Q+A: Eric Griffith, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Associate within the Duke Center for the Study of Aging Postdoctoral Research Training Program Eric E. Griffith joined the Cook Center as a Postdoctoral Associate in 2021 before joining the Duke Center for the Study of Aging Postdoctoral Research Training Program in 2023. He completed his dissertation fieldwork in…
The March meeting of the Center for Child and Family Policy’s Equity in Research Learning Collaborative will welcome Garry Mitchell Jr., Assistant Professor of Public Policy! Drawing on an extensive organizational ethnography of a non-profit organization aimed at facilitating elite educational access for racially and economically marginalized students, this talk explores the ethical and practical…
A research team, including Cook Center affiliates Imari Z. Smith and Lisa A. Gennetian, reveals that concerns about government surveillance deter Black families from enrolling in early childhood home visiting programs. Despite proven benefits—including reductions in maternal mortality and improvements in child development—Black parents are less likely to enroll due to concerns about government surveillance…
Cook Center Associate Director of Research and Director of Health Equity Working Group Keisha Bentley-Edwards was spotlighted by the Black Caucus of the Society for Research in Child Development for Black History Month. From research experiences as an undergraduate at Howard, to the value of mentorship, Dr. Bentley-Edwards details her career experiences and trajectory to…
Faculty Affiliate Sandra Barnes documentary, “Four Voices: Journeys” has been nominated for two Nashville/Midsouth Emmys. “Four Voices: Journeys” was created and produced by Barnes, and explores the lives of four young Black members of the LGBTQIA+ community. The film delves into their experiences with religion and spirituality in the South. The documentary is being recognized…
As legal attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives rise, Faculty Affiliate Carliss Chatman provided insights on the decisions of companies like Costco in continuing their diversity, equity, and inclusion practices in article by Marketplace. Chatman is an associate professor a Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law specializing in the fields of corporate law,…
The conversations around reparations for the descendants of African slaves in America continues as the racial wealth gap widens. Cook Center Director William A. Darity Jr. joins the Charlotte Talks radio show with Mike Collins to further discuss findings from The Black Reparations Project: A Handbook for Racial Justice. Listen to the conversation here: The…
Arko Dasgupta is a PhD candidate in History at Carnegie Mellon University and a doctoral fellow in the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University. He studies Modern India, the British Empire, early Indian immigration in the United States, and the American Civil Rights Movement. Recently, he presented a component of his…
The Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity and Director William “Sandy” Darity Jr. were recently featured in an Inside Philanthropy article discussing the potential impacts of anti-DEI executive orders on funding for reparations research and advocacy. The article highlights the William T. Grant Foundation’s $300,000 grant to the Cook Center in 2021, which supported…
Cook Center Postdoctoral Associate Will Damron was recently published in the Explorations in Economic History Journal. His research explores a newly-collected dataset covering manufacturers in North Carolina in the early 1900s to examine the effects of electrification at the establishment level. In this paper, Damron studies the gains from electrification and the effects on workers…