Tracey L. Darity, Jr. is Professor of Economics at Duke University, where he has taught since 1981. He is the author of numerous articles in economics, including "The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration," "The Economics of Race," "Retirement Security for Blacks," and "Race, Wealth, and Intergenerational Mobility." He is also the author of The Economic Impact of the War on Drugs in America, which was awarded the 2011 PEW Charitable Trusts Arthur H
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Cole Medal for best book in social science by a practitioner or policymaker. He has served on several National Academy panels including the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) Committee on Children's Economic Well-Being; The NASI Committee on Poverty; The NASI Committee on Pensions; and The NASI Commission on Income Marginalization. He was Assistant Secretary for Policy Analysis at the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from 1988-1993 during which he led efforts to develop policies that would end discrimination against low-income Americans in health care and other programs. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by Morehouse College in 2009 and the Distinguished Alumni Award by Duke University in 2011. He lives with his wife Sherry in Durham, North Carolina.