Keisha Bentley-Edwards
Associate Professor in Medicine
Overview
Dr. Keisha Bentley-Edwards is the Associate Director of Research for the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity and an Associate Professor at Duke University’s School of Medicine. She is the Co-Director of Duke’s CTSA Integrating Special Populations Core and Center for Equity in Research. Dr. Bentley-Edwards’ research focuses on how racism, gender, and culture influence development throughout the lifespan, especially for African Americans. Her research emphasizes cultural strengths and eliminating structural barriers to support healthy development in communities, families, and students. Dr. Bentley-Edwards has published and lectured extensively on using racial socialization and racial cohesion strategies to facilitate positive outcomes in Black students, as well as how teacher perceptions and school resources can influence disciplinary practices in early childhood education. She is dedicated to eliminating barriers to healthy birth and pregnancy outcomes. Dr. Bentley-Edwards nurtures complex conversations around race and racism in ways that not only identify disparities but prompt meaningful strategies for remedying these disparities. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the National Institutes of Health have supported her research. Dr. Bentley-Edwards regularly shares her expertise on the causes and consequences of structural racism and bias on health, education, and social outcomes with policymakers, practitioners, and the media.
Positions
Associate Professor in Medicine in the School of Medicine
2021 School of Medicine
Affiliate, Duke Global Health Institute in the Institutes and Provost's Academic Units
2019 Institutes and Provost's Academic Units
Affiliate of the Center for Child and Family Policy in the Sanford School of Public Policy
2023 Sanford School of Public Policy
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute in the School of Medicine
2017 School of Medicine
Education
M.A. 2000
2000 Columbia University
Ph.D. 2009
2009 University of Pennsylvania
Publications, Grants & Awards
- Grants (5)
- Academics Articles (33)
- Book Sections (8)
- Conference Pages (1)
National Institutes of Health
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
National Institutes of Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
International Business Machines
J Am Coll Health
J Public Health Manag Pract
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Jmir Formative Research
Psychology of Religion and Spirituality
J Relig Health
J Racial Ethn Health Disparities
J Am Coll Health
Health Equity
J Racial Ethn Health Disparities
J Racial Ethn Health Disparities
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
Social Sciences
J Relig Health
Social Psychology of Education
The Urban Review
Psychology in the Schools
Rsf: the Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development
Journal of College Student Development
Journal of Black Psychology
Journal of Child and Family Studies
Whiteness and Education
Journal of Diversity in Higher Education
Women, Gender, and Families of Color
The Black Reparations Project: A Handbook for Racial Justice
The Pandemic Divide How COVID Increased Inequality in America
Strong Black Girls Reclaiming Schools in Their Own Image
Afrikan American Women Living at the Crossroads of Race, Gender, Class, and Culture
The Guide for White Women Who Teach Black Boys
White Women's Work Examining the Intersectionality of Teaching, Identity, and Race
Handbook of Culturally Responsive School Mental Health Advancing Research, Training, Practice, and Policy
Handbook of African American Psychology
American Journal of Human Biology : the Official Journal of the Human Biology Council