It’s been a month of accolades for the Cook Center—and like all good things, they’ve come in threes.
Core Faculty and Director of the Inequality Studies Minor Dr. Adam Hollowell was named one of 12 finalists for the Judith Deckers Prize—a recently established award at Duke University that recognizes excellence in undergraduate teaching. To quote the nominating letter, “To Duke students, Dr. Hollowell is more than a professor – he’s a mentor, he’s a friend, he’s a book recommender, he’s a coffee-chat-philosopher. He challenges students’ presumptions and assumptions about the world, and deeply appreciates when students challenge him back.” Winners for the award will be announced in January.
Founding Director Dr. William A. “Sandy” Darity Jr.—the Samuel DuBois Cook Professor of Public Policy, African and African American Studies, and Economics at Duke University—was awarded the William Spriggs Memorial Award from the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management. The award, which honors the life of economics and labor policy trailblazer, William Spriggs, was created to recognize other trailblazing academics and practitioners who have advanced the understanding of racial discrimination in public policy, education, labor markets, academic disciplines, or society at-large.
Lastly, one of the Cook Center’s recent publications, The Black Reparations Project: A Handbook for Racial Justice (University of California Press, 2023), won the American Book Fest’s Best Book Award in the Social Change Category. The book, which was edited by Dr. Darity, A. Kirsten Mullen, and Associate in Research Lucas Hubbard, also featured a chapter from Core Faculty and Associate Director of Research Dr. Keisha Bentley-Edwards.
But that’s not all! Read on for the latest research from our faculty and students, two new podcast episodes, and many news clips featuring our great scholars.
