Research Interests
Current Research: Monograph
Your Grace: The Life and Times of Walter Khotso Makhulu
This biography of Walter Khotso Makhulu, the South African-born former Archbishop of Central Africa and leader of the World Council of Churches, explores how he and mainstream churches fought against apartheid. Beyond offering moral authority, Makhulu and his fellow religious leaders provided material and spiritual support to people fleeing racial oppression; served as key conduits of information and sustained international attention on apartheid; and funneled money surreptitiously to a range of activists within South Africa. In his post-apartheid career, Makhulu also stands out as an African religious leader who embraced the ordination of women and LGBTQ rights.
Fellowships, Gifts, and Supported Research
Your Grace: The Life and Times of Walter Khotso Makhulu ·
2024
- 2025
Awarded by: Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation
Forging a Philosophy of Health: Lessons from South Africa ·
2023
- 2025
Awarded by: Social Science Research Institute (SSRI), Duke University
Forging a Philosophy of Health: Lessons from South Africa ·
2023
- 2024
Awarded by: EXPLORE Grant, Office for Research and Innovation, Duke University
Reckoning with Race, Racism, and the History of the American South Initiative: South African Social Medicine and the Great Society in North Carolina ·
2021
Lead ·
Awarded by: Duke Office of the Provost
https://facultyadvancement.duke.edu/new-faculty-research-explore-race-south-diverse-angles
South African Social Medicine and the Great Society in North Carolina ·
2020
- 2021
Awarded by: Arts & Sciences Council Committee on Faculty Research (ASC-CFR)
Competitive Dean’s Leave ·
2018
- 2019
Awarded by: Duke School of Arts & Sciences
Research Assistant for video, “John Henry Lives On: Sherman James and the John Henryism Hypothesis.” ·
2017
Awarded by: Franklin Humanities Institute, Health Humanities Lab
Medical History Grant ·
2016
- 2016
Awarded by: Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation
Support for both the video with epidemiologist, Sherman James and the larger study on “The Creation of a Social Medicine Approach to Public Health Research and Practice: From South Africa to the “Great Society” in North Carolina,”
Support for biography of Walter Khotso Makhulu ·
2015
Awarded by: Arts & Sciences Council Committee on Faculty Research (ASC-CFR)
Medical History Grant ·
2015
- 2015
Awarded by: Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation
Support for both the video with epidemiologist, Sherman James and the larger study on “The Creation of a Social Medicine Approach to Public Health Research and Practice: From South Africa to the “Great Society” in North Carolina,”
Collaborative Teaching Through Research Across Institutions Grant (Declined) ·
2014
Awarded by: Duke University
Granted to teach a collaborative course with Tshepo Moloi, University of Witwatersrand
Grant for the exhibit on Jewish history in Durham ·
2012
Awarded by: Southern Jewish Historical Society
CIT-TWP Fellowship Program on Teaching Research with Writing ·
2011
- 2012
Awarded by: Duke University
Funding for “Fulbright Revisited” from the Council for the International Exchange of Scholars, the Institute for International Education ·
2009
- 2010
Awarded by: Duke Endowment and the Josiah Charles Trent Grants, Duke University
Medical History Grant ·
2008
- 2008
Awarded by: Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation
Support for both the video with epidemiologist, Sherman James and the larger study on “The Creation of a Social Medicine Approach to Public Health Research and Practice: From South Africa to the “Great Society” in North Carolina,”
W.E.B. Du Bois Institute Fellow (Declined) ·
2007
- 2008
Awarded by: Harvard University
Declined
Understanding the Transformed and Transforming South: Perspectives on Race, Economics, Politics and Public Policy. Social Science Research Institute Faculty Fellow ·
2007
- 2008
Awarded by: Duke University
Course Development Grant, History Department ·
2006
Awarded by: Duke University
John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute Fellow ·
2005
- 2006
Awarded by: Duke University
Double Vision ·
2005
Awarded by: North Carolina Humanities Council
Course Website Development Grant ·
2002
Awarded by: Center for Informational Technology, Duke University
Course Development Grant, Center for Documentary Studies ·
2002
Awarded by: Duke University
Post-Doctoral Fellowship for Research in the United States ·
1994
Awarded by: South African Human Sciences Research Council
Post-Doctoral Fellowship for Research in the United States ·
1994
Awarded by: Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa
Ad Hoc Research Grant ·
1994
Awarded by: University of Witwatersrand
Research Fellow ·
1992
- 1997
Awarded by: University of Witwatersrand, Institute for Advanced Social Research
Doctoral Merit Bursary ·
1989
- 1991
Awarded by: South African Human Sciences Research Council
John F. Enders Grant ·
1987
- 1988
Awarded by: Yale University
Ernest Oppenheimer Memorial Trust Fund Fellowship ·
1987
- 1989
Awarded by: Oppenheimer Memorial Trust
Albert J. Beveridge Grant ·
1987
Awarded by: American Historical Association
Fulbright Scholar ·
1984
- 1989
Awarded by: Yale University
Ph.D. Studies (History)
South African Human Sciences Research Fellowship for Honours Degree ·
1980
Awarded by: South African Human Sciences Research Council