarah E. Gaither, Nicholas J. and Theresa M. Leonardy Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University, recently co-authored a book chapter in Untangling the Thread of Racism: A Primer for Pediatric Health Professionals (AAP Books). Dr. Gaither’s chapter, entitled “Considering Multiracial Youth: Identity Challenges and Health Outcomes,” discusses the effects of monoracial practices […]
Faculty Affiliate Loneke Blackman Carr, Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Connecticut, recently co-authored a paper on how web-based communities can help Black women reach their target goals for physical activity. Describing the background and objective of this study, Carr and colleagues (2023) write: About 59%-73% of Black women […]
When most people think of research, they often imagine scientists running around a lab filled with high-tech equipment, their white lab coats flapping behind them. But most scholarship happens behind a computer, as researchers analyze data, compose journal articles, connect with colleagues, apply for funding — and occasionally work on a book project. … Fenaba […]