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Jean Beaman giving lecture at Centre for Migration Studies at University of British Columbia

Faculty Affiliate Jean Beaman is set to give a lecture for the second event in the Centre for Migration Studies at University of British Columbia speaker series on Migration, Racialization, and Inequality. She will present her talk, “Suspect Citizenship: Rethinking Belonging and Non-Belonging in Plural Societies” in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. This event…

Keisha Bentley-Edwards work on the Research Equity and Diversity Initiative (READI)

Together, the Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, and Duke University Health System launched a new initiative in 2021 aimed at achieving increased access to and equitable representation in clinical research. Cook Center Associate Director of Research and Core Faculty Affiliate Keisha Bentley Edwards has worked as a co-director with…

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Adam Hollowell named one of 12 finalists for Judith Deckers Prize at Duke

The Cook Center is proud to announce that Core Faculty and Director of the Inequality Studies Minor Adam Hollowell has been named one of 12 finalists for Judith Deckers Prize at Duke! The Judith Deckers Prize is a recently established award at Duke University that recognizes excellence in undergraduate teaching. It aims to celebrate and promote outstanding…

Carliss Chatman delivered a keynote address at the 2024 German Law Journal Symposium

On October 11th, the 2024 German Law Journal Symposium: Legal Personhood featured a keynote address by Cook Center Faculty Affiliate Carliss Chatman.  Chatman is a Professor of Law at the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law. The title of Professor Chatman’s address was “The Battle for Global Human Rights: Super Persons vs. Partial Persons.”…

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Prentiss Dantzler Quoted About Housing Injustice in Canada

Cook Center Faculty Affiliate Dr. Prentiss Dantzler, Director of the Housing Justice Lab at the University of Toronto, contributed to a recent article discussing Canada’s housing crisis and how immigrants are unfairly blamed. He emphasized that the housing crisis has been ongoing for years and that politicians often use immigrants as scapegoats instead of addressing…

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Founding Director William Darity is Keynote Speaker at Interdisciplinary Conference on Racism Research in Germany

The Cook Center is pleased to announce that Founding Director, Dr. William A. Darity  Jr. will deliver the opening keynote address at the upcoming “Behind the Data: Quantitative Approaches to Interdisciplinary Racism Research” conference. This significant event is organized by the WinRa Regional Network South, in collaboration with the University of Bayreuth and the University…

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Will Damron’s paper on electricity featured on Our Long Walk blog

Cook Center Postdoctoral Associate Will Damron’s paper was used in a blog post comparing the implementation of electricity and mechanised cotton spinning as new technologies to the current  implementation of AI as a new technology. Johan Fourie uses Damron’s newest paper,  Gains from Factory Electrification: Evidence from North Carolina, 1905-1926, to support an argument that…

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Shame of Chicago Documentary Nominated for Mid-West Emmy

Directed by documentary filmmaker and Cook Center Faculty Affiliate Bruce Orenstein, Shame of Chicago: Shame of the Nation is a five-part documentary series that brings alive the story of how Chicago’s real estate industry designed and exported the practices and policies that racially divided America’s northern cities during the 20th century. In the 2023-2024 Chicago/Midwest…

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Duke Immerse: Caste, Class, and Race – A Transformative Journey into Global Inequality

“Caste, Class, and Race: Inequality and Reparations in the US and India,” a brand-new program from Duke Immerse designed by the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity, offers Duke undergraduates an opportunity to spend the spring 2025 semester exploring group-based, systemic inequality with a focus on India and the United States, two of the…

Keisha Bentley-Edwards quoted in SELF.com article on medical gaslighting

Cook Center Core Faculty Keisha L. Bentley-Edwards was quoted in SELF article discussing medical gaslighting and how to respond to it. Dr. Bentley-Edwards provided important advice for patients navigating their healthcare experiences. In the article, Bentley-Edwards emphasizes the importance of being prepared for medical appointments, suggesting that patients identify their top three concerns to discuss…