Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
Affiliation
- Faculty Fellow, Teachers College
Research
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn is the Virginia and Leonard Marx Professor of Child Development and Education at Teachers College and the College of
Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University; Co-Director of the
National Center for Children and Families; Co-Director of the Columbia
University Institute for Child and Family Policy.
Dr. Brooks-Gunn specializes in policy-oriented research focusing on family, school and community influences on children and youth. Her policy work centers on designing and evaluating policies aimed at enhancing the well-being of children and youth, especially those with fewer opportunities. She also conducts research on transitions in children's lives, including family transitions (a parent moving into or out of the home, a parent returning to work, a family re-locating to a new neighborhood), school transitions (starting school, moving into middle/high school, leaving high school), and biological transitions (birth, puberty, adolescent sexuality and parenthood). Dr. Brooks-Gunn is the author of four books, 12 edited volumes and over 500 publications.
Dr. Brooks-Gunn holds a B.A from Connecticut College, a Masters in Education from Harvard University, and a Ph.D. in Human Learning & Development from the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Brooks-Gunn is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the New York Academy of Sciences, the American Psychological Society, and the American Psychological Association, and is a past president of the Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA). She is Associate Editor of the SRA's Social Policy Report, serves on the SRA's Governing Council, and received their Award for Contributions to Policy.
Dr. Brooks-Gunn is the recipient of numerous awards, including the James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award for outstanding contributions to the area of applied psychological research from the American Psychological Society, the John B. Hill Award from the Society for Research in Adolescence, the Margaret Mead Fellow Award from the American Academy of Political and Social Science and the Distinguished Policy Award from the American Psychological Association.
Selected Work
Please visit the National Center for Children and Families website for a complete publication list.
- Gardner, M., Roth, J., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (in press). Adolescents' participation in organized activities and developmental success two and eight years after high school: Do sponsorship, duration, and intensity matter? Developmental Psychology.
- Rigby, E., Ryan, R., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (2007). Childcare quality in different state policy contexts. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 26, 887-907.
- McCormick, M., Brooks-Gunn, J., Buka, S. L., Goldman, J., Yu, J., Salganik, M., et al. (2006). Early intervention in low birth weight premature infants: Results at 18 years of age for the Infant Health and Development Program. Pediatrics, 117, 771-780.
- Rouse, C. E., Brooks-Gunn, J., & McLanahan, S. (Eds.). (2005). School Readiness: Closing Racial and Ethnic Gaps. The Future of Children (Volume 15). www.futureofchildren.org
- Browning, C., Leventhal, T., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (2005). Sexual initiation in early adolescence: The nexus of parental and community control. American Sociological Review, 70, 758-778.
- Brooks-Gunn, J., Fuligni, A. S., & Berlin, L. J. (2003). Early child development in the 21st Century: Profiles of current research initiatives. New York, NY: Teachers College, Columbia University.
