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The Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University is thrilled to announce it has received a total of $3.4 million in grants from four institutions to support the second phase of its National Asset Scorecard for Communities of Color (NASCC) surveys and analysis. This research, taking place in five cities, will further […]
Dr. William A. “Sandy” Darity and A. Kirsten Mullen have been featured in the second episode of a two-part podcast series by Entrepreneurial Appetite, taking a deep and transformative look into the heart of reparations for Black Americans via a comprehensive federal reparations program. In this episode, Dr. Langston Clark of Entrepreneurial Appetite talks with […]
Cook Center Founding Director William “Sandy” Darity, Jr., has been featured in The Chronicle of Philanthropy article The Push for Payback: Robert Wood Johnson and 80 Other Foundations Make a Case for Reparations by Alex Daniels. Excerpt from the article: Perhaps the most striking grant Johnson has made was to a scholar at Duke University […]
Cook Center associate director of research Dr. Keisha Bentley-Edwards has been featured in two videos and an article by Duke Global Health Institue (DGHI) where she discusses her recently published co-authored journal article titled Race, Racism, and Covid-19: Lessons Not Learnt. In the journal article, which was published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), Dr. Bentley-Edwards […]
Visiting Professor Dr. MĂłnica GarcĂa-PĂ©rez, a Professor of Economics at St. Cloud State University, was recently named Educator of the Year at the Minnesota State Board of Trustees Awards for Excellence! She is one of just three educators in the entire state to receive this award in 2024. Dr. GarcĂa-PĂ©rez’s research concentrates on health economics, immigration, […]
The Black Reparations Project: A Handbook for Racial Justice (University of California Press) was recently named a finalist for this year’s Association of American Publishers (AAUP) PROSE Award in Economics! The PROSE award is one of the most prominent book awards in the university press community. The book has contributions from a number of Cook […]
Cook Center Founding Director William “Sandy” Darity, Jr., has been featured in the Winter 2024 issue of Dædalus titled Understanding Implicit Bias: Insights & Innovations. In this special issue, leading scholars, scientists, and policymakers examine the science behind implicit bias—the residue of stereotyped associations and social patterns that exists outside our conscious awareness but reinforces […]
Faculty Affiliate and Health Equity Working Group Research Associate Dr. John Purakal, an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Duke University School of Medicine, was an executive producer on the film Good Guy with a Gun, released early this February on Apple TV and other platforms. Dr. Purakal was motivated to join the production given […]
In the recent publication titled “How systemic racism and economic inequality contributed to COVID-19 disparities in America” in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), a distinguished team of researchers collaborates to address critical health disparities. These researchers include: Keisha Bentley-Edwards, Associate Director of Research at the Cook Center and Director of the Health Equity Working Group. […]
A new article from The Chronicle details the growth of the Inequality Studies Minor, a joint collaboration between the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity and the Department of History at Duke University. Notably, the article highlights that since its inception, the minor has seen significant growth, with over 150 Duke students currently enrolled […]