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Christina M. Gibson-Davis

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

Christina Gibson-Davis is an assistant professor of public policy. Her research focuses on the evaluation of effects of anti-poverty programs and the effects of poverty and welfare on the well-being of children and families.

Education:

• PhD Northwestern University, Evanston, IL - 2001
• M.A. Northwestern University, Evanston, IL - 2001
• B.A. Bates College, Lewiston, ME - 1992

Representative Publications   (More Publications)

1. Gibson-Davis, C.M (2009). Money, Marriage, and Children: Testing the Financial Expectations and Family Formation Theory. Journal of Marriage and Family, 71, 146-161.  [abs]


2. Gibson-Davis, C.M. and Gassman-Pines, A. (2010). Early Childhood Family Structure and Mother-Child Interactions: Variation by Race and Ethnicity. Developmental Psychology, 46(1), 151-164.  [abs]


3. Gibson-Davis, C.M., Edin, K. & McLahanan, S (2005). High Hopes but Even Higher Expectations: The Retreat from Marriage Among Low-Income Couples. Journal of Marriage and Family, 67, 1301-1312.  [abs]


4. Gibson-Davis, C.M (2007). Expectations and the Economic Bar to Marriage Among Low Income Couples. In P. England and K. Edin (Ed.).  Unmarried Couples With Children (pp. 84-103).


5. Gibson-Davis, C.M (2008). The Effect of Family Structure on Maternal and Paternal Parenting. Journal of Marriage and Family, 70, 452–465.  [abs]


6. Magnuson, K. and Gibson-Davis, C.M (2007). Explaining the Patterns of Child Support among Low-Income Noncustodial Fathers. In P. England and K. Edin (Ed.).  Unmarried Couples With Children (pp. 228-251). Russell Sage.


7. Gibson-Davis, C.M., Magnuson, K., Gennetian, L., and Duncan, G.J (2005). Does Employment Protect Women From Domestic Violence. Journal of Marriage and Family, 67, 1149-1168.  [abs]


8. Gibson-Davis, C.M. and Brooks-Gunn, J (2007). The Association between Maternal Relationship Status and Breastfeeding Behaviors. Journal of Marriage and Family, 69, 1107-1117. [x]  [abs]


9. Gibson-Davis, C.M. and Foster, E.M (2006). A Cautionary Tale: Using Propensity Scores to Estimate the Impact of Food Stamps on Food Insecurity. Social Service Review, 80, 93-126.  [abs]


10. Gibson-Davis, C.M. and Brooks-Gunn, J (2006). Couples’ Immigration, and Ethnicity as Determinants of Breastfeeding. American Journal of Public Health, 96(4), 641-646. [641]  [abs]

1. The Effect of Job Loss on the Birthrates of Young Women, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, November, 2010
2. Did Marriage and Fertility Get a Divorce? The Differential Association of Earnings on Marriages and Births, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of North Carolina – Greensboro, February, 2010
3. Towards a Unified Theory: Understanding the Associations, Center for Human Potential and Public Policy, University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy, November 2008
4. The Association between Fathers’ Informal Employment and Marriage, Institute of Human Development and Social Change, New York University, The Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, January 2008
5. National Poverty Center Summer Workshops: Qualitative Research on Urban Poverty, University of Michigan, June 14, 2004

Selected Grant Support

• Marriage and Parenthood in the Lives of Adolescents and Young Adults, William T. Grant Foundation.      
• Beyond Test Scores: Schooling and Life-Course Outcomes in Early Adulthood, Smith Richardson Foundation, Inc..      
• Centers for Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research, EPA.      

Curriculum Vitae