African and African Diaspora Studies Faculty Publications

The Conditional Spatial Correlations between Racial Prejudice and Racial Disparities in the Market for Home Loans

Kopkin, Nolan (2018-01-01)

Many studies have shown the existence of disparities in loan denial rates between blacks and whites that cannot be accounted for by observable applicant characteristics. Examining the link between racial gaps in home loan ...
On Violence in the City: The Despair, Hope, Unfulfilled Expectations, Resignation/Desperation Syndrome

Van Horne, Winston A. (2002)

Much is known about despair, hope, unfulfilled expectations, resignation, and desperation in the everyday lives of individuals. This essay is distinctive in that it taps what is known about each concept individually to ...
Africology: A Theory of Forces

Van Horne, Winston A. (2010)

This manuscript is a product of the long years that I have spent in reflection on the discipline of africology. I have written previously of africology as a subject-matter discipline and an institutional discipline. In ...
Universities: The Addition of Human Value

Van Horne, Winston A. (2009-02-19)

This essay discusses the addition of value to individuals, groups, communities, and societies through the teaching-learning communities of universities. It begins by calling out the concept of human value. It continues by ...