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Kenneth A. Dodge

Director, Center for Child and Family Policy
William McDougall Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience

Ken Dodge is interested in the application of behavioral science research to issues in public policy that affect children and families. He joined the faculty of the Sanford Institute in September of 1998. He is trained as a clinical and developmental psychologist, having earned his B.A. in psychology at Northwestern University in 1975 and his Ph.D. in psychology at Duke University in 1978. Prior to joining the faculty at Duke, Dodge served on the faculty at Indiana University, the University of Colorado, and Vanderbilt University.

Dodge is the first director of the Center for Child and Family Policy Center. 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.

Research Interests

• child abuse
• violence prevention
• substance use

Research Projects:

• Durham Family Initiative
• Duke Transdisciplinary Prevention Research Center

Education:

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

Teaching Spring 2010:

• CCS 210S.01, APPROACHES CHILDREN'S ISSUES Synopsis
  Sanford 224, M 04:25 PM-06:55 PM
• PUBPOL 210S.01, APPROACHES CHILDREN'S ISSUES
  Sanford 224, M 04:25 PM-06:55 PM

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Fontaine, R. G., Yang, C., Burks, V.S., Dodge, K.A., Price, J.M., Pettit, G.S., & Bates, J.E. (2009). Loneliness as a partial mediator of the relation between low social preference in childhood and anxious/depressed symptoms in adolescence. Development and Psychopathology, 21, 479-491.


2. Dodge, K.A. (in press). Community intervention and public policy in the prevention of antisocial behavior. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.


3. The Multisite Violence Prevention Project (K.A. Dodge, member) (in press). The ecological effects of universal and selective violence prevention programs for middle school students: A randomized trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.


4. Lansford, J.E., Dishion, T.J., & Dodge, K.A. (in press). Deviant peer clustering and influence within public school settings: Inadvertent negative outcomes from traditional professional practices. In M.R. Shinn, H.M. Walker, & G. Stoner (Ed.).  Interventions for achievement and behavior in a three-tier model including response to intervention. National Association for School Psychologists Press.


5. Thomas, D.E., Bierman, K.L., Thompson, C. & the Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group (K.A. Dodge, member) (in press). Double jeopardy: Child and school characteristics that undermine school readiness and predict disruptive behavior at school entry. School Psychology Review.

1. The role of the environment and development in gene by environment interactions, San Francisco, CA, 2008

1. Social information processing models of aggressive behavior, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2009
2. Hostile Attributional Bias in Violent Crime, Los Angeles, CA, November 02, 2006
3. Transaction Development of Adolescent Violence, University of Michigan, June 02, 2006
4. Children's Mental Health Policy, Raleigh, NC, May 17, 2006

Curriculum Vitae