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Social Sciences

Our social science disciplines apply both quantitative scientific and interpretive humanistic methodologies to study diverse patterns of human behavior, social structures and cultural and social change. Our highly-ranked Social Sciences departments produce research and scholarship that advance their respective fields and the university's goal of knowledge in service of society.

 

In addition, Duke's interpretive social sciences have distinguished themselves internationally with research addressing important global cultural themes related to gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, citizenship/nationality, social exclusion, social inequality, social movements, diaspora, health, religion, and artistic expression, among other factors.

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Majors Offered
20
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Minors Offered
16
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Faculty Members
218

Recent Social Sciences Faculty Publications 

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The Politics of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Nicholas Carnes (co-editor)
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Sanctions: What Everyone Needs to Know
Bruce W. Jentleson
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China’s New Development Strategies: Upgrading from Above and from Below in Global Value Chains
Gary Gereffi (co-editor)
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Legitimate Opposition
Alexander S. Kirshner
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Righting Wrongs: 20 Human Rights Heroes Around the World
Robin Kirk
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White Saviorism and Popular Culture
Kathryn Mathers
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Buried in the Red Dirt: Race, Reproduction, and Death in Modern Palestine
Frances S. Hasso
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The Pandemic Divide: How COVID Increased Inequality in America
Gwendolyn L. Wright, Lucas Hubbard, and William A. Darity Jr. (editors)
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Making a Modern U.S. West: The Contested Terrain of a Region and Its Borders, 1898-1940 (History of the American West)
Sarah Deutsch
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Hayek: A Life, 1899–1950
Bruce Caldwell and Hansjoerg Klausinger
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A Beautiful Ending: The Apocalyptic Imagination and the Making of the Modern World
John Jeffries Martin
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Black Ephemera: The Crisis and Challenge of the Musical Archive
Mark Anthony Neal
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You Mean It or You Don't: James Baldwin's Radical Challenge
Adam Hollowell (co-author)
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Reformed Government: Puritanism, Historical Contingency, and Ecclesiatical Politics in Late Elizabethan England
Polly Ha (editor) with Jonathan D. Moore and Edda Frankot
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Lifelines: The Traffic of Trauma
Harris Solomon
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