Hedwig E. Lee, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Sociology

Contact Info:

Office Location:	2200 West Main Street, Suite 700, Durham, NC 27705
Email Address:

Teaching (Spring 2026):

• SOCIOL 496S.01, SOCIOLOGY HONORS SEMINAR 2 Synopsis

  Perkins 079, F 10:05 AM-12:35 PM

Education:

Ph.D.

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

2009

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Rigby, D; Esposito, MH; Brown, TH; Lee, H; Clark, S, Sociohistorical contexts of racial violence: sundown towns and the durability of racialized public space, Ethnic and Racial Studies, vol. 49 no. 2 (January, 2026), pp. 480-495 [doi]  [abs]
2. Sun, S; Hudson, DL; Lee, H, Examining Long-Term Mental Health Outcomes Associated with Childhood Gun Violence Exposure: Variations by Race/Ethnicity and Gender., Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, vol. 102 no. 6 (December, 2025), pp. 1141-1151 [doi]  [abs]
3. Bruckner, TA; Stolte, A; Bustos, B; Gemmill, A; Casey, JA; Lee, H; Catalano, RA, Stillbirths and the race-specific gap in neonatal death among extremely preterm births., Scientific reports, vol. 15 no. 1 (November, 2025), pp. 38965 [doi]  [abs]
4. Rigby, D; Hibi, D; Wygle, R; Lee, H; Casey, J; Gemmill, A; Bruckner, T, State-level changes in racial disparities in probation and parole rates in the United States, 2001-2018., American journal of epidemiology, vol. 194 no. 11 (November, 2025), pp. 3091-3098 [doi]  [abs]
5. DAS, A; Esposito, M; Bruckner, TA; Lee, H, Incarceration and Psychiatric Emergency Department Visits Among Black Americans., The Milbank quarterly, vol. 103 no. 3 (September, 2025), pp. 883-917 [doi]  [abs]