Tarsha Banister serves as the faith & health education manager at Wake Forest University School of Divinity’s Faith COMPASS Center, working at the intersection between faith-based leadership and public health advocacy.
The grant will be used to recruit and support a senior faculty member specializing in Black church studies to foster research and field-defining work in an academic, theological context.
We interview new faculty member Kevin Hart, Jo Rae Wright University Distinguished Professor, on the layers of his scholarly work, his involvement with Catholic initiatives at secular universities, and the themes from his latest book.
Wylin Wilson Awarded Intellectual Community Planning Grant
The grant from the Office of the Provost will support Dr. Wilson's project, which addresses the Black maternal health crisis in North Carolina by engaging bioethics, healthcare, and Black churches. Read more from the Duke Office of Interdisciplinary Studies.