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Christina M. Gibson-Davis, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Sociology, and Assistant Professor of Public Policy Studies, Center for Child and Family Policy and Assistant Professor of Psychology: Social and Health Sciences

Christina M. Gibson-Davis
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Christina M. Gibson-Davis
Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Sociology, and Assistant Professor of Public Policy Studies, Center for Child and Family Policy and Assistant Professor of Psychology: Social and Health Sciences
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Office: 236 Sanford Building
Phone: (919) 613-7364
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Research: Causes and consequences of marriage formation for low-income families; health and well-being of low-income families and children 
  Selected Publications/Recent Research:
 
  • Gibson-Davis, C.M, Money, Marriage, and Children: Testing the Financial Expectations and Family Formation Theory, Journal of Marriage and Family, vol. 71 (2009), pp. 146-161 [abs].
  • Gibson-Davis, C.M. and Gassman-Pines, A., Early Childhood Family Structure and Mother-Child Interactions: Variation by Race and Ethnicity, Developmental Psychology (Forthcoming) [abs].
  • Gibson-Davis, C.M., Edin, K. & McLahanan, S, High Hopes but Even Higher Expectations: The Retreat from Marriage Among Low-Income Couples, Journal of Marriage and Family, vol. 67 (2005), pp. 1301-1312 [abs].
  • Gibson-Davis, C.M, Expectations and the Economic Bar to Marriage Among Low Income Couples, in Unmarried Couples With Children, edited by P. England and K. Edin (2007), pp. 84-103.
  • Gibson-Davis, C.M, The Effect of Family Structure on Maternal and Paternal Parenting, Journal of Marriage and Family, vol. 70 (2008), pp. 452–465 [abs].
  • Magnuson, K. and Gibson-Davis, C.M, Explaining the Patterns of Child Support among Low-Income Noncustodial Fathers, in Unmarried Couples With Children, edited by P. England and K. Edin (2007), pp. 228-251, Russell Sage.
  • Gibson-Davis, C.M., Magnuson, K., Gennetian, L., and Duncan, G.J, Does Employment Protect Women From Domestic Violence, Journal of Marriage and Family, vol. 67 (2005), pp. 1149-1168 [abs].
  • Gibson-Davis, C.M. and Brooks-Gunn, J, The Association between Maternal Relationship Status and Breastfeeding Behaviors, Journal of Marriage and Family, vol. 69 (2007), pp. 1107-1117 [x[abs].
  • Gibson-Davis, C.M. and Foster, E.M, A Cautionary Tale: Using Propensity Scores to Estimate the Impact of Food Stamps on Food Insecurity, Social Service Review, vol. 80 (2006), pp. 93-126 [abs].
  • Gibson-Davis, C.M. and Brooks-Gunn, J, Couples’ Immigration, and Ethnicity as Determinants of Breastfeeding, American Journal of Public Health, vol. 96 no. 4 (2006), pp. 641-646 [641[abs].
 
  Course Descriptions


 
  • CCS 190S.01, RESEARCH SEMINAR: CCS CERT
  • PUBPOL 350.01, SOCIAL POLICY
 
   
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