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External Grants Awarded
The NCMR is pleased to announce the awards for our 2008 External Grants Program on Marital and Family Instability. The funded proposals rigorously address key questions about the linkages between family instability and well-being. These projects will provide important new knowledge for both the research community and policy makers.
Funded Projects
Heather J. Bachman, University of Pittsburgh, School of Education
Rebekah Levine Coley, Co-PI, Boston College, Lynch School of Education "Distinguishing between Family Structure and Family Instability on Child and Adolescent Well-Being in Low-income Families"
Shannon Cavanagh, Sociology/Population Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin "Family Instability and the Home Environment"
Paula Fomby, University of Colorado, Denver "Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Effect of Family Instability on Adolescents' Behavior"
Holly E. Heard, Department of Sociology, Rice University "Family Instability and Adolescent Educational Success: The Cumulation and Timing of Family Transitions Across Childhood"
Patricia Pendry, Program on Human Development and Social Policy, Northwestern University "Family Instability, Interparental Conflict and Child Adjustment: Exploring the Role of Children's Physiological Stress-System Activity and Negative Emotionality"
The NCMR thanks the external reviewers for their assistance in evaluating over 30 applications.
External Reviewers
Marcia Carlson, Columbia University
Rachel Dunifon, Cornell University
Rukmalie Jayakody, The Pennsylvania State University
Ariel Kalil, University of Chicago
I-Fen Lin, Bowling Green State University
Kevin Roy, University of Maryland
Pamela Smock, University of Michigan
Anastasia Snyder, The Ohio State University
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