Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • D.Th., Harvard University 2004
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Visiting Associate Professor of Black Church Studies, Divinity School, Duke University 2013 - 2014
• Recognition
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  In the News

  • NOV 20, 2015

    The Daily Beast

    Valerie Cooper quoted: The religious fundamentalists are losing

  • SEP 22, 2015

    NPR’s “Morning Edition”

    Valerie Cooper comments: Israel courts African-American evangelicals, despite some hurdles

  • JUN 30, 2015

    The Globe and Mail

    Valerie Cooper quoted: The deep racial division in American churches

  • JUN 22, 2015

    Attack Targeted 'Beating Heart of Black Communities'

  • JUN 22, 2015

    NPR’s “Weekend Edition Sunday

    Valerie Cooper: The long history of brutality against blacks at worship

  • JUN 19, 2015

    The Wall Street Journal

    Valerie Cooper comments: Slain Pastor Clementa Pinckney’s mission suited his storied church

  • JUN 19, 2015

    Christianity Today

    Valerie Cooper: Attack follows a long history of violence against African-American churches

  • JUN 18, 2015

    Charleston Church Shooting a Reminder of Past Race Atrocities, Duke Scholar Says

  • JUN 18, 2015

    News Tip: Charleston Church Shooting Harkens Back to a Brutal Past, Duke Expert Says
• Expertise
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  Global Scholarship

  • Expertise

    • United States of America (Country) 
• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Recent Courses

  • BCS 769: Dreaming of a White Apocalypse: Religion, Race, Popular Culture, and the Eschatological Imagination 2022
  • BCS 805: African Americans and the Bible 2022
  • BCS 806: Segregated Sundays: Church, Race, Class, and Caste 2022
  • BCS 807: Religion, Race and Politics in American Life 2022
  • RELIGION 768S: Segregated Sundays: Church, Race, Class, and Caste 2022
  • AMXTIAN 811: Pentacostalism 2021
  • BCS 769: Dreaming of a White Apocalypse: Religion, Race, Popular Culture, and the Eschatological Imagination 2021
  • BCS 790: Selected Topics in Black Church History 2021
  • BCS 806: Segregated Sundays: Church, Race, Class, and Caste 2021
  • RELIGION 768: Segregated Sundays: Church, Race, Class, and Caste 2021
  • AMXTIAN 811: Pentacostalism 2020
  • BCS 790: Selected Topics in Black Church History 2020
  • BCS 999: Directed Study 2020

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