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Jennifer Lansford is the Director of the Center for Child and Family Policy and holds the title of S. Malcolm Gillis Distinguished Research Professor of Public Policy at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy. Her research focuses on youth aggression, family dynamics, and cultural influences on child development. She examines how parenting practices, peer relationships, and global contexts shape adolescent behavior and well-being.
Her current projects include advancing equity in adolescent health through teen pregnancy prevention programs and studying pandemic impacts on global adolescent experiences. Lansford has authored over 200 publications, with recent work addressing climate change effects on families, cross-cultural parenting, and pandemic-related disruptions to education and social systems.
- Awards: S. Malcolm Gillis Distinguished Research Professor
- Key Research Themes: Cultural Moderation of Parenting, Global Youth Development, Crisis Response in Adolescence
- Lab/Teams: Center for Child and Family Policy at Duke
Her work bridges developmental psychology with public policy, emphasizing evidence-based interventions to improve child and family outcomes worldwide.
