New research published in Nature Human Behaviour advances a case for child-centric Black reparations in the United States. The study, co-authored by Faculty Affiliate Lisa Gennetian, Christina Gibson-Davis, and Founding Director William A. Darity Jr. explores how reparations could specifically address long-standing disparities experienced by Black children and their families. The paper, supported by the…
We are excited to celebrate Founding Director, William A. Darity Jr. in his election as a New Member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences! Dr. Darity is named in the Public Affairs and Public Policy section of the Leadership, Policy, and Communications class. Founded in 1780, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences…
Many countries use direct cash aid programs as an integral part of their social safety net. In the United States, there have been few national efforts, but more and more guaranteed income programs are being implemented at state, county, and local levels. In this episode, Dr. Lisa Gennetian draws on her co-authored paper, “Unconditional Cash Transfers for…
Faculty Affiliate Kisha Daniels gave comments in Duke Chronicle feature about the potential impact of grade inflations on the University’s grading practices. The feature includes interviews from various Duke faculty with perspectives about lenient grading, students complaining about B’s, the pressures of the job market, and students just performing better. Dr. Daniels offered a perspective…
On April 15th, Cook Center Faculty Affiliate Fenaba Addo joined the Kitchen table gathering event at the Brookings Institute, part of the launch for Andre Perry’s new book, Black Power Scorecard. Perry’s book draws on extensive research to measure how much power Black Americans have by examining property ownership, business, wealth, education, health, and social…
Q+A: Jim C. Harper II Associate Dean for the School of Graduate Studies and Professor of History at North Carolina Central University (NCCU), Faculty Affiliate with the Duke Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity Dr. Jim C. Harper II is the Associate Dean for the School of Graduate Studies and Professor of History at North…
Cook Center Faculty Affiliate Fenaba R. Addo, Ph.D., recently coauthored a review article in the Annual Review of Sociology that explores the racialized dynamics of debt and wealth in the United States. The paper synthesizes various categories of research that examine the sources of racial disparities in wealth and debt, and it explores how these disparities reflect…
Pop quiz: You’re a junior economics professor who’s about to go up for tenure. How should you pick your potential reviewers so that your odds of success are highest? How do (or even how can) you balance the big three of teaching, research, and service to the profession? And, most importantly, where do you find…
Faculty Affiliate John Purakal was recently featured in Duke Today as one of the three recipients of the 2025 Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award. Purakal is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Duke University School of Medicine. His research interests include social drivers of health, racial & ethnic disparities of emergency care, and cardiovascular disease….
Join Founding Director, Dr. William A. Darity Jr., in a Fireside Chat with Dr. Justene Hill on her new book, Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman’s Bank, on Thursday, April 17 at 4:45pm at the Center for Documentary Studies. Justene Hill is associate professor of history at the University of Virginia…