Kenneth A. Dodge , Ph.D.
William McDougall Professor of Public Policy
Professor of Psychology
Director, Center for Child and Family Policy

Professor Dodge studies the effects of toxic social environments on children's development. He is conducting longitudinal studies of how these environments (especially early physical abuse, family poverty, and dangerous neighborhoods) interact with the child's biological characteristics to produce maladaptive outcomes. He also conducts and evaluates interventions to prevent adverse family outcomes.
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Publications:
Jaffee, S.R., Caspi, A., Moffitt, T.E., Dodge, K.A., Rutter, M., Taylor, A., & Tully, L.A. (2005). Nature x nurture: Genetic vulnerabilities interact with physical maltreatment to promote conduct problems. Development and Psychopathology, 17, 67-84.

Schulting, A.B., Malone, P.S., & Dodge, K.A. (2005). The effect of school-based kindergarten-transition policies and practices on child academic outcomes. Developmental Psychology.

Dodge, K.A. (2004). The nature-nurture debate and public policy. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 50(4), 418-427.

Dodge, K.A., Berlin, L.J., Epstein, M., Spitz Roth, A., O'Donnell, K., Kauffman, M., Amaya-Jackson, L., Rosch, J., & Christopoulos, C. (2004). The Durham Family Initiative: A preventive system of care. Child Welfare, 83(2), 109-128.

Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group. (2004). The effects of the Fast Track Program on serious problem outcomes at the end of elementary school. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 33, 650-661.