About the Organization
Mission
The Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity is a scholarly collaborative that studies the causes and consequences of inequality and develops remedies for these disparities and their adverse effects.Services
Educational programming comprises a fundamental portion of the Cook Center's efforts towards advancing social equity. Some of our signature programs include the following:
The Young Scholars Summer Research Institute is a three-week program that provides high school students with training to enhance their writing, research, and presentation skills.
In partnership with the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (NCSSM), the Cook Center provides one-on-one mentorship through current research projects and independent student projects with researchers and faculty affiliates.
The Global Inequality Research Initiative (GIRI) seminar, offered every semester through Duke, is an interdisciplinary, vertically integrated research course that emphasizes a judicious application of mixed methods from the social sciences and humanities.
The Inequality Studies minor is a way for Duke students to advance their understanding of the causes and consequences of inequality and pursue research around issues of social equity.
The Diversity Initiative for Tenure in Economics (DITE) program aids economics faculty from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups through mentoring and workshops.
For more information on our educational programming and research initiatives, please visit our website: socialequity.duke.edu.