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William A. Darity Jr.

Samuel DuBois Cook Distinguished Professor of Public Policy
Sanford School of Public Policy
Box 90245, Durham, NC 27708-0245
238 Sanford Inst Bldg, Durham, NC 27708

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Samuel DuBois Cook Distinguished Professor of Public Policy · 2014 - Present Sanford School of Public Policy
Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy · 2007 - Present Sanford School of Public Policy
Professor of African and African American Studies · 2009 - Present African & African American Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor of Economics · 2007 - Present Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Affiliate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society · 2014 - Present Duke Science & Society, Initiatives
Affiliate of the Center for Child and Family Policy · 2015 - Present Center for Child and Family Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy

Previous Appointments & Affiliations


FacultyResearch Scholar of DuPRI's Population Research Center · 2010 - 2016 Duke Population Research Center, Duke Population Research Institute
Chair in the Department of African and African American Studies · 2011 - 2014 African & African American Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Public Policy Studies · 2007 - 2013 Sanford School of Public Policy
Director of the Research Network on Racial and Ethnic Inequality · 2010 - 2013 Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Research Professor of Public Policy Studies · 1999 - 2007 Sanford School of Public Policy
Research Professor of African and African-American Studies · 2000 - 2007 Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Research Professor · 2004 - 2007 Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Research Professor · 2000 - 2002 Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences