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 Loneke Blackman Carr, Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Connecticut, has co-authored a new NIH workshop report. The report summarizes the outcomes of a 2022 NIH workshop held to assess current evidence, identify gaps, and chart future directions for obesity interventions that advance health equity. Key themes…
We are thrilled to celebrate Dr. Raffi E. García, Faculty Affiliate and Cohort 11/12 DITE Fellow at the Samuel DuBois Cook Center, on his promotion to Associate Professor in Finance and Accounting with tenure at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Dr. Garcia has been an active contributor to many Cook Center projects and a dedicated scholar…
Faculty Affiliates Loneke Blackman Carr, Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Connecticut, and Kristen Cooksey Stowers, Assistant Professor in the Department of Allied Health Sciences at the University of Connecticut and Adjunct Assistant Professor in Population Health Sciences at Duke University, recently co-authored a new paper. The study highlights…
Faculty Affiliate Carliss Chatman, Professor at SMU Dedman School of Law, co-authored a commentary in Bloomberg Law with Sergio Alberto Gramitto Ricci examining the governance challenges behind Disney’s reversal on suspending Jimmy Kimmel Live! The authors argue that such “whiplash” decisions highlight the risks of treating corporate values as flexible rather than foundational. They emphasize…
We are excited to announce that Quran Karriem, former Postdoctoral Associate at the Samuel DuBois Cook Center, has been appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies at Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts. Dr. Karriem is a media theorist, electronic musician, and installation artist whose work explores the intertwined…
Faculty Affiliate Prentiss Dantzler recently co-authored an op-ed in Metropolitics titled “Visible Minorities, Visible Risk: Toronto’s Unequal Eviction Burden”, which analyzes how the housing crisis in Toronto disproportionately impacts racialized communities. In the piece, they highlight how eviction risks are unequally distributed across socioeconomic and racial lines, emphasizing the urgent need for policy reforms that…
