CLRP hosts Scholarship Mash-Up featuring Professor Tyson H. Brown
On January 28, 2025, the Duke Law Center on Law Race & Policy (“CLRP”) hosted its monthly CLRP Scholarship Mash-Up, featuring Professor Tyson H. Brown, Professor of Sociology and Medicine in the Sociology Department. During the Mash-up, Dr. Brown presented on his forthcoming annual review article (with others): “Conceptualizing and Measuring System Racism,” a quantitative study which provides a guide for rigorous, theory-driven measurement approaches, proposing best practices for the scientific study of systemic racism in health research and argues that the analytical crux of measuring systemic racism—a complex, interconnected, and dynamic system—lies in operationalizing the collective logics, properties, and mechanisms that undergird racial inequities.
The Mash-ups are monthly luncheon meetings for Duke University faculty whose research seeks to advance racial equity. These interdisciplinary gatherings are intended to be a medium through which faculty can test their ideas with each other, share insights, secure feedback, and form meaningful relationships. At each meeting, a faculty member presents, and seeks input on, a current project. These meetings aim not only to enrich our shared scholarship but also to build community among university faculty with overlapping research interests and lead to future collaborations. Additional Mash-ups are scheduled for February and March 2025.
