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Anna Gassman-Pines

Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Psychology and Neuroscience
CCFP Faculty Fellow

Anna Gassman-Pines is an assistant professor of public policy studies and of psychology and neuroscience at Duke University. She is also a faculty affiliate of Duke’s Center for Child and Family Policy. Gassman-Pines received her BA with distinction in psychology from Yale University and her PhD in community and developmental psychology from New York University. Her research focuses on low-wage work, family life and the effects of welfare and employment policy on child and maternal well-being in low-income families. Her research has been supported by grants from the American Psychological Association, National Head Start Association and National Institute of Mental Health.

Education:

• PhD (Psychology) New York University - 2007
• MA (Psychology) New York University - 2004
• BA (with distinction in Psychology) Yale University - 1999

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. E. O. Ananat, A. Gassman-Pines, D. V. Francis, & C. M. Gibson-Davis "Children Left Behind: The Effects of Statewide Job Losses on Student Achievement."  2011


2. C.M. Gibson-Davi, E.O. Ananat, & A. Gassman-Pines "The effect of local job loss on teenage birthrates: Evidence from North Carolina."  Submitted, Manuscript submitted for publication


3. E.O. Ananat, A. Gassman-Pines & C. M. Gibson-Davis (2011). The Effects of Local Employment Losses on Children's Educational Achievement. In Gregory J. Duncan & Richard Murnane (Ed.).  Whither Opportunity? Rising Inequality and the Uncertain Life Chances of Low-Income Children (pp. 299-313). Russell Sage.


4. A. Gassman-Pines, C. M. Gibson-Davis, & E. O. Ananat "The impacts of economic downturns on child development: A new theoretical framework incorporating the importance of community."  Submitted, Manuscript submitted for publication


5. Gassman-Pines, A (2011). Low-income mothers’ nighttime and weekend work: Daily associations with child behavior, mother-child interactions and mood. Family Relations, 60, 15-29.

1. Children left behind: The effects of statewide job loss on student achievement, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, November 2011
2. The effects of low-income mothers' nighttime and weekend work on family outcomes, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, UNC-Greensboro, March 2010
3. A daily diary study of associations between mothers’ work during nonstandard hours and maternal and child outcomes in low-income families., Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, September 2008
4. The New Hope anti-poverty program: Effects on children and marriage, and potential mediating pathways, Carolina Consortium on Human Development Proseminar Series, Center for Developmental Science, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, October, 2007
5. Maternal employment and children’s social development in low-income families, Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development, Tufts University, February, 2007

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