 | Confronting inequality :'' how policies and practices shape children''s opportunities / Laura Tach, PhD , is an Associate Professor of Policy Analysis and Management and Sociology (by courtesy) at Cornell University. Her research and teaching interests focus on poverty and social policy. She co-directs Cornell Project 2Gen, an initiative of the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research that serves as a hub for research, policy, and practice that supports vulnerable caregivers and children together. Prior to joining the Department of Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell, Laura was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania. Visit https://www.human.cornell.edu/people/lmt88. Rachel Dunifon, PhD is Interim Dean of the College of Human Ecology and Professor in the Department of Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell University. Prior to joining Cornell as a faculty member in 2001 she was the recipient of an NIH-funded postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Michigan. Dunifon's research focuses on child and family policy, examining the ways in which policies, programs and family settings influence the development of less-advantaged children. Dunifon is co-director of Project 2GEN, which combines research, policy, and practice to address the needs of vulnerable children and their parents together. Visit https://www.human.cornell.edu/people/red26 Douglas L. Miller, PhD is Associate Chair and Professor of Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell University. His research interests include applied econometrics, and social policy, with an emphasis on demographically and economically vulnerable populations as well as the relationship between the economic environment and health outcomes. Prior to joining the Department of Policy Analysis and Management, he was a member of the Economics Department at UC Davis. Visit https://www.human.cornell.edu/people/dlm336 |
