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Duke Flags Lowered: Samuel Dubois Cook, Duke’s First African-American Faculty Member, Dies
From Duke Today: Samuel Dubois Cook, the first African-American faculty member at Duke University whose career of scholarship and activism inspired numerous scholars and students of all backgrounds, died Tuesday. He was 88. Through more than 60 years in higher education, Cook had a distinguished record as a political scientist, scholar, educator, author, teacher, administrator, […]
DeBono First Recipient of 2017 Karla Holloway Mentoring Award
Social psychologist and Winston-Salem State University professor Amber DeBono, Ph.D., has been selected as the recipient of the 2017 Karla Holloway Mentoring Award. This annual award, named for Duke University Professor Karla FC Holloway in honor of her substantive mentorship of women of color researchers during her academic career, recognizes a nominated individual for excellence […]
Inaugural Trinity Distinguished Lecture To Feature Mark Anthony Neal
From Duke Today: Mark Anthony Neal, a professor in the departments of African & African American Studies and English, will give the inaugural Trinity Distinguished Lecture on Thursday, May 4, at 3 p.m. in Penn Pavilion. His talk is open to the public and will be followed by a reception. Through his research and public […]
A Fireside Chat with Rakim
DCORE Co-Director to Interview Hip-Hop Legend During Art of Cool Festival By Micah English One of hip-hop’s most revered legends, the Long Island-born emcee “The God MC” Rakim Allah will be in Durham this weekend for the 4th annual Art of Cool music festival. Rakim will participate in a fireside chat on the impact and […]
Neal to Deliver Inaugural Trinity Distinguished Lecture, May 4
Mark Anthony Neal, a professor of African and African American Studies at Duke, will deliver the first Trinity College Distinguished Lecture, titled, “My Mother Gave Me This Big-Ass Name: A Black Scholar in the Mix.” The lecture will be held at 3 p.m. in Penn Pavilion on the university’s West Campus. A reception will follow. […]
Still Hidden?: Race + Gender and Invisibility in the STEM Fields
A Conversation About Access and Mentoring Noon April 19, 2017 Ahmadieh Family Conference Hall (Room 240) John Hope Franklin Center Free and open to the public. Light lunch served. Rochelle Newton, Ed.D. Senior Manager, IT Duke Law School and Mark Anthony Neal, Ph.D. Professor African and African American Studies Duke University Women and people of […]
Neal To Deliver Inaugural Trinity Distinguished Lecture
My Mother Gave Me This Big-Ass Name: A Black Scholar in the Mix Professor Mark Anthony Neal 3:00 p.m., May 4, 2017 Penn Pavilion Reception immediately afterward Mark Anthony Neal holds appointments in the departments of African & African American Studies, and English. He is the founding director of the Center for Arts, Digital Culture and Entrepreneurship […]
Race, Place and Community: A Conversation with Author Emily Raboteau
By Micah English, T ’17 Award-winning author Emily Raboteau visited Duke and Durham this week as part of the Duke School of Medicine’s ongoing series, A Conversation about Race. She was interviewed by Mark Anthony Neal, a professor of black popular culture in the Department of African and African American studies. Neal, is also the co-director […]
Provost’s Forum Addresses Rising Tensions in Community-Police Interactions
From Duke Today: On Friday, March 3, an audience of nearly 400 came together in Penn Pavilion for a day-long forum on a Forum on Race, Community and the Pursuit of Justice sponsored by Provost Sally Kornbluth. Organized by a steering committee of Duke faculty, the forum addressed topics of mass incarceration of people of […]
