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      • 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.

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        Kisha Daniels quoted in Duke Chronicle about student fatigue

        By Rachel Ruff | April 22, 2025

        Faculty Affiliate Kisha Daniels gave comments in Duke Chronicle feature about the potential impact of grade inflations on the University’s grading practices. The feature includes interviews from various Duke faculty with perspectives about lenient grading, students complaining about B’s, the pressures of the job market, and students just performing better. Dr. Daniels offered a perspective…

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        Fenaba Addo featured in Brookings conversation on social issues and dynamics

        By Rachel Ruff | April 18, 2025

        On April 15th, Cook Center Faculty Affiliate Fenaba Addo joined the Kitchen table gathering event at the Brookings Institute, part of the launch for Andre Perry’s new book, Black Power Scorecard. Perry’s book draws on extensive research to measure how much power Black Americans have by examining property ownership, business, wealth, education, health, and social…

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        A Q&A with Faculty Affiliate Jim C. Harper II

        By Rachel Ruff | April 18, 2025

        Q+A: Jim C. Harper II Associate Dean for the School of Graduate Studies and Professor of History at North Carolina Central University (NCCU), Faculty Affiliate with the Duke Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity Dr. Jim C. Harper II is the Associate Dean for the School of Graduate Studies and Professor of History at North…

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  • About
      • About Samuel DuBois Cook
      • Director’s Message
      • Contact Us
        • People
          • Distinguished Fellows
          • Career Achievement Award
        • Work With Us
          • Outside Opportunities
      • 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.

  • Research
        • Research Themes
          • Class, Wealth, & Social Mobility
          • Health Equity
          • Education Equity & Policy
          • Visual Narratives of Inequality
          • Environmental Justice
          • Policing Enforcement & Justice
          • Artificial Intelligence
      • Books
      • Journal Articles
      • Reports, Briefs, and Essays
  • Education
        • High School Programs
          • Hank & Billye Suber Aaron Young Scholars Summer Research Institute
        • Faculty Programs
          • Diversity Initiative for Tenure in Economics (DITE)
      • Graduate Programs
      • Doctoral Fellows Program
      • Postdoctoral Programs
  • Media
      • Voices in Equity Podcast
      • Shame of Chicago
      • Durham’s Black Wall Street Exhibit
  • News & Events
      • Nancy MacLean speaks at Columbia Law about Why Authoritarians Fear Democracy

        By Rachel Ruff | November 17, 2025

        Today, Faculty Affiliate Nancy MacLean, William H. Chafe Professor of History and Public Policy Emerita at Duke University, will speak with Professor Carol Anderson, Janai Nelson, and Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw at Columbia Law School. She will be apart of a panel, presented by The Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies  and the African American…

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        Carliss Chatman writes Bloomberg Law column on how Tesla’s move to Texas reshapes shareholder rights

        By Rachel Ruff | November 13, 2025

        Faculty Affiliate Carliss Chatman, Professor at SMU Dedman School of Law, wrote a column on how Tesla’s move to Texas is testing just how far modern corporate law will lean in favor of management. In 2024, Tesla strategically moved its legal home from Delaware to Texas. A move that positioned the company to benefit from…

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        Keisha Bentley-Edwards to deliver 2025 Payne Lecture in Faith, Justice, and Health Care

        By Rachel Ruff | November 12, 2025

        Faculty Affiliate Keisha Bentley-Edwards, Associate Professor of Medicine at Duke University, will deliver the Richard Payne Lecture in Faith, Justice, and Health Care this Friday. The event is hosted by the Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative at Duke Divinity School. Her lecture, titled Black Women’s Religion and Their Health: When Individual and Institutional Factors Intersect, represents…

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