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 associate director of research Dr. Keisha Bentley-Edwards has been featured in two videos and an article by Duke Global Health Institue (DGHI) where she discusses her recently published co-authored journal article titled Race, Racism, and Covid-19: Lessons Not Learnt. In the journal article, which was published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), Dr. Bentley-Edwards…
Visiting Professor Dr. Mónica García-Pérez, a Professor of Economics at St. Cloud State University, was recently named Educator of the Year at the Minnesota State Board of Trustees Awards for Excellence! She is one of just three educators in the entire state to receive this award in 2024. Dr. García-Pérez’s research concentrates on health economics, immigration,…
The Black Reparations Project: A Handbook for Racial Justice (University of California Press) was recently named a finalist for this year’s Association of American Publishers (AAUP) PROSE Award in Economics! The PROSE award is one of the most prominent book awards in the university press community. The book has contributions from a number of Cook…
Founding Director William Darity Jr. co-authored a new literature review in The BMJ that directly addresses one of the most persistent critiques of reparations: the claim that no feasible plan exists. The proposal outlines direct monetary payments as the clearest economic measure of the cumulative and intergenerational effects of white supremacy. The article argues that…
New research co-authored by Faculty Affiliate Sarah Gaither, Associate Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience at Duke University, explores how something as routine as demographic forms can influence feelings of inclusion and identity among marginalized communities. Published in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, the study—“Enumeration or Exclusion? Demographic Forms and Latine Identity”—investigates how demographic questions may…
Faculty Affiliate Carliss Chatman, Professor at SMU Dedman School of Law, was quoted in a story by Marketplace examining how companies are quietly rebranding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. The article explores how some corporations are scaling back or reframing public-facing DEI language amid political scrutiny. And, that the broader landscape is more nuanced…
