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Robert Korstad

Robert Korstad

Professor Emeritus of Public Policy
Sanford School of Public Policy
rkorstad@duke.edu
Box 90245, Durham, NC 27708-0245
112 Sanford Inst Bldg, Durham, NC 27708

Awards & Honors

Senior Fellow

Other Kenan Institute for Ethics · March 2010

Faculty Fellow

Other Social Science Research Institute · 2008

H. L. Mitchell Award

National Southern Historical Association · 2004

Charles S. Sydnor Award

National Southern Historical Association · 2004

LIBERTY LEGACY FOUNDATION AWARD

National Organization of American Historians · 2004

Fellowships for University Teachers

National National Endowment for the Humanities · 1990

MERLE CURTI AWARD

National Organization of American Historians · 1988

Albert J. Beveridge Award

National American Historical Association · 1988

In the News

Published January 12, 2024
History of Durham Housing Inequality Explored in Sanford Exhibit
Published July 2, 2021
What Durham's Tree Canopy Tells Us About Its Racial and Class Divides
Published November 24, 2019
Your Health, Your Neighborhood. There's a Connection
Published June 18, 2019
The History Beyond Martin Luther King Jr.
Published October 9, 2018
Uneven Ground
Published December 11, 2017
Planting Trees and the Racial History of Durham Housing
Published August 11, 2017
NEH Funds Summer Institute on Civil Rights at the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute
Published March 28, 2017
New Jazz Opera Based on Robert Korstad's Book
Published June 18, 2015
Robert Korstad: Minimum wage increase encourages economic growth
Published June 3, 2015
News Tip: Increasing L.A. Minimum Wage Benefits Whole Community, Expert Says
Published May 12, 2015
Poverty Key to Stopping Violence, Racist Policing
Published May 12, 2015
Robert Korstad, Adrienne Harreveld: Want to stop violent crime and racist policing? Fight poverty first
Published May 6, 2015
Dominique Beaudry: Building Equality through Education
Published December 30, 2014
Listening a lesson for poverty initiative
Published September 3, 2014
Trinity Launches Initiative in Social Equity Research
Published April 18, 2014
Mousa Alshanteer: We need another North Carolina Fund
Published November 19, 2013
Bringing Scholarship to the Classroom
Published November 13, 2013
Bob Korstad: 50th anniversary of the North Carolina Fund