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James Chappel, “” (Basic Books)

From the social movements underpinning Social Security and Medicare to the hit TV show “The Golden Girls,” Chappel, the Gilhuly Family Associate Professor of History, takes a journey through American aging and what the future of aging in our country might look like. (Read more on )

Brandon Garrett,  (Polity Books, January 2025) 

We expect public officials to act with fairness, and the U.S. Constitution seeks to ensure this. Yet, in overheated debates, people argue that others do not deserve any presumption of innocence. Garrett, the L. Neil Williams Jr., Distinguished Professor of Law, explores the fault lines that are putting due process under so much pressure.

Richard B. Hays with Christopher B. Hays, “” (Yale University Press)

Father-and-son biblical scholars explore a more expansive way of listening to the overarching story that scripture tells. Hays, the former dean of the Divinity School who died this month, and his son remind us of a dynamic and gracious God who consistently broadens grace to include more and more people. Those who were once outsiders find themselves surprisingly embraced within the people of God, while those who sought to enforce exclusive boundaries are challenged to rethink their understanding of God’s ways.

Andrew Janiak, “” (Oxford University Press) 

Philosophy professor Janiak presents a biography of Enlightenment-era philosopher Émilie Du Châtelet, who broke through the many barriers facing women at the time, published a major philosophical treatise in French and played important roles in leading intellectual debates of the period. (Read more in .) 

Jennifer Jenkins, (Oxford University Press, January 2025)

Jenkins, a clinical professor of law, provides a comprehensive introduction to copyright issues that are central to today's musicians. The book has an innovative design: half of the material is presented in the form of a graphic novel, which is coupled with accessible, insightful prose and relevant case histories. The book is paired with a series of Spotify and YouTube playlists, so that students can listen to the material under review.

Leslye Renee Kornegay, (Bright Communications)

Kornegay, executive director of Duke Environmental Services, rose from being a housekeeper to holding a director position with a doctorate of education. Through those years, several platforms emerged that gave other voices for Black women across all professional genres to speak up about work and life struggles. Her new book seeks to aid other Black women in their journeys. (Kornegay discusses the book on .)

Marin K. Levy and Jon O. Newman, (Cambridge University Press) 

Although the 13 United States Courts of Appeals are the final word on 99 percent of all federal cases, there is no detailed account of how these courts operate. Levy, professor of law, joins with an eminent federal circuit court judge to provide an inside look at court operations.

Jerusha Matsen Neal, (Baylor University Press)
This practical theology of place equips preachers from various contexts to proclaim God’s Word in the face of climate catastrophe by centering the sermons of displaced, Indigenous communities in the South Pacific, and examining the proclamation of the displaced prophet Ezekiel to expose colonial specters in the contemporary environmental movement and the North American pulpit. Neal is assistant professor of homiletics.

Gunther Peck, “” (UNC Press)

In his new book, the associate professor of history and public policy traces the changing definitions of who is white and shows how laboring women and men leveraged their newfound whiteness to secure economic opportunity and political power. Peck finds that fantasies of white slavery and the narratives of victimhood they spawn form the foundation of historic and current racist ideology. (Read more on the .)

Shitong Qiao, (Cambridge University Press) 

Based on more than 200 interviews across China, this book by Qiao, the Ken Young-Gak Yun and Jinah Park Yun Research Scholar and professor of law, provides an ethnographic account of how hundreds of millions of Chinese homeowners practice democracy in and beyond their housing complexes. Using interviews, survey data and a comprehensive examination of laws, policies and judicial decisions, this book also examines how the party-state in China responds to the risks and benefits brought by neighborhood democratization.

Stella R. Quah (editor), “” (Elsevier)

An adjunct professor at the Duke-NUS Medical School, Quah has overseen the third edition of the encyclopedia, which offers an authoritative and interdisciplinary guide to the major issues, challenges, methods and approaches of global public health. Spanning across seven volumes, 13 subject areas and 398 chapters, the edition covers all dimensions of the field.

Nimmi Ramanujam and Brian Crouch, “” (Cambridge University Press)

The two faculty members, part of the Duke Center for Global Women’s Health Technologies, have written a textbook that explores the fundamentals of biomedical engineering technologies, with a thought-provoking introduction that frames the book around modern-day global cancer inequities. Ramanujam is Robert W. Carr Professor of Engineering and professor of cancer pharmacology and global health, and Crouch is assistant research professor of biomedical engineering.

Christopher H. Schroeder, “” (Aspen Publishing)

Along with three co-authors, Schroeder has updated the 10^th edition of the legal textbook that provides up-to-date, comprehensive and accessible coverage of the growing and rapidly changing field of environmental law. Schroeder is Charles S. Murphy Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Law.

Crystal Simone Smith, “” (��ţӰ�� Press)

An instructor in the Thompson Writing Program, Smith’s new collection of haiku poetry reimagines the experiences of enslaved and formerly enslaved persons in a stark and chilling response to the archives of chattel slavery.

Brent A. Strawn (editor), “” (Westminster/John Knox)
An essential tool for all religious studies contexts, this study Bible includes interpretive materials from more than 80 leading biblical experts, from a variety of educational settings, who are sensitive to how the biblical texts have been received, what their cultural and social consequences have been, and how readers might hear them now in multiple contexts. Strawn is D. Moody Smith Distinguished Professor of the Old Testament.

Kevin White, “” (Huron Consulting Group)

White, former director of athletics and professor of business administration at the Fuqua School of Business, is one of the country’s most influential college sports leaders. In his memoir he draws on his experience to analyze the key issues shaping the future of intercollegiate athletics and key strategies to integrate athletics successfully within higher education.

Will Willimon, “” (Abingdon Press)

An experienced pastoral leader offers guidance and reflection around the ways he has changed his mind about ministry and depicts the pastoral vocation as requiring adaptation and revision by its practitioners. The book includes conversations with the New Testament letters of First and Second Timothy between the apostle Paul and young pastor Timothy. Willimon, former dean of Duke Chapel, is professor of the practice of Christian ministry.

Wylin D. Wilson, “” (NYU Press)
This book develops the first specifically womanist form of bioethics, focused on the diverse vulnerabilities and multiple oppressions that women of color face. It is grounded in the Black Christian prophetic tradition, and draws on womanist theology and Black liberation theology. It outlines ways in which hospitals, churches and communities can better respond to the health care needs of Black women. Wilson is assistant professor of theological ethics.

Norman Wirzba, “” (Yale University Press)

Wirzba, Gilbert T. Rowe Distinguished Professor of Christian Theology and research director of the climate, engages with contemporary topics such as climate change, AI and social media, and the intensifying refugee crises. Drawing on the wisdom of James Baldwin, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Martha Graham and others, this book offers a powerful argument for hope as a way of life in which people are intimately and practically joined with all the living. Read more in Duke Today.