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Rachel Ruff Authors ESSENCE Feature on HBCU Graduates and Students Shaping the Future of Business, Fashion, and STEM

Rachel Ruff, Research Associate and Research & Communications Fellow at the Samuel DuBois Cook Center, was a featured contributor in the Fall/Winter 2025 issue of ESSENCE Magazine, where she authored “Leaders of The New School: How Historically Black Colleges and Universities Are Defying the Odds and Creating a New Class of Innovators.” HBCU alums are constantly reminding the world that their institutions are not…

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William A. Darity Jr. Featured in Marketplace Discussion about the State of Black Reparations

By David Brancaccio and Mitchell Hartman

Founding Director William A. Darity Jr. and Kirsten Mullen gave comments in conversation on…

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New paper from Loneke Blackman Carr published in Eating Behaviors

Faculty Affiliate Loneke Blackman Carr, Assistant Professor of Nutritional Sciences at the University of…

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Lisa Gennetian Quoted in Marketplace Article on Effects of Tariffs of Goods

By Samantha Fields

Faculty Affiliate Lisa Gennetian, Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy, Director of…

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William A. Darity Jr. Discusses Edited Reparations Issue of RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences

By RSF Blog

Founding Director William Darity Jr. is among the many contributors to The Russell Sage…

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Director William A. Darity’s Baby Bonds Research Highlighted in New Yorker Article

By John Cassidy

Founding Director William A. “Sandy” Darity, Jr. is cited in The New Yorker for…

Celebrating Transitions: Cook Center Scholars and Staff Move into New Chapters

At the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity, we believe that equity-driven work…

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Sungmee Kim Authors Working Paper Highlighting Link Between Remote Learning and Increased Risk of Child Maltreatment

A new working paper by Sungmee Kim, Ph.D., Cook Center Postdoctoral Associate, sheds light…

Carliss Chatman Highlights Justice Jackson’s Crucial Civil Rights Dissent in Bloomberg Law

By Carliss Chatman

In a recent Bloomberg Law article, Carliss Chatman, associate professor at SMU Dedman School…

New Book from Core Faculty Adam Hollowell and Keisha Bentley-Edwards Explores Disability Justice Through the Lens of Stratification Economics

The Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity is proud to celebrate the release…

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Founding Director Sandy Darity featured in WUNC Series “Calling for Change”

By Aaron Sánchez-Guerra

In the summer of 2020,  WUNC launched a special coverage series titled “Calling for…

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Nancy MacLean quoted in DeSmog article about Project 2025

By Joe Fassler

Nancy MacLean, Cook Center faculty affiliate and William H. Chafe Professor of History and…

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Sarah Gaither co-authors new paper on racial ambiguity in Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Faculty Affiliate Sarah E. Gaither co-authored a paper in the Journal of Experimental Social…

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