Research Topic

Race Equity

For children and families to thrive, we must confront and correct historic and current policies that create inequitable opportunities. Embedded structural racism is the major barrier to achieving better outcomes for children and families. CCFP researchers study how past and current policies and programs contribute to inequal opportunities for children and families of color and seek to identify programs, policies, and interventions that provide opportunities for all children and families, particularly those who have been impacted by structural racism.

Latest Research

Journal Articles

Black Girl Embodied Motivation: A Critically, Race-Gender Reimagined Motivation Theory

In this paper, a longstanding gap in the educational psychology literature is addressed by introducing a critically, race-gender reimagined motivation framework created specifically for investigating the academic motivation of Black girls.

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Journal Articles

Rethinking and Reenvisioning Research Experiences for Undergraduate Black Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

This paper provides three recommendations for enhancing research experiences for Black undergraduate women: (a) rebuilding strategic mentoring and development opportunities; (b) rejuvenating institutional and community-engaged partnerships; and (c) restructuring student-driven experiences through an equity ethic lens.

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Research Brief

A Child-Centric Cross-Disciplinary Framework to Black Reparations

This brief offers a cross-disciplinary conceptual framework that suggests a three-pronged child-centric reparations strategy for black children.

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Reimagining Student Assignment Practices to Increase Equity, Access, and Diversity

Project Description The Spencer Foundation awarded the Durham Public Schools Foundation (DPSF) a Research-Practice Partnership (RPP) grant to build on longstanding collaborations among DPSF, Durham Public Schools (DPS), and Duke University to examine the implementation and impact of the Growing Together (GT) Initiative. GT is a transformational new process for student assignment launched in the…

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Midlife Health in the Rural South

Project Description Midlife Health in the Rural South (Midlife HiRS) aims to recruit residents of eastern North Carolina (NC) to participate in a baseline survey and short follow-up surveys about health and life experiences. The goal of this study is to understand risk and resilience related to health and well-being during the midlife years (30-55…

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Property Sales and Residential Displacement of Black and Hispanic Children in the American South: Implications for School Mobility and Educational Inequality

This project looks at the impact of rental housing sales on children’s residential mobility, school switches, and school performance.

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Advancing Equity in Adolescent Health through Evidence-Based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs and Services

This project expands reach, builds capacity, and scales up evidence-based programs offering positive youth development and sexuality education to address health disparities in the most vulnerable areas across rural Eastern North Carolina.

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April 30, 2025
Research Brief

Making the Case for Black Reparations for Children

This brief details how due to a variety of social, public policy and economic forces, black children are more likely than white children to experience negative outcomes throughout childhood.

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