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New paper from Lauren Brinkley-Rubenstein

A research team led by Dr. Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences at Duke and faculty affiliate at the Cook Center, examined how structural factors such as access to housing support and patterns of health care use, including emergency department visits, relate to the risk of overdose withing 12 months following release from…

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MLK Day speech from Henry McKoy published in INDY Week

Faculty Affiliate Dr. Henry C. McKoy Jr.’s abridged version of a speech he delivered at Durham’s Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Church for the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Sermon was published by INDY Week. Dr. McKoy is a former presidential appointee of the Biden administration, a former assistant secretary of the North Carolina Department…

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Henry McKoy quoted in story about Hayti Reborn

Faculty Affiliate Dr. Henry C. McKoy Jr. was quoted in WTVD-TV article about the rezoning plans of Heritage Square in the historic Hayti District by developers looking to change the platform for multi-story, mixed-use development. Dr. McKoy is a co-founder of Hayti Reborn, which is rallying support from the community against these efforts. He is…

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John Purakal publishes new paper on PTSD among emergency medicine doctors during COVID-19 pandemic

A research team, including Cook Center Faculty Affiliate John Purakal, MD, MS, examines posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among emergency medicine physicians in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aims to provide a preliminary assessment of this relationship with considerations to other demographic and workplace factors, such as gender, geography, and previous diagnosis….

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William A. Darity Jr. adds comments to op-ed on Republican reparations bill in California

Cook Center Founding Director William A. Darity Jr. recently added comments to a CalMatters article covering the controversy surrounding a GOP-backed reparations bill that fractured California’s Black Caucus and key grassroots supporters. In his remarks, Dr. Darity reaffirmed his long-held position that federal reparations, not state-level efforts, are the most viable and comprehensive path toward…

New Roundtable in Journal of American Studies featuring Dr. William A. Darity Jr. and Lucas Hubbard

Founding Director Dr. William A. Darity Jr., and Research Associate Lucas Hubbard were featured in the “Black Reparations Roundtable” in the new issue of the Journal of American Studies, edited by Nicole Gipson and Ahmed Honeini. The Journal of American Studies’ “Black Reparations Roundtable” seeks to contribute to conversations around arguments for Black reparations on…

Cook Center Commissioned Article on HBCUs published in Du Bois Review

What Effect Does Being a Historically Black College/University Have on Endowments? In research funded by the Cook Center, Dr. Gregory Price examines this relationship in new research published in the Du Bois Review. Dr. Price is a Professor of Economics at the University of New Orleans and was mentor in the first cohort of DITE….

A Q&A with Senior Faculty David M. Malone

Q+A: David Malone, Ph.D. Senior Faculty at the Duke Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity and Professor of the Practice in Education at Duke University David Malone, PhD, joined the Cook Center in 2014, when it first originated as the Duke Consortium on Social Equity. He is currently the Co-Director of the Working Group…

Mentoring Program for Economics Faculty to convene in Atlanta for Spring Session

The Cook Center’s DITE program, which provides mentorship and support for tenure-track economists from underrepresented groups, is set to convene its fellows, mentors, and scholars from April 10-12 at Emory University’s Conference Center in Atlanta, GA. This convening is one of two that will take place this year for current fellows to have the opportunity…

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A Q&A with Research Associate Qirui Ju

Q+A: Qirui Ju Research Associate with the Duke Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity Qirui Ju joined the Cook Center in 2022 as a Research Assistant, working with founding director Dr. William A. “Sandy” Darity Jr. and other senior researchers. Upon graduating from his master’s program at Duke, he continued with the Cook Center…