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.
Cook Center Doctoral Fellow Arko Dasgupta recently wrote a piece for the India International Centre Quarterly Journal. This piece, titled “Kala Bagai: An Early Indian Woman in America”, is an exploration through the life of Kala Bagai and the complexities immigrants starting a life in the United States face. Dasgupta was also featured in the…
Cook Center Core Faculty Keisha Bentley-Edwards was interviewed for the “Silence in Sikeston” documentary and in the “Silence in Sikeston” podcast episode, Racism Can Make You Sick. These projects tell the story of the 1942 lynching of Cleo Wright and the ensuing failure of the first federal attempt to prosecute a lynching. In the episode,…
Cook Center Faculty Affiliate Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein provided comments on recent use of Medicaid to expand health services provided to incarcerated individuals before their release in NC Health News article. Dr. Brinkley-Rubinstein, a professor in the Department of Population Health Sciences at Duke University School of Medicine explains that this new use provides vital care as…
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…
