Scholars@Duke
Kay Jowers

Kay Jowers

Area Director, Nicholas Institute for En
Kenan Institute for Ethics
kay.jowers@duke.edu
102 West Duke Bldg, 1364 Campus Drive, Box 90432, Durham, NC 27708
1364 Campus Drive, Box 90432, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Publications

The association between long-term PM2.5 exposure and risk for pancreatic cancer: an application of social informatics.

Journal Article Am J Epidemiol · March 4, 2025 There is a profound need to identify modifiable risk factors to screen and prevent pancreatic cancer. Air pollution, including fine particulate matter (PM2.5), is increasingly recognized as a risk factor for cancer. We conducted a case-control study using ... Full text Link to item Cite

Costs of Exposure to Industrial Livestock Operations

Journal Article Land Economics · February 2025 Full text Cite

Racial Gaps in Federal Flood Buyout Compensations

Journal Article AEA Papers and Proceedings · May 1, 2023 In a managed retreat, or “buyout,” program, homeowners are offered their property's fair-market value to relocate from a flood-prone area. Using a nationwide sample of federal buyout acquisitions and the universe of US housing transactions over th ... Full text Cite

Lawyers and Embedded Legal Activity in the Southern Civil Rights Movement

Journal Article Law & Policy · January 2018 We introduce the concept of embedded legal activity to capture the ways in which lawyers and legal organizations can become intertwined in the ongoing activities of social movements. Embedded legal activity is characterized by diverse issues and ve ... Full text Cite

North Carolina Electricity Planning

Report · October 11, 2016 The electricity system is facing new pressures from a changing generation mix, new technologies, consumer demand, and evolving utility business models. Planning for these changes will require participants in the process—utilities, regulators, consumers, an ... Open Access Link to item Cite

Environmental Justice Roundtable Report

Report · July 8, 2015 This report from the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions and the Kenan Institute for Ethics summarizes discussion from a roundtable with experts from Duke University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and North Carolina Sta ... Open Access Link to item Cite