The Black Think Tank

Dr. Christopher Ouma (English) whenisayafrica.com
Monday October 6 , from 7-9pm!

Deondra Rose. Cover of the book The Power of Black Excellence. Text says: 2025 American Political Science Association Race, Ethnicity and Politics Section Award for Best Book on Race and Political Change.

Congratulations to Prof. Deondra Rose, author of "The Power of Black Excellence: HBCUs and the Fight for American Democracy," on receiving the Best Book on Race and Political Change award from the @apsa.bsky.social Race, Ethnicity and Politics (REP) section!

#AcademicSky #hbcu

Behind the Data: Mental Health and the Justice System in Durham County Faculty team Maria Tackett and Nicole Schramm-Sapyta's seven-year project is transforming our understanding and responses to the needs of people navigating Durham’s criminal justice and healthcare systems.

PODCAST: A Duke/Durham team is building a database of >23K people with #MentalHealth diagnoses locally incarcerated 2014-2023, with a goal of better interventions and stronger partnerships between health and criminal justice systems in Durham and beyond.
https://ow.ly/G6gO50X3Qab

📢ICYM: Dr. Tracie Canada in conversation with Dr. Javier Wallace about her latest book, Tackling the Everyday!

Tomorrow Sept 16 6pm at Goldenfig books in Carrboro, NC.

More info here: t.co/Jm6u9X5Ey9

Left of Black Digital Series Wins Two Telly Awards for Video Excellence
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A Labor of Love to Improve Health and Human Connection | Office for Faculty Advancement Wylin Wilson’s research lies at the intersection of religion, gender and bioethics. “I get to work on hard topics,” she says, ”those really hard things for people to talk

Dr. Wylin Wilson - A Labor of Love to Improve Health and Human Connection facultyadvancement.duke.edu/news/labor-l...

Duke Investigator to Co-Lead NIH Award Establishing National Palliative Care Research Consortium Duke is among a handful of research institutions to receive a National Institutes of Health (NIH) five-year, $64 million grant to establish and lead the Advancing the Science of Palliative Care Resear...

Dr. Kimberly Johnson will co-lead a new NIH-funded consortium to improve care for people with serious illness and their caregivers.
medicine.duke.edu/news/duke-in...

Chantell Evans Named a McKnight Scholar for Research in Neuronal Mitophagy Chantell Evans, PhD, assistant professor of cell biology, has been named a 2025 McKnight Scholar Award recipient in recognition of her pioneering research into the molecular mechanisms of neuronal mit...

Dr. Chantell Evans (@channyskye.bsky.social) Named a McKnight Scholar for Research in Neuronal Mitophagy www.cellbio.duke.edu/news/chantel...

A Day in the Life of Erica Washington: The Fungi Expert | Duke Today

A Day in the Life of Erica Washington: The Fungi Expert today.duke.edu/2025/08/day-...

"Duets" Season Two: Collaborative Research at the Intersection of Campus and Community

Welcome to Season 2 of “Duets,” a podcast that showcases research collaborations between faculty, students and community partners across Durham and North Carolina.
trinity.duke.edu/duets-season...

DCRI Accomplishments – Summer 2025 DCRI Accomplishments showcases the publications, awards, and other achievements of our faculty members. Each quarter, a new collection will highlight the most recent accomplishments.

DCRI Accomplishments showcases the publications, awards, and other achievements of our faculty members, including Drs. Wilder and Bloomfield. dcri.org/news/dcri-ac...

Cover of The Disturbing Profane: Hip Hop, Blackness, and the Sacred by Joseph R. Winters. The cover art features an abstract pattern of black circles against a white background. Roughly half of the circles have a solid fill, leaving little of the white background visible. The other circles have a brushstroke-like texture. The title and subtitle are in bold block text, in orange and white respectively. The author’s name appears at the bottom in light yellow.

Be sure to check out all of our August new releases, including "The Disturbing Profane" the #NewBook on hip hop and religion from Joseph A. Winters.
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When we conducted our Color of Wealth series across 6 U.S. cities, Tulsa was the city with the largest black-white wealth and income gaps: samuelduboiscookcenter.org/wp-content/u...

New "Lancet" Paper Examines Role of Policy in Equitable Organ Transplant A new article published in The Lancet and co-authored by Lisa M. McElroy, MD, MS, Onye Akwari Assistant Professor of Surgery, discusses how policy can be a tool to advance transplantation equity. The ...

New "Lancet" Paper Examines Role of Policy in Equitable Organ Transplant!

surgery.duke.edu/news/new-lan...

Right Hemisphere Strokes | Why Do You Study That? YouTube video by Duke University

"Why Do You Study That" with Dr. Jamila Minga! www.youtube.com/watch?v=urxG...

With Gratitude: Celebrating John Brown’s Impact on Duke Arts - Duke Arts As John V. Brown prepares to close his chapter as Vice Provost for the Arts at Duke on June 30, colleagues, students, and community partners alike are reflecting with gratitude on his visionary leader...

Celebrating John Brown's Impact on Duke Arts! 🎨🎶

arts.duke.edu/with-gratitu...

Dr. Danai Kasambira Fannin Honored in 2025 ASHA Awards Dr. Danai Fannin, PhD, CCC-SLP, adjunct faculty in Duke HNS&CS, has been named a 2025 ASHA AFellow recipient for her exceptional contributions to communication sciences, reflecting Duke’s continued le...

Congratulations Dr. Fannin ! headnecksurgery.duke.edu/news/dr-dana...

The Disturbing Profane

📣New Book Alert: Dr. Joseph Winters (Religious Studies) - Disturbing Profane: Hip Hop, Blackness, and the Sacred

@dukepress.bsky.social - Save 30% with coupon code SAVE30

www.dukeupress.edu/the-disturbi...

Looking South for the Roots of the Harlem Renaissance: Jarvis McInnis Examines “Afterlives of the Plantation”

Dr. Jarvis McInnis (English) on the "Afterlives of the Plantation" trinity.duke.edu/news/looking...

Malcolm X at 100: How his legacy has been celebrated — and co-opted — in pop culture | CBC Arts Professor Mark Anthony Neal, and culture critics Sandy Hudson and Matt Amha discuss the commercialization of Malcolm X’s legacy over the decades.

Dr. Mark Anthony Neal on the Legacy of Malcolm X !

@markanthonyneal.bsky.social

www.cbc.ca/arts/commoti...

Summer Reading: Duke Authors’ Hot New Books | Duke Today

Summer Readings! Check the new books from BTT faculty - Drs. Canada. McInnis, and Wilson!
today.duke.edu/2025/06/summ...

The rocket scientist behind Duke's AI push: A conversation with Provost Alec Gallimore As artificial intelligence reshapes higher education and careers alike, Duke has doubled down. The Chronicle spoke with Gallimore about his role as provost, Duke’s academic priorities and its shift to...

The rocket scientist behind Duke's AI push: A conversation with Provost Alec Gallimore

www.dukechronicle.com/article/2025...

What's changed since 2020? North Carolina's Black leaders give us their takes Five years ago, community organizers spoke with WUNC about being Black in America and the change they wanted to see in the climate of 2020. We've now come back to them to hear what they think has chan...

www.wunc.org/race-class-c...

Book cover of "Stratification Economics and Disability Justice" and headshots of co-authors Adam Hollowell and Keisha Bentley-Edwards

🚨 New Book 🚨
Stratification Economics and Disability Justice by Cook Center faculty Adam Hollowell and Keisha Bentley-Edwards
@keishabentley.bsky.social explores how the work of Black disabled activists can and should inform economic analysis of inequality in the U.S.

bit.ly/SEDJ2025

Dr. Nicki Washington and other speakers featured at the National Humanities Center's 2025 HBCU Humanities and STEM Faculty Virtual Institute. Image Credit: National Humanities Center

We are proud to share that our Director, @drnickiw.bsky.social, will present at the National Humanities Center's 2025 HBCU Humanities and STEM Faculty Virtual Institute: "Reconciling the Humanities and STEM: Methods, Models, and Impact." #AiiCEinnovates
Learn more: duke.is/NHC2025

The Blackest Moses: The Hot-Buttered Soul of Isaac Hayes by Mark Anthony Neal That the career of Isaac Hayes could be neatly packaged into generationally specific references like Shaft, the Comedy Central animated…

"At his peak in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Isaac Hayes’s music and image embodied the potency and vibrancy of “Blackness” during one of the most tumultuous eras in American history."

#BlackMusicMonth
medium.com/p/6e5d02e84f25

The confidence habit - Dialogue Review Self-assurance is made, not born. ... Read more

“Negotiation begins in the mind – your perspective shapes your power. Recognize negotiations as something that you can shape and not something that’s rigid and fixed."

Prof Ashleigh Shelby Rosette on how women should show up in negotiations to overcome imposter syndrome dukefuqua.com/confidence

Black Feminism on the Edge, our @dukepress.bsky.social book series, has 2 new titles coming out - Dana Murphy and Justin Mann. Want to chat more about it? Book ideas you want to discuss? Contact us! (with @samanthapinto.bsky.social)
dukeupress.edu/series/black...

Left of Black | Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesús Debunks the Medical Lie of Excited Delirium YouTube video by John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke U.

Professor Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesús joined me on #LeftOfBlack to discuss her book, 'Excited Delirium: Race, Police Violence, and the Invention of a Disease'

"all of the people who have "Excited Delirium" are considered to be fault or to blame for their own deaths."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO-8...

Announcing Dr. Dennis Frank-Ito as Director of the Clinical Research Unit Dr. Dennis Frank-Ito has been appointed as the Director of the Clinical Research Unit (CRU), effective May 12, 2025. His leadership will enhance the CRU's mission in clinical research and support its ...

Dr. Frank-Ito has been appointed as the Director of the Clinical Research Unit (CRU). His leadership will enhance the CRU's mission in clinical research and support its alignment with the academic goals of the School of Medicine & our department. Congrats! duke.is/n/np4k