Dr. Jennifer E. Lansford

GRM 2019 Workshop: Family Changes in the Context of Social Changes in the Gulf Region

Research Professor, Sanford School of Public Policy / Faculty Fellow, Center for Child and Family Policy - Duke University

Jennifer E. Lansford is a Research Professor at the Sanford School of Public Policy and Faculty Fellow of the Center for Child and Family Policy at Duke University. She earned her PhD in Developmental Psychology from the University of Michigan in 2000. Dr. Lansford has authored more than 200 publications that focus on family relationships, culture, and child development. Dr. Lansford leads the Parenting Across Cultures (PAC) Study, a longitudinal study of mothers, fathers, and children from 13 cultural groups in nine countries (China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States) funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health. Through collaboration with researchers at universities in each country, the PAC study aims to understand how risk-taking develops from childhood through early adulthood as a function of biological factors and socialization (parenting and culture).