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Hedwig Eugenie Lee

James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Sociology
Sociology
PO Box 90088, Durham, NC 27710-0088
2200 West Main Street, Suite 700, Durham, NC 27705

Current Appointments & Affiliations


James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Sociology · 2023 - Present Sociology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor of Sociology · 2022 - Present Sociology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

In the News


Published August 5, 2024
Search Committee Named for Next Social Science Research Institute Director
Published July 11, 2024
Changing the Demography of the Scholars Who Study Demography
Published April 15, 2024
Today’s Faculty Reflect on a Century of Scholars

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Recent Publications


Sociohistorical contexts of racial violence: sundown towns and the durability of racialized public space

Journal Article Ethnic and Racial Studies · January 1, 2026 Scholarly work on racial violence has illustrated the diverse effects of historical practices like slavery, lynching, and redlining upon contemporary racial inequalities. We extend this work by considering the durable legacy of sundown towns–an understudie ... Full text Cite

State-level changes in racial disparities in probation and parole rates in the United States, 2001-2018.

Journal Article American journal of epidemiology · November 2025 Although the public health field has increasingly studied the collateral consequences of incarceration, we know little about the health consequences of other forms of criminal legal contact, including probation and parole. Understanding spatial and racial- ... Full text Cite

Stillbirths and the race-specific gap in neonatal death among extremely preterm births.

Journal Article Scientific reports · November 2025 In the extremely preterm period (ePTB; less than 28 weeks), non-Hispanic (NH) Black infants in the US show relatively lower risk of neonatal death than do NH white infants. Explanations for this survival advantage include higher levels of stillbirth among ... Full text Cite
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Recent Grants


The Health Consequences of Childhood Maltreatment and Foster Care From Adolescence Into Mid-Life

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2027

Health disparity of survival advantage: the case of non-Hispanic black preterm births

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of California - Irvine · 2022 - 2026

NextGenPop -- Recruiting the Next Generation of Scholars into Population Research

Inst. Training Prgm or CMECo Investigator · Awarded by University of Wisconsin - Madison · 2021 - 2025

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Education, Training & Certifications


University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · 2009 Ph.D.