Duke University 2009-2010 - Office of the Registrar - Duke University

For more information, contact the Center for Canadian Studies Program, P.O. Box 90422, 2204 Erwin
Road, Durham, North Carolina 27708; or visit the Web site at: http://www.jhfc.duke.edu/canadianstudies/.
Center for Child and Family Policy
The Center for Child and Family Policy brings scholars from many disciplines together with students,
policymakers, and practitioners to address problems facing children in contemporary society. The Center is a national
leader in addressing issues of early childhood adversity, education policy reform, youth violence and problem
behaviors, and adolescent substance abuse prevention. The Center bridges the gap between research and policy by
assisting policymakers in making informed decisions based on sound evidence and research.
The interdisciplinary Center for Child and Family Policy is located in Rubenstein Hall, Box 90545,
Durham, NC 27708-0545; phone (919) 613-9303; http://www.childandfamilypolicy.duke.edu/.
Center for Cognitive Neuroscience
The Center for Cognitive Neuroscience (CCN) of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences (DIBS) serves as the
central focus for research, education, and training in the biological, psychological, and computational mechanisms
mediating higher brain functions, including perception, attention, memory, emotion, social and behavioral, decisionmaking,
and consciousness. Cognitive neuroscience is by its nature interdisciplinary, and addresses longstanding
questions about brain and mind from new perspectives that cut across traditional intellectual and departmental
boundaries. To advance this agenda, the CCN and its activities bring together faculty from multiple schools in the
University, including Arts and Sciences, the Medical School, Pratt School of Engineering, and Fuqua Business
School, representing departments of Psychology and Neuroscience, Neurobiology, Psychiatry, Biomedical
Engineering, Philosophy, Evolutionary Anthropology, Computer Science, Linguistics, Neurology, Radiology,
Finance, and Marketing.
Students can obtain post-graduate training in cognitive neuroscience on either of two tracks. The Interdisciplinary
Program for Cognitive Neuroscience (IPCN) is an admitting program for newly entering PhD graduate students,
who complete coursework and laboratory rotations within the program before choosing during their second year an
advisor and a department in which to earn their PhD degree. Alternatively, students directly admitted to a departmental
program can complete coursework and research that lead to a Certificate in Cognitive Neuroscience. (For
additional information, see the entry on the IPCN graduate program under “Cognitive Neuroscience (Certificate
Program)” on page 79 in this Bulletin.)
For updated instructions on applying for these programs, visit our Web site at: http://www.mind.duke.edu/, or
send an e-mail to eh82@duke.edu.
Duke Population Research Institute
The Duke Population Research Institute (DuPRI) promotes a variety of activities related to the advanced study of
demographic issues and supports the pursuit of advanced degrees in sociology, economics, public policy, and other
disciplines related to population studies. DuPRI’s faculty members and research scientists have been awarded a large
number of research grants spanning a full range of population topics and welcome the expansion of intellectual
activity at Duke devoted to population research in the classroom as well as in the laboratory and in the field. Inquiries
for training and research opportunities, especially as related to sociology, biology, and health science, may be
directed to DuPRI faculty member Dr. Kenneth C. Land, Director of the Center for Population Health and Aging,
Sociology Department, Box 90088, Durham, NC 27708-0088. Inquiries for all other training and research opportunities
related to population research, such as those related to economics, public policy, and psychology, may be directed
to DuPRI faculty member Dr. V. Joseph Hotz, Duke University, Economics Department, Box 90097, Durham, NC
27708-0097.
Center for Documentary Studies
The Center for Documentary Studies, established in 1989, supports interdisciplinary teaching and research along
with the practice and dissemination of documentary work. The center teaches, engages in, and presents documentary
work grounded in collaborative partnerships and extended fieldwork that uses photography, film/video, audio, and
narrative writing to capture and convey contemporary memory, life, and culture. The Center’s graduate-level research
focuses on a collaborative project titled “Behind the Veil: Documenting African American Life in the Jim Crow
South,” directed by Duke professors William Chafe, Raymond Gavins, and Robert Korstad, but other research
opportunities also exist. Graduate students may participate in a variety of courses that the center offers under the
auspices of several Duke departments and programs, including art, history, public policy studies, English, education,
and cultural anthropology. Center-sponsored projects offer a limited number of assistantships to graduate students in
the arts and humanities. For more information, check the CDS Web site at http://cds.aas.duke.edu/ or contact the
Director, Center for Documentary Studies, 1317 West Pettigrew Street, Durham, NC 27705. Telephone: 919-660-
3663. Fax: 919-681-7600.
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