Laura Tach is an American professor of policy analysis and management and sociology at Cornell University. She is the co-director with Rachel Dunifon of Cornell Project 2Gen, a research initiative supporting disadvantaged caregivers and children.[1] In collaboration with the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County, Tach studies the relationship between opioid abuse and child maltreatment. The study was funded by a multi-year grant from the William T. Grant Foundation.[2] Tach has studied the relationship between "microenvironments", or the neighborhood blocks where one resides, affect educational success.[3]
Selected publications edit
- McLanahan, Sara; Tach, Laura; Schneider, Daniel (30 July 2013). "The Causal Effects of Father Absence". Annual Review of Sociology. 39 (1): 399–427. doi:10.1146/annurev-soc-071312-145704. PMC 3904543. PMID 24489431.
- Laura Tach; Ronald Mincy; Kathryn Edin (2010). "Parenting as a "Package Deal": Relationships, Fertility, and Nonresident Father Involvement Among Unmarried Parents". Demography. 47 (1): 181–204. doi:10.1353/dem.0.0096. PMC 3000012. PMID 20355690.
- Odgers, Candice L.; Moffitt, Terrie E.; Tach, Laura M.; Sampson, Robert J.; Taylor, Alan; Matthews, Charlotte L.; Caspi, Avshalom (2009). "The protective effects of neighborhood collective efficacy on British children growing up in deprivation: A developmental analysis". Developmental Psychology. 45 (4): 942–957. doi:10.1037/a0016162. hdl:2027.42/151342. PMC 4212822. PMID 19586172.
- Tach, Laura Marie; Farkas, George (December 2006). "Learning-related behaviors, cognitive skills, and ability grouping when schooling begins". Social Science Research. 35 (4): 1048–1079. doi:10.1016/j.ssresearch.2005.08.001.
References edit
- ^ "Laura Tach". Cornell College of Human Ecology. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ "Cornell awarded $650,000 grant to fight opioid abuse". Ithaca Journal. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ Campbell, Alexia Fernández (23 May 2016). "Neighborhoods Can Shape Success, Down to the Level of a City Block". The Atlantic. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
External links edit
- Laura Tach publications indexed by Google Scholar
- Cornell Project 2Gen
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