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The Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Sustainability Initiative (JEDSI) at the Yale School of the Environment (YSE) has just launched a new journal! JEDSI is a research and teaching lab, national diversity initiative, data repository, and movement-building catalyst based at YSE. Our research, teaching, and publications focus on environmental history, environmental justice, environmental attitudes and behaviors,…

Faculty Affiliate Loneke T. Blackman Carr, Assistant Professor of Community and Public Health Nutrition at the University of Connecticut, recently co-wrote a piece with Dr. Jameta Nicole Barlow in The Conversation  discussing weight loss interventions based on lifestyle changes for Black women. In wondering why scientists have been unable to craft a lifestyle-based weight loss…

In the American Psychologist’s November issue, Core Faculty Affiliate Keisha Bentley-Edwards links the constant demand for Black women and girls to be resilient to lasting adverse health effects. “There’s a price paid on our health and relationships when we are in constant ‘fight or flight’ mode.” Dr. Bentley-Edwards is the Associate Director of Research and…

Dr. William A. Darity Jr., Founding Director of the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity, and Dr. Gwendolyn Wright, the Cook Center’s Strategic Initiatives Director, were recently quoted in The Globe and Mail on the role of race in the recent U.S. presidential election results. Reflecting on the impact of race on voters’ reception…

On  November 14th Founding Director William A. Darity Jr. will be on a panel on Panel at the Chicago Federal Reserve.  This is a virtual event, Understanding Racial Disparities in Lifetime Earnings and Life Expectancy. The panel of experts include: William Darity Jr., Sita Nataraj Slavov, Damon Jones, and Nicholas J. Hill will discuss historical changes in…

Associate professor in the Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at Duke University and Cook Center Faculty Affiliate Dr. Sarah Gaither has been featured in The Guardian for her insights on the complexities of identity development. Her commentary provides an understanding of how a person’s identity is shaped by influences and experiences throughout their life. “Identity…

Episode Summary: What makes the Hank & Billye Suber Aaron Young Scholars Summer Research Institute so impactful for students? In this episode of Voices in Equity, the official podcast of the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University, we spotlight the transformative Hank & Billye Aaron Young Scholars Summer Research Institute. In…

Last week, two Cook Center students from the spring 2024 Global Inequality Research Initiative (GIRI) seminar, Elena Granowsky and Lauren Tse, delivered a poster presentation on their research project at the North Carolina Global Health Alliance Conference in Raleigh. Their research “Do Elderly Men and Women Experience Grief Differently?,” which was completed as a capstone…

The American Book Fest announced the winners and finalists of the 21st Annual Best Book Awards (BBA), one of the world’s largest international book award programs for mainstream, indie, and self-published titles. Over 500 winners and finalists were announced in over 100 categories. Awards were presented for titles published in 2020-2024. The Black Reparations Project:…

Episode Summary: How can we inspire the next generation of scholars to engage with issues of social equity and justice? In this episode of Voices in Equity, the official podcast of the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University, we spotlight the transformative Hank & Billye Aaron Young Scholars Summer Research Institute….