About the chapter
North Carolina SSN brings together a diverse community of engaged scholars from the mountains to the coast. By leveraging the expertise of our state's world-class universities, our chapter aims to be of service to policymakers, civic leaders, and journalists working to improve policy and combat challenges facing North Carolina.
Leaders
Co-Director of the North Carolina SSN Regional Network; Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Political Science, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Political Science, Sanford School, Duke University
Members
Associate Professor of Public Policy and Economics, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Richard J. Richardson Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
William T. Kretzer Professor of Public Policy, School of Public and International Affairs, North Carolina State University
ITT/Sanford Professor Emeritus of Public Policy, Economics, and Sociology, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminal Studies, and Coordinator of Criminal Studies, Salem College
Associate Professor of Public Policy & Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University
Kevin D. Gorter Associate Professor of Public Policy and Political Science, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
Professor of Public Policy and Political Science, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
Kenan Distinguished Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kathrine Robinson Everett Professor of Law, and Senior Fellow at the Kenan Institute for Ethics, Duke University
Associate Professor of Media and Journalism and Adjunct Associate Professor of Communication Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and Affiliate Fellow, Information Society Project, Yale Law School
Goodnight-North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation Distinguished Professor of Social Sciences and Co-Director of the Genetics Engineering and Society Center, North Carolina State University
Susan B. King Professor Emeritus of Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
Associate Professor of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Professor of Political Science, Director of the Center for Political Leadership, Innovation and Service, and Associate Dean for Strategy and Innovation, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
President and CEO, Resources for the Future; and Adjunct Professor of Economics and of Public Policy, Duke University
Professor of Social Medicine and Health Policy and Management, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Research Scientist, Mountain Area Health Education Center and Assistant Professor of Family Medicine; Affiliated Faculty, Medical Anthropology and Cross-Cultural Practice, Boston University School of Medicine
Director of Policy Engagement, Lecturer of Public Policy, Duke University
Director of the Retirement Income Project, the Pew Charitable Trust; and Adjunct Research Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
PhD Candidate in Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
Director of the Science in the Public Sphere Program, RTI International; Research Professor of Mass Communication, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Adjunct Faculty, Duke University
Associate Professor of Public Policy, Curriculum in Peace, War, and Defense, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Statistician, St. Augustine's University
Assistant Professor of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Latest Briefs
How to Reduce Harmful Police Contacts with Youth
SSN Key Findings,
America's Failed Efforts to Reform the Death Penalty
SSN Key Findings,
Latest In The News
Patrick R. Webb quoted in Ko Bragg, "Young Perps: The Costs of Sensationalizing Youth Crime" Jackson Free Press, November 29, 2017.
"Media Exposure of Juvenile Court Hearings: Should the Revolution be Televised?," Patrick R. Webb, Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, September 28, 2016.
"How the Media Contribute to Disproportionate Confinement of Minority Youth," Patrick R. Webb, Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, January 25, 2017.
"Are Youth of Color Benefiting from Juvenile Justice Reform?," Patrick R. Webb, Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, November 20, 2017.
William Darity Jr. quoted on a federal jobs guarantee in Katia Dmitrieva, "Leading Democrats are Backing One of the Most Radical Economic Plans in Years" Bloomberg, May 18, 2018.
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