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.
Associate professor in the Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at Duke University and Cook Center Faculty Affiliate Dr. Sarah Gaither contributed to a paper recently published in the Journal of Developmental Science. The paper addresses the ways in which young children rely on a mutual intentionality framework to confer group membership. There were two studies…
Cook Center Faculty Affiliate Carliss Chatman provided comments in Spectrum News 1 article on the legal battle surrounding the states of Texas and New York on abortion rights. The conversation comes after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s lawsuit against a New York doctor for prescribing a medical abortion drug to a Texas woman. I think,…
Core Faculty Affiliate Keisha Bentley-Edwards recently appeared on NPR’s Short Wave podcast, hosted by Emily Kong. The episode focused on KFF Health News’ Silence at Sikeston podcast series, an in-depth look at the impact of racial trauma and its implications on Black communities, as discussed by KFF Health News Midwest Correspondent Cara Anthony. Dr. Bentley-Edwards,…
Founding Director William A. Darity Jr. was interviewed for a Forbes Talk by Ali Jackson-Jolley to discuss what economic freedom looks like in 2026. Dr. Darity is one of the leading voices in academia advancing the case for Black reparations in the U.S. He co-authored From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the…
A recent feature highlighted how Kisha N. Daniels, associate professor of the practice in education, continues to expand the reach of her service‑learning course, The Critical Pedagogy of Hip Hop, through community‑centered partnerships with Durham Public Schools. The story follows a semester‑long collaboration between Daniels’ Duke students and 11th graders at Jordan High School, culminating…
A study coauthored by faculty affiliates Joaquin Alfredo‑Angel Rubalcaba and Alberto Ortega explore the effectiveness of worker‑driven social responsibility programs on infant health outcomes in migrant farmworker communities. Published in Demography, the research examines whether the Fair Food Program, a worker‑rights initiative supported by corporate premiums, has had measurable health impacts on the communities it…
