Our People
Research Scientists
Dr. Ann Elizabeth Cami (aec2007@columbia.edu)
is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychology and Education
at Teachers College. She teaches courses in child development,
infant development, and socialization and personality development
in childhood. She also leads a research practicum designed
to consider the diverse ways in which the media influences
children's development. Her research interests include examining
contexts of young children's social development, analyzing
parent/child interactions, and exploring the use of media
in educating learners of all ages. Dr. Cami is working with
Professor Herb Ginsburg and the Columbia Center for New Media
Teaching and Learning in considering future educational applications
of the Video Interactions for Teaching and Learning System.
At NCCF, she is currently collaborating with The Appleseed
Foundation to examine the impact that No Child Left Behind
legislation is having on parent involvement in children's
education (see
NCLB's
Effect on Parental Involvement in School: An Evaluation).
Dr. Cami earned her Ed.D. in Human Development and Ed.M.
in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education,
and her B.A. in Social Anthropology from Harvard College.
Dr. Richard P. Fox (rpf5@columbia.edu) is the data analyst at the National Center for Children and Families. He is involved in organizing, managing, and analyzing data from various studies involving child and adolescent behavior. He also works with Dr. Michelle Warren at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital on medical studies dealing with development. He has a degree in General-Experimental Psychology, specializing in learning and experimental design, from the City University of New York (CUNY). He has taught courses in psychology at Brooklyn College, Hunter College, and Fordham University.
Selected Publications
Dr. Margo Gardner (gardner@tc.columbia.edu),
a Research Scientist at NCCF, earned her doctoral degree
in developmental psychology at Temple University, and her
B.A. in psychology at Duquesne University. Her past research
has focused on risk-taking among adolescents and the development
of juvenile offending. Her current research interests include
the roles of peer, parent, and community processes in adolescent
social development. Additional interests include studying
factors that facilitate and prevent the development of problem/risk
behavior among both normal and at-risk youth. Dr. Gardner
works on several NCCF research studies, including the After
School Time project, and Children's
Exposure to Violence Over Space and Time.
Selected Publications and Presentations
Dr. Pamela Kato Klebanov (pklebano@princeton.edu) received her Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Princeton University in 1989. Dr. Klebanov is currently a Research Scientist at the National Center for Children and Families, and an affiliate of the Bendheim-Thoman Center for Research on Child Wellbeing at Princeton University.
Selected Publications
Dr. Christine Leow (leow@tc.columbia.edu) is a Research Scientist at NCCF. She graduated from the Policy Research, Evaluation, and Measurement doctoral program at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education in 2002. Her research interests and experiences are in educational evaluation. Her past projects include systematic review of middle school mathematics curriculum for the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC). WWC is a large and ambitious endeavor by the Department of Education to create a central and trusted source of scientific evidence about what works in education. Dr. Leow also gained experience with the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) program at the National Science Foundation (NSF) where she aided NSF prepare for their STEM program’s assessment and review by the Executive Office of the President Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Recently, before coming to NCCF, Dr. Leow was the data analyst on the Illinois statewide evaluation of the Early Childhood Block Grant (ECBG) legislation. Currently, Dr. Leow’s project work includes the New York child care subsidy and the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods.
Dr. Anne Martin (arm53@columbia.edu),
Coordinator at the National Center for Children and Families,
is a Research Scientist working on several projects within
the organization.
Dr. Martin was awarded her Doctoral Degree
in Public Health with distinction from Columbia University's
School of Public Health, where she also received her M.P.H.
She received her B.A. from Oberlin College in 1990. Since
then, she has done research on early intervention for low
birth weight infants, adolescent pregnancy, the early development
of the children and grandchildren of adolescent childbearers,
children's home environment, Medicaid
funding for infants and pregnant women, pediatric/adolescent
HIV, and abuse in adolescent dating relationships. At NCCF,
she is studying maternal and paternal parenting behaviors
and young children's development. Her project work includes
the Infant
Health and Development Program, Yonkers
Family and Community Project, and the Project
on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods. She is
also involved in the Early
Head Start Research and Evaluation Project Grade 5 Follow-Up
Study.
Selected Publications and Presentations
Dr. Jodie Roth-Herbst (jr328@columbia.edu) is a Research Scientist at the National Center for Children and Families. Dr. Roth graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a B.A. in psychology, received her A.M. in Developmental Psychology from the University of Michigan, and completed her Ph.D. in 1995, also at the University of Michigan, through the Combined Program in Education and Psychology. She was a summer fellow in Putting Children First, an internship program in child and family policy. Her research centers on understanding how programs and institutions affect adolescents' development. She is currently directing the After-School
Time project, with funding from the William T. Grant Foundation. The project focuses on the impact of a variety of after-school activities on adolescent development.
Selected Publications and Presentations
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