Anna Gassman-Pines, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Psychology and Neuroscience, Center for Child and Family Policy  

Office Location: 201 Science Drive
Office Phone: (919) 613-7301
Duke Box: 90245
Email Address: agassman.pines@duke.edu

Areas of Expertise

  • Social Policy
    • Child well-being
    • Economic Inequality and Poverty
    • Gender

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."  .w17104 (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. "The Effects of Local Employment Losses on Children's Educational Achievement." Whither Opportunity? Rising Inequality and the Uncertain Life Chances of Low-Income Children. Ed. Gregory J. Duncan & Richard Murnane Russell Sage, 2011: 299-313.
  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. "Low-income mothers’ nighttime and weekend work: Daily associations with child behavior, mother-child interactions and mood." Family Relations 60 (2011): 15-29.

Curriculum Vitae

Bio/Profile
Anna Gassman-Pines is an assistant professor of public policy and psychology and neuroscience at Duke University. She is also Faculty Affiliate of Duke’s Center for Child and Family Policy. Gassman-Pines received her BA with distinction in Psychology from Yale University and 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.

Anna Gassman-Pines