The Samuel DuBois Cook Center is a scholarly collaborative that studies the causes and consequences of inequality and develops remedies for these disparities and their adverse effects.
Faculty Affiliate Ronda Taylor Bullock was featured in article detailing the impact of multiple organizations in North Carolina highlighting student voices. Dr. Ronda Taylor Bullock is the co-founder and lead curator of her organization, we are, which stands for “working to extend anti-racist education”. In its 10th year, Dr. Bullock emphasized we are’s role in…
Faculty Affiliate Nancy MacLean, Ph.D. gave historical context to the political ideology of the current White House Administration on a panel at the opening session of the Organization of American Historians. Dr. MacLean is the William H. Chafe Distinguished Professor of History and Public Policy at Duke University. Neil Steinberg uses Dr. MacLean’s comments as…
Faculty Affiliate Dr. Henry C. McKoy Jr. gave comments in CBS17 story about new development plans in Durham. Developer Sterling Bay plans to construct more housing units and retail space, which will also include a separate lab and office building. Dr. McKoy is a co-founder of Hayti Reborn, which has been vocal in its disapproval of…
Cook Center core faculty, Nancy MacLean, published an op-ed in the News & Observer titled “Duke leadership is letting down higher ed in a moment it should be fighting back.” In the piece, MacLean warns that American higher education is facing “the gravest menace to its mission in our history,” citing the Trump administration’s reported…
The Historic Durham Armory, the hopping location downtown that once featured acts from Duke Ellington to Ella Fitzgerald and was the inspiration for Ernie Barnes’ The Sugar Shack, hosted another lively event this week: A celebration of the 10th cohort of Young Scholars from the Hank and Billye Suber Aaron Young Scholars Summer Research Institute. …
Sandra Santillan first encountered the Hank and Billye Suber Aaron Young Scholars Summer Research Institute as a high school student at Hillside High School, encouraged by a teacher who recognized her strong writing skills. “I thought I was in trouble,” she says, recalling how her teacher pulled her aside. Instead, the teacher introduced her to…
