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.
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…
The Global Inequality Research Initiative (GIRI) Capstone Event is set to take place on Monday, April 21, 2025, from 11:45 AM to 1:00 PM, in the Friedl Building Jameson Gallery (East Campus) offering a platform for students to present their semester-long research projects. GIRI facilitates integrated study and research, preparing students for advanced academic work…
On Saturday, February 22nd, the Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy hosted its second annual Black Policy Conference, Black Mobility: What Does It Mean to Shape Black Opportunity? Presented by the Committee for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, the Black Policy Student Association, and Policy in Living Color, the conference brought together experts, scholars, and…
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…
