Kenneth A. Dodge

William McDougall Professor of Public Policy; Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience; and Duke Population Research Institute and Director, Center for Child and Family Policy

Contact Info 

Office Phone: (919) 613-9303

Office Fax: (919) 684-3731

Email Address:  

Mailing Address: 222 Rubenstein Hall Box 90545 Durham, NC 27708

Education:

• Ph.D, Duke University, 1978
• BA (Awarded with Highest Distinction and Honors in Psychology), Northwestern University, 1975

Research Interests:
Youth Violence and Child Abuse

Areas of Interest:
child abuse
violence prevention
substance use

Research Summary:
Research: Development and prevention of chronic violence in children and adolescents; violence prevention policy

Curriculum Vitae

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Putnick, D.L., Bornstein, M.H., Lansford, J.E., Chang, L., Deater-Deckard, K., Di Giunta, L., Gurdal, S., Dodge, K.A., Malone, P.S., Oburu, P., Pastorelli, C., Skinner, A.T., Sorbring, E., Tapanya, S., Uribe Tirado, L.M., Zelli, Arnaldo, Alampay, L.P., Al-Hassan, S.M., Bacchini, D., & Bombi, A.S., Agreement in mother and father acceptance-rejection, warmth, and hostility/rejection/neglect of children across nine countries, Cross-Cultural Research (In press) .
2. Kusche, C.A., Greenberg, M.T., & Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group, Grade level PATHS (Grades1-2) (2011), South Deerfield, MA: Channing-Bete Co. .
3. Kusche, C.A., Greenberg, M.T., & Conduct Problems Prevention Research Grou, Grade level PATHS (Grades3-4) (2011), South Deerfield, MA: Channing-Bete Co. .
4. Glennie, E.J., Bonneau, K., van Dellen, M., & Dodge, K.A., Addition by subtraction: The relation between dropout rates and school-level academic achievement, Teachers College Record (In press) .
5. Lansford, J.E., Wager, L.B., Bates, J.E., Pettit, G.S., & Dodge, K.A., Forms of spanking and children’s externalizing behaviors, Family Relations (In press) .

Kenneth Dodge is the William McDougall Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Psychology - Social and Health Sciences. Additionally, Dodge is the first director of the Center for Child and Family Policy at Duke. In this role, he leads an effort to bridge basic scientific research in children’s development with public policy affecting children and families. The center provides an integrated system of research, debate and dissemination, public service and teaching, addressing issues of child and family policy.

Dodge is trained as a clinical and developmental psychologist, has published more than 130 scientific articles, and is the principal investigator for several large research grants. He is the recipient of a research scientist award from the National Institute of Mental Health and has been honored with several awards from the American Psychological Association, including the Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychopathology.

Dodge’s particular area of scholarship has addressed the development and prevention of chronic violence in children and adolescents. He has conducted both laboratory and longitudinal studies of how chronic aggressive behavior develops across the life span. His work has identified early family experience factors (such as child physical abuse), peer relations factors, and social-cognitive patterns that serve as catalysts for aggressive behavioral development. With colleagues, Dodge used these findings to create the Fast Track Program, a comprehensive effort to prevent the development of chronic violence in high-risk children. This program is being implemented and evaluated in four regions of the country, with positive preliminary results.

Dodge joined the faculty of the Sanford Institute in September of 1998. Previously Dodge served on the faculty at Indiana University, the University of Colorado and Vanderbilt University. He is married to Claudia Jones, M.D. They have two children, Graham and Zoe.