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Duke Community Experiences: Share Your Story

If you are a member of the Black community at Duke and would like to share a story about your experiences on campus, please visit this link. Your narratives will be shared with senior leadership to inform further actions related to inclusion and equity at Duke for all students, faculty and staff. All submissions are fully anonymous.

Support

Duke students, please contact Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS). Duke faculty and staff, please contact Personal Assistance Service (PAS).

Resources

To access a list of resources for the Duke community on topics including self-care for BIPOC, academic leadership, history, literature and parenting, please visit this link.

Program

Session 1: How Did We Get Here? (Watch the Video)

9:00 a.m. – 10:10 a.m.

9:00
Kimberly Hewitt, Vice President for Institutional Equity
9:05
Del Wigfall, Professor of Pediatrics
9:15
Vincent E. Price, President
9:30
Adriane Lentz-Smith, Associate Professor of History
10:00
Jay Pearson, Assistant Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy

Session 2: Being Black in America (Watch the Video)

10:10 a.m. – 12:25 p.m.

10:10
Tyson Brown, Associate Professor of Sociology
10:15
Patrick Smith, Associate Research Professor of Theological Ethics & Bioethics
Gwenaëlle Thomas, Ph.D. Student in Neurobiology
David Moore, Undergraduate Student
De’Ja Wood, Undergraduate Student
Parker Martin, MPP ’20
10:35
Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Sociology
10:55
Guy-Uriel Charles, Edward and Ellen Marie Schwarzman Professor of Law
11:10
Ebony Boulware, Eleanor Easley Chair in the School of Medicine
11:25
Mark Anthony Neal, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of African & African American Studies
11:42
William Darity, Jr., Samuel DuBois Cook Distinguished Professor of Public Policy
11:48
Joseph Winters, Alexander F. Hehmeyer Associate Professor of Religious Studies and African & African American Studies
Patrice Douglass, Assistant Professor of Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies

Break

12:25 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Lunch

Session 3: Being Black at Duke (Watch the Video)

1:00 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.

Narratives from Students and Staff

1:00
Gary Bennett, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
1:05
Chandra Guinn, Director of the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture
1:15
Quinton Smith, Assistant Director of the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture
Bibi Gnagno, Director of Academic Engagement, Academic Advising Center
1:25
Martin Smith, Assistant Professor of the Practice of Education
1:35
Jamal Burns, Undergraduate Student
Kirk Wilson, MBA Student
Tyler Johnson, Undergraduate Student
1:45
Ashleigh Rosette, Associate Professor of Business Administration
Charmaine Royal, Associate Professor of African & African American Studies
Valerie Ashby, Dean of Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Stelfanie Williams, Vice President for Durham Affairs
Felicia Tittle, Executive Director of Recreation & Physical Education
Paula D. McClain, Dean of the Graduate School

Session 4: How Do We Move Forward? (Watch the Video)

2:20p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

2:20
Sherilynn Black, Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement
2:25
Trina Jones, Jerome M. Culp Distinguished Professor of Law
2:35
Sally Kornbluth, Provost
3:15
Sherilynn Black, Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement
3:25
Abbas Benmamoun, Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement

Contact

Please email oie-help@duke.edu with any questions.

If you would like to report a complaint or concern, please contact the Office for Institutional Equity.