Faculty Affiliate Dr. Nancy MacLean, the William H. Chafe Distinguished Professor of History and Public Policy at Duke University, is a participant in two recently-funded, multi-year grant projects to address the escalating attacks from the political right on education at all levels. First, the Mellon Foundation has funded the creation of a sizable Center for…
Faculty Affiliate Dr. Loneke Blackman Carr, Assistant Professor in the Nutrition Department at the University of Connecticut, has received the Early Career Faculty Award from the Health Equity Special Interest Group of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. Dr. Carr’s research focuses on reducing disparities in obesity prevalence, and obesity prevention and treatment intervention outcomes in…
Cook Center Faculty Affiliate Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, PhD, was recently quoted in a CNN article about how organs of deceased inmates in Alabama have been removed without family consent. In the article, she states: “It’s the wild, wild west. There’s no governance. … What that health care should look like, who has bodily autonomy and who…
Durham, NC — Every year students at the North Carolina School of Science and Math (NCSSM) come together to showcase a year’s worth of research projects, culminating in a significant presentation event. Among these students were four of our student researchers who presented their in-depth investigations into various issues under the guidance of esteemed Cook…
On April 18, 2024, Cook Center Founding Director William Darity & Affiliate A. Kirsten Mullen spoke at the Inaugural Lecture for the Center for Truth, Racial Healing, and Restorative Justice at the Berkeley School of Theology. The Center at Berkley works locally and globally to offer opportunities for theological reflection, education, critique, and practice related to…
Cook Center Faculty Affiliate Bruce Orenstein was interviewed on Chicago Tonight, an evening program produced by WTTW, Chicago’s PBS Station. Bruce Orenstein is the Creator and Director of the four-part documentary series titled “Shame of Chicago, Shame of the Nation”. He was interviewed alongside series producer Chris Jenkins. Shame of Chicago, Shame of the Nation lays…
Dr. Peter Q. Blair, a participating fellow in Diversity Initiative for Tenure in Economics’ (DITE) 11th cohort with the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University, has been promoted to associate professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) effective July 1. Dr. Blair’s work as an economist focuses on the…
Durham, NC — On April 17, the Levine Science Research Center at Duke University will fill with excitement as students from the Spring 2024 Global Inequality Research Initiative (GIRI) course on Gender and Development present their capstone projects. These projects covered a range of topics from the impacts of gender stereotypes on STEM career aspirations…
Cook Center Faculty Affiliate and Artist-in-Residence Bruce Orenstein was interviewed on CBS Chicago on Friday, April 12 about his four-part documentary series Shame of Chicago, Shame of the Nation. He joined Shame of Chicago producer Chris Jenkins to talk about about the stories explored in episode 1 of the series titled “The Color Tax”, premiering…
Cook Center Faculty Affiliate Dr. Omer Ali, an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Pittsburgh, recently received a grant (with his colleagues Randall Walsh and Andreas Ferrara) from the Russell Sage Foundation. Under the grant category of “Social, Political, and Economic Inequality”, Dr. Ali and his colleagues will examine how historical mortgage insurance…