Racial Inequality Research Grants Awarded to Duke Faculty
The Office of the Provost has selected 18 projects for funding through The Duke Endowment that engage topics related to the issue of racial inequality. These research projects will be led by Duke faculty members during the 2022-2023 academic year.
Provost Sally Kornbluth announced this funding opportunity in November 2021, building on last year’s grants focused on “Race, Racism and the History of the American South.”
The new projects cover a wide range of topics that highlight the depth and diversity of faculty expertise at Duke. Priority consideration was given to proposals that engage with issues of particular relevance to Durham and North Carolina.
Projects, Lead Faculty and Collaborators
Advancing Racial Health Equity: Developing Novel Approaches to Study Systemic Racism and Health
Tyson Brown, Associate Professor of Sociology
Bioethics and Black Church: Addressing Racial Inequalities and Black Women’s Health in North Carolina
Wylin Wilson, Assistant Professor of Theological Ethics
A Close Examination of Racial Inequality in Foster Care in Durham, North Carolina
Elizabeth Gifford, Associate Research Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy
Research Collaborators: Elizabeth Snyder-Fickler, Lindsay Terrell, Laura Stilwell, Yuerong Liu, Megan Golonka
Community Partnerships and Pedagogies of Racial Justice: Identifying, Understanding and Challenging Raciolinguistic Practices in the Duke and Durham Communities
Luciana Fellin, Professor of the Practice of Romance Studies
Research Collaborators: Dominika Baran, Liliana Paredes, David Malone, Hae-Young Kim
Double Consciousness: Perspectives on Composition in Black Music and Poetry
Tsitsi Jaji, Associate Professor of English
Research Collaborator: Stephen Jaffe
Environmental Health Study of the Pauli Murray Center
Joel Meyer, Truman and Nellie Semans/Alex Brown and Sons Associate Professor of Molecular Environmental Toxicology
Exploring Black History on the Blue Ridge Parkway
Anne Whisnant, Associate Professor in the Social Science Research Institute
Housing Market Activity, Racial-Ethnic Inequality in Housing Insecurity, and School Success
Anna Gassman-Pines, WLF Bass Connections Associate Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy
Research Collaborators: Marcos Rangel, Elizabeth Gifford, Warren Lowell, Sarah Dickerson
Implicit Racial Moral Approach Avoidance Tendencies: Basic and Practical Applications
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Chauncey Stillman Distinguished Professor of Practical Ethics
Research Collaborators: Sarah Gaither, Scott Huettel, Paul McKee
A Jury of Your Peers? Examining the Inclusivity of North Carolina’s Jury Pools
James E. Coleman, Jr., John S. Bradway Distinguished Professor of the Practice of Law
Research Collaborator: Emily Coward
Linguistic Discrimination and Anti-Racism
Edna Andrews, Nancy and Jeffrey Marcus Humanities Distinguished Professor of Slavic and Eurasian Studies
Research Collaborator: Lee Baker
The Origins and Evolution of Critical Race Theory: An Oral History
Trina Jones, Jerome M. Culp Distinguished Professor of Law
Police Funding and Racial Inequalities in Policing: Evidence From the Post-Civil Rights Era
Adriane Fresh, Assistant Professor of Political Science
Research Collaborator: Nick Eubank
Race and the History of North Carolina’s Gun Laws
Darrell Miller, Melvin G. Shimm Professor of Law
Research Collaborators: Joseph Blocher, Jacob Charles
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Use and Outcomes of Non-COVID-Related Care Among Medicaid Enrollees in North Carolina
Kate Bundorf, J. Alexander McMahon Distinguished Professor of Health Policy and Management
Research Collaborator: Brystana Kaufman
Reckoning with Race-Based Exclusion in Jury Pools in North Carolina County Court
Jay Pearson, Associate Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy
Research Collaborator: Doug Brook
The Role of Corporations in Achieving Racial Equity
H. Timothy Lovelace, Jr., Professor of Law
Research Collaborator: Gina-Gail Fletcher
School Suspensions and Racial Inequality: Lessons From Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
Sarah Komisarow, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Economics