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William A. Darity Jr.

William A. Darity Jr.

Samuel DuBois Cook Distinguished Professor of Public Policy
Sanford School of Public Policy
william.darity@duke.edu
Box 90245, Durham, NC 27708-0245
238 Sanford Inst Bldg, Durham, NC 27708

Awards & Honors

American Academy of Arts and Sciences Member/Fellow

National American Academy of Arts and Sciences · 2025 More about this award

Distinguished Fellow

Other American Economic Association (AEA) · 2024 More about this award

Samuel Z. Westerfield Award

National National Economic Association · January 2012

Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford

Other Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University · July 2011

Residency Fellow

National Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences · 2011

Kenneth G. Elzinga Distinguished Teaching Award

National Southern Economic Association · 2002

In the News

Published April 24, 2025
Two Duke Faculty Elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Published September 24, 2024
New Immerse Course Focuses on Caste System in India (Deadline: Oct. 1)
Published April 10, 2024
Darity Receives Leading Award from American Economic Association
Published September 21, 2023
Inequality Studies, a Way to ‘Better Understand Policies to Drive Social Change’
Published August 22, 2023
Building the Numbers of Black Economists Also Brings Attention to Neglected Issues
Published June 22, 2023
Hot Off the Press: Summer Reading From Duke Authors
Published November 29, 2022
COVID Education Helped Communities
Published July 1, 2022
How Group Identities Fuel Inequality
Published February 22, 2022
Five Honored by Cook Society for Service to Duke and Durham
Published November 18, 2021
The Legacy of the Tulsa Massacre Can Be Seen in a Modern Wealth Gap
Published September 16, 2021
Race, Not Job, Predicts Economic Outcomes for Black Households
Published July 21, 2021
Darity: High Consumer Demand Sparks Inflation Worries
Published May 28, 2021
The Tulsa Massacre, Racism and the Black-white Wealth Gap
Published April 13, 2021
A Conversation About Reparations
Published April 5, 2021
For Some Black Students, Discrimination Outweighed Integration's Benefits
Published March 30, 2021
Entrepreneurs on How to Achieve Equity in the Investment Landscape
Published March 24, 2021
Arc of Justice Podcast: How the Federal Government Promoted Housing Segregation and Thwarted Black Home Ownership
Published March 17, 2021
Arc of Justice Podcast: The Racial Wealth Gap Roots in Federal Policy
Published March 3, 2021
‘Arc of Justice’ Launches New Series on Inequality
Published February 24, 2021
Darity Testified Before U.S. House Wednesday
Published February 22, 2021
A New Minor Prepares Students to Take on an Unequal World—in Any Field
Published February 19, 2021
New Study: Reparations Could Have Reduced U.S. COVID-19 Transmission and Deaths
Published January 27, 2021
Policy Ideas for the Biden Administrations First Days
Published September 24, 2020
A Study of Race, Equity and Education: Registration Open Now for Colors of Education Conference
Published July 16, 2020
A Blueprint for Reparations
Published June 9, 2020
Racism, Policing and Protests
Published June 8, 2020
Adriane Lentz-Smith and Sandy Darity Talk Race and Policing
Published May 12, 2020
Middle Class Not a Level Playing Field for Blacks, New Duke Research Finds
Published April 14, 2020
Duke Experts on How to Help Struggling Families in The Pandemic
Published April 14, 2020
Examining How COVID-19 Has Changed Policy
Published February 24, 2020
The Case for Reparations Didn't End With the Civil War
Published January 13, 2020
Mentoring, Teaching & Inclusion: Graduate School Honors 10 for Outstanding Work
Published May 30, 2019
Sandy Darity Has Some Thoughts About Inequality
Published April 10, 2019
Baby Bonds: A Leg Up for Everyone
Published September 10, 2018
Racial Wealth Inequality: The Hidden Contributor to Social Unrest
Published December 6, 2017
How to Really Help American Workers
Published December 1, 2017
Experiencing Violence in Childhood Linked to High School Dropout
Published October 31, 2017
Leading Scholars Hold Conference on Race and Inequality in America
Published September 29, 2017
Cook Center on Social EquityReceives $2.7 Million Grant For Race, Religion and Health Project
Published September 8, 2017
Darity Selected as One of Politico Magazines Top 50 Key Thinkers
Published May 24, 2017
Cook Center Director William Sandy Darity Jr. honored with prestigious award at 2017 Future of Wealth Summit
Published March 22, 2017
At DC Landmark Museums, Cook Center Holds Conference on the Legacy of the Reconstruction Amendments
Published September 13, 2016
William Darity: How can today's college students future-proof their careers
Published July 12, 2016
William Darity: A guaranteed federal jobs program is needed
Published April 1, 2016
The color of wealth in the City of Angels
Published March 24, 2016
Poor white kids are less likely to go to prison than rich black kids
Published March 11, 2016
Wealth Doesn't Protect US Blacks from Greater Chance of Incarceration
Published March 8, 2016
These academics say Bernie Sanders' college plan will be a boon for African American students. Will it?
Published February 29, 2016
William Darity, co-author: Bernie Sanders’ plan for ‘free college’ will not destroy historically black colleges
Published February 23, 2016
William Darity: The economics of reparations
Published February 19, 2016
William Darity comments: Sanders' claim that the African-American community 'lost half of their wealth’ in the Wall Street collapse
Published February 12, 2016
William Darity: The Latino flight to whiteness
Published January 29, 2016
The case for considering reparations
Published January 20, 2016
Study: D.C. among states with the least racial progress
Published January 20, 2016
William Darity: What are the major causes of the racial wealth gap between black and white households?
Published December 1, 2015
Sanford School research examines switch in school assignment policy
Published December 1, 2015
Study finds diversity plan lessened Wake County school segregation
Published November 30, 2015
Mixed Results for Income-based K-12 Assignment
Published November 13, 2015
William Darity comments: America's economy still has a big problem
Published November 11, 2015
William Darity: Why black colleges and universities still matter
Published November 4, 2015
William Darity: Searching for the American Dream in Harlem
Published October 15, 2015
The color of debt: How collection suits squeeze black neighborhoods
Published October 9, 2015
William Darity: The burden of debt on black America
Published August 18, 2015
William Darity comments: Study finds education does not close racial wealth gap
Published August 17, 2015
William Darity comments: Racial wealth gap persists despite degree, study says
Published August 11, 2015
William Darity comments: Bernie Sanders offers jobs plan as answer to racism challenge
Published June 24, 2015
Do the roots of the racial economic gap run so deep that real solutions are out of reach?
Published June 9, 2015
William Darity Jr. Named Russell Sage Foundation Visiting Scholar for 2015-16 Academic Year
Published May 13, 2015
Duke study cited: Racial and economic fairness can’t be treated as separate issues
Published April 29, 2015
William Darity quoted: Why riots happen in places like Baltimore
Published April 13, 2015
How Hillary's plan to give every American baby $5,000 could help fix inequality