NCCF Research Affiliates

The effectiveness of the training provided to NCCF researchers is borne out by the positions they obtain in academic and research institutions after leaving our Center at Teachers College. Many choose to maintain “affiliate” relationships with our Center, and continue to contribute to ongoing research projects. Our affiliates also include individuals with whom we regularly collaborate on research projects.

Andrea Bastiani Archibald, Ph.D., Adjunct Faculty, Department of Behavioral Sciences, Concordia College, Bronxville, NY; Consultant, research and program development for the Girl Scouts of the USA Research Institute, NY; Consulting Research Scientist, National Center for Children and Families (NCCF).

Nazli Baydar, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Family and Child Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle; Psychology & Sociology, Koc University, Rumelifeneri Yolu, Istanbul, Turkey.

Lawrence M. Berger, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Social Work/Faculty Affiliate, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Lisa J. Berlin, Ph.D., Research Scientist, Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University.

Jeffrey B. Bingenheimer, Ph.D., Post-Doctoral Fellow, Population Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University.

Christina Borbely, Ph.D., Research Consultant, California Dept. of Alcohol and Drug Programs (Managed by the Center for Applied Research Solutions, or CARS).

Christy Brady-Smith, Ph.D. Consultant.

Pia Rebello-Britto, Ph.D., Associate Research Scientist, Child Study Center, Yale University.

Christopher R. Browning, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, The Ohio State University.

Natasha J. Cabrera, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Human Development, University of Maryland.

Marcia J. Carlson, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Social Work and Sociology, Columbia University School of Social Work.

Pinka Chatterji, Ph.D., Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Psychiatry, Cambridge Hospital.

Laura Mielcarek DeRose, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Adelphi University.

Rachel  Dunifon, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University.

Rebecca Fauth, Ph.D., Principal Research Officer, National Children’s Bureau, London UK.

Holly Foster, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Sociology, Texas A&M University.

Allison Sidle Fuligni, Ph.D., Associate Research Scientist, Center for Improving Child Care Quality, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, UCLA.

Christina Gibson-Davis, Ph.D. , Assistant Professor of Public Policy Studies, Center for Child and Family Policy, The Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University.

Rachel A. Gordon, Ph.D. , Associate Professor Department of Sociology and Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois at Chicago.

Julia Graber, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Area Director of Developmental Psychology, and Associate Chair, Department of Psychology, University of Florida.

Phyllis Gyamfi, Ph.D., Senior Scientist Macro International, a division of Opinion Research Corporation, Atlanta, GA.

Wen-Jui Han, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Social Work Columbia University.

Jennifer L. Hill, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of International & Public Affairs, Columbia University.

Veronica Holly, M.A., Senior Program Associate, Institute for Urban and Minority Education (IUME), Teachers College, Columbia University.

Ariel Kalil, Ph.D. , Associate Professor, The Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago.

Kristie Kauerz, Early Childhood/ P-3 Policy Director, Office of Colorado's Lt. Governor Barbara O'Brien.

Rachel Tolbert Kimbro, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Rice University; Research Affiliate, Center on Race, Religion and Urban Life.

Dafna Kohen, Ph.D., Sr. Research Analyst, Health Analysis and Measurement Group, Statistics Canada Ottawa, Ontario Canada ; Adjunct Professor, Dept. Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa; and Affiliate Scientist, Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa.

Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo, Ph.D., Associate Behavioral Scientist, RAND Corp., Santa Monica, CA.

Kyunghee Lee, Ed.D., Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, Michigan State University.

Tama Leventhal, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Eliot-Pearson Dept. of Child Development, Tufts University.

Miriam Linver, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Child Studies, Montclair State University.

Katherine Magnuson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin - Madison.

Lisa Anne McCabe, Ph.D., Extension Associate, Early Care and Education/Early Childhood Program, Dept. of Human Development, Cornell University.

Marla McDaniel, Ph.D., Research Affiliate, The Urban Institute, Center on Labor, Human Services, & Population, Washington, D.C.

Sarah Meadows, Ph.D., Research Associate, Office of Population Research, Princeton University.

Jane Mendel, M.A., Dept. of Psychology, University of Virginia.

Daphne Koinis Mitchell, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School; Staff Psychologist, Rhode Island Hospital.

Mignon R. Moore, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Sociology and African-American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles.

Pamela Morris, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Work, Community, and Economic Security, MDRC (was Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation).

Lenna Nepomnyaschy, Ph.D., Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University School of Social Work.

Michelle J. Neuman, Ph.D., Senior Early Childhood Development Specialist, Africa Region, Human Development, The World Bank.

Denise Newman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Tulane University.

Tracy Nichols, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Public Health Education, University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Yoko Nomura, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY.

Dawn Obeidallah, Ph.D., Research Associate, Harvard Schools of Public Health, Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods; Clinical Instructor, Harvard Medical School.

Lisa O'Connor, Ph.D., Research Associate, The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA), Columbia University.

Colleen R. O'Neal, Ph.D., Associate Research Scientist, Institute for Prevention Science, NYU Child Study Center, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Lucia O'Sullivan, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University of New Brunswick.

Rachel Razza, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Child and Family Studies, College of Human Services and Health Professions, Syracuse University.

Elizabeth Rigby, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Houston.

Rebecca Ryan, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Human Potential and Public Policy, Harris School for Public Policy, University of Chicago.

Sara Schley, Ed.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Research, Rochester Institute of Technology, National Technical Institute for the Deaf.

Marc Scullin, M.A., Research Coordinator, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University Medical Center.

Jacqueline D. Shannon, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Education - Early Childhood Program, Brooklyn College, The City University of New York.

Arjumand Siddiqi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Judith Smith, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Graduate School of Social Service at Fordham University.

Nitika Tolani-Brown, Ph.D., Research Analyst, International Development Program, American Institutes for Research.

Audrey R. Tyrka, Ph.D., M.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University.

A. Jordan Wright, Ph.D., staff psychologist, Behavioral Health Dept., Gouverneur Hospital, New York, NY.

Yange Xue, Ph.D., Research Investigator, Dept. of Health Education, University of Michigan.

Wei-Jun Jean Yeung, Ph.D., Research Professor, Department of Sociology, Senior Research Scientist, Center for Advanced Social Science Research, New York University.