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Bridging the gap between research and public policy to improve the lives of children.

Spencer Faculty

Philip R. Costanzo, PhD, of Duke’s Department of Psychology: Social and Health Sciences, coordinates the group of fellows. Other Duke University faculty who have indicated their interest in participating include

Steven Asher, PhD, Psychology and Neuroscience
Claudia Buchmann, PhD, Sociology
Charles Clotfelter, PhD, Public Policy Studies
Philip J Cook, PhD, Public Policy Studies
William (Sandy) Darity, PhD, Public Policy Studies
Kenneth A. Dodge, PhD, Center for Child and Family Policy
Gary Feng, PhD, Psychology and Neuroscience
Helen “Sunny” Ladd, PhD, Public Policy Studies
Thomas Nechyba, PhD, Economics
Charles Payne, PhD, History and African American Studies
Martha Putallaz, PhD, Psychology and Neuroscience
David Rabiner, PhD, Center for Child and Family Policy
Kenneth Spenner, PhD, Sociology
Jacob Vigdor, PhD, Public Policy Studies
Xueguang Zhou, PhD, Sociology

Faculty from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill who will participate include

Oscar Barbarin, PhD, Social Work
Richard Barth, PhD, Social Work
Gary Bowen, PhD, Social Work
Dean Duncan, PhD, Social Work
Mark Fraser, PhD, Social Work
Beth Kurtz-Costes, PhD, Psychology
Paul Smokowski, PhD, Social Work
Karolyn Tyson, PhD, Sociology