Sara S. McLanahan
Title: William S. Tod Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs
Director, Bendheim-Thoman Center for Research on Child Wellbeing (CRCW)
Director, Bendheim-Thoman Center for Research on Child Wellbeing (CRCW)
Area(s):
- Inequality
- Child well-being
- Family Demography
- Gender issues
- Marriage/divorce
- Race and ethnicity
- Welfare policy/reform
Office: 265 Wallace Hall
Phone: 609-258-4875
Fax: 609-258-5804
Email: mclanaha@princeton.edu
Assistant:
Regina M. Leidy
McLanahan is the coauthor of Fathers under Fire; Social Policies for Children; Growing Up with a Single Parent; Child Support and Child Well-Being; and Single Mothers and Their Children: A New American Dilemma. She has served on the boards of the American Sociological Association and the Population Association of America and is currently a member of the board on Families, Youth, and Children of the National Academy of Sciences. An associate of the Office of Population Research, her research interests include family demography, stratification, and social policy. She teaches courses on poverty and family policy. Ph.D. University of Texas.
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