Christina M. Gibson-Davis, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Sociology, and Psychology and Neuroscience and Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience

Christina M. Gibson-Davis

Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Sociology, and Psychology and Neuroscience and Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
PhD, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 2001 edit
mailing address: 236 Sanford Building Durham, NC 27708
office: 211 Sanford Building
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phone: (919) 613-7364

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Specialties:

Psychology and Social Psychology
Sociology

Representative Publications:   (More Publications)   (search)

  1. Rackin, H. and Gibson-Davis, C.M. (2012). The role of pre- and postconception relationships for first time parents. Journal of Marriage and Family, 74, 526-539.  [abs]
  2. Gibson-Davis, C.M. (2011). Mothers but not wives: The increasing lag between nonmarital births and marriage. Journal of Marriage and Family, 73, 1-15.  [abs]
  3. Ananat, E., Gassman-Pines, A., and Gibson-Davis, C.M "The Effect of Plant Closings on Children's Educational Achievement." Whither Opportunity? Rising Inequality, Schools, and Children's Life Chances. Ed. G. J. Duncan, R. Murnane 2011: 299-313.
  4. 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]
  5. 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]
  6. Gibson-Davis, C.M (2008). The Effect of Family Structure on Maternal and Paternal Parenting. Journal of Marriage and Family, 70, 452–465.  [abs]
  7. Gibson-Davis, C.M "Expectations and the Economic Bar to Marriage Among Low Income Couples." Unmarried Couples With Children. Ed. P. England and K. Edin 2007: 84-103.
  8. 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]
  9. 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]
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