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P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale
Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research Professor, Human Development and Social Policy PhD Program Annenberg Hall Room 203 2120 Campus Drive Evanston, IL 60208-0001 Phone: (847) 467-6913 Fax: (847) 491-8999 |
Biography
P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale is Professor of Human Development and Social Policy at the School of Education and Social Policy and Faculty Fellow at the Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University.Curriculum Vitae
She is an expert on the interface between research and social policy for children and families, a former Congressional Science Fellow, and the first developmental psychologist to be tenured in a public policy school in the United States. She is the founding director of IPR's Cells to Society (C2S): The Center for Social Disparities and Health and deputy director of Northwestern University's Multidisciplinary Program in Education Sciences (MPES).
Chase-Lansdale specializes in multidisciplinary research on social issues and how they affect family functioning and the development of children, youth and adults. Her research takes a risk and resilience perspective on developmental trajectories across the life span as well as children’s social and educational outcomes in the context of economic hardship. Specific topics include postsecondary education, immigration, early childhood interventions and child care, welfare reform, marriage and cohabitation, and social disparities in health. She is an expert in large-scale data sets and in intensive behavioral measurement. Her edited books include Human Development Across Lives and Generations: The Potential for Change (2004, with Kathleen Kiernan and Ruth Friedman) and For Better and for Worse: Welfare Reform and the Well-Being of Children and Families (2001, with Greg Duncan).
Chase-Lansdale is a fellow in the American Psychological Association and in the Association of Psychological Science, and she chairs the Board of Directors of the Foundation for Child Development, the oldest continuing philanthropy dedicated to improving the lives of children through research and the translation of research for policy and practice. She currently serves on the Visiting Committee of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the NIH Study Section on Social Sciences and Population Studies, and the selection committee for the Exemplary Dissertation Award of the Spencer Foundation. She was awarded the Society for Research on Adolescence Social Policy Award and the Martin E. and Gertrude G. Walder Award for Research Excellence at Northwestern.
Awards/HonorsView P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale's CV.
2007 - Elected Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science
2005 - Elected Fellow of Division 7, Developmental Psychology, of the American Psychological Association
2004 - Society for Research on Adolescence Social Policy Award for Best Journal Article
2004 - Martin E. and Gertrude G. Walder Award for Research Excellence, Northwestern University
2004 - Visiting Scholar, Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
Research/Scholarship
Education
Selected Publications
Year Degree Institution 1981 PhD, Developmental Psychology The University of Michigan 1974 BA, Social Relations Harvard University, Radcliffe College
Palacios, N., Guttmannova, K., & Chase-Lansdale, P.L. (2008). Immigrant differences in early reading achievement: Evidence from the ECLS-K. Developmental Psychology, 44: 1381-1395.Selected Presentations
Chase-Lansdale, P.L., Valdovinos D’Angelo, A., & Palacios, P. (2007). A multidisciplinary perspective on the development of young children in Mexican American immigrant families in J. E. Lansford, K. Deater-Deckard, & M. H. Bornstein, Immigrant families in contemporary society: 137-156.
Coley, R.L., Lohman, B., Votruba-Drzal, E., Pittman, L.D. & Chase-Lansdale, P.L. (2007). Maternal functioning, time, and money: The world of work and welfare. Children and Youth Services Review, 29: 721-741.
Li-Grining, C.P., Votruba-Drzal, E., Bachman, H.J. & Chase-Lansdale, P.L. (2006). Are certain preschoolers at risk in the era of welfare reform? The moderating role of children's temperament. Children and Youth Services Review, 28: 1102-1123.
Coley, R. L., Li-Grining, C. P. & Chase-Lansdale, P. L. (2006). Low-income families' child care experiences: Meeting the needs of children and families in N. Cabrera, R. Hutchins & H. E. Peters (Eds.), From welfare to child care: What happens to young children when mothers exchange welfare for work: 149-170.
Smuts, A.B., with Smuts, R.W., Smuts, R.M., Smuts, B.B. & Chase-Lansdale, P.L. (2006). Science in the service of children: 1893-1935. New Haven: Yale University Press.
Seltzer, J.A., Bachrach, C.A., Bianchi, S.M., Bledsoe, C.H., Casper, L.M., Chase-Lansdale, P.L., et al. (2005). Explaining family change and variation: Challenges for family demographers. Journal of Marriage and Family, 67: 908-925.
Bachman, H. J. & Chase-Lansdale, P. L. (2005). Custodial grandmothers' physical, mental, and economic well-being: Comparisons of primary caregivers from low-income neighborhoods. Family Relations, 34: 475-487.
Chase-Lansdale, P.L., Kiernan, K., & Friedman, R.J. (Eds.) (2004). Human development across lives and generations: The potential for change. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Votruba-Drzal, E., Coley, R. L., & Chase-Lansdale, P. L (2004). Child Care and Low-Income Children's Development: Direct and Moderated Effects. Child Development.
Lohman, B.J., Pittman, L.D., Coley, R.L., & Chase-Lansdale, P.L (2004). Welfare history, sanctions, and developmental outcomes among low-income children and youth. Social Service Review.
Gordon, R.A., Chase-Lansdale, P.L., Brooks-Gunn, J. (2004). Extended households and the life course of young mothers: Understanding the associations using a sample of mothers with premature, low birth weight babies. Child Development.
Chase-Lansdale, P.L., Kiernan, K., & Friedman, R.J. (Eds.) (2004). Introduction for Human development across lives and generations: The potential for change. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Chase-Lansdale, P.L., & Votruba-Drzal, E (2004). Human development and the potential for change from the perspective of multiple disciplines: What have we learned? in P.L. Chase-Lansdale, K. Kiernan, & R.J. Friedman, (Eds.), Human development across lives and generations: The potential for change.
Chase-Lansdale, P. L (2004). The developmentalist perspective: A missing voice in D. P. Moynihan, T. M. Smeeding, L. Rainwater (Eds.), The future of the family.
Chase-Lansdale, P.L., et al. (2003). Mothers' transitions from welfare to work and the well-being of preschoolers and adolescents. Science, 299: 1548-52.
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Duncan, Greg J. & Chase-Lansdale, P. Lindsay (2001). For Better and For Worse: Welfare Reform and the Well-Being of Children and Families. New York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation.
Duncan, G.J., & Chase-Lansdale, P.L. (2001). Welfare reform and child well-being in R.B. Blank & R.T. Haskins (Eds.), The new world of welfare: pp. 391-417.
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Gordon, R.A., & Chase-Lansdale, P.L. (2001). Availability of child care in the United States: A description and analysis of data sources. Demography, 38: 299-316.
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Chase-Lansdale, P.L. Gordon, R.A., Coley, R.L., Wakschlag, L.S., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (1999). Young African-American multigenerational families in poverty: The contexts, exchanges and processes of their lives in Hetherington, E.M., Coping with Divorce, Single Parenting and Remarriage: A Risk and Resiliency Perspective.
Coley, R.L., & Chase-Lansdale, P.L. (1998). Adolescent pregnancy and parenthood: Recent evidence and future directions. American Psychologist: 53, 152–166.
Chase-Lansdale, P.L., & Gordon, R.L. (1996). Economic hardship and the development of 5- and 6-year-olds: Neighborhood and regional perspectives. Child Development: 67, 3338–3367.
Chase-Lansdale, P.L., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (March, 2009). Harnessing parental investments in young children’s learning: Innovative educational interventions for low-income mothers. Paper presented at the international Parents Matter conference, London, England.Projects
Chase-Lansdale, P.L. (November, 2008). Welfare reform: Implications for the long-term development of children, adolescents, and young adults. Presentation in the NIH Behavioral and Social Science Lecture Series, Bethesda, Maryland. Bethesda , MD.
Chase-Lansdale, P.L (August, 2008). Welfare reform: Implications for the long-term development of children, adolescents, and young adults. Presentation to the MacArthur Network on the Family and the Economy, Princeton University, Princeton. New Jersey, NJ.
Chase-Lansdale, P.L (June, 2008). Welfare reform: Implications for the long-term development of children, adolescents, and young adults. Presentation at the Conference on The Effects of Parental Workforce Participation on Children, University of Stavanger. Stavanger, Norway.
Chase-Lansdale, L (May, 2008). Welfare reform: Implications for the long-term development of children, adolescents, and young adults. Presentation in the Colloquium Series of the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC). New York, NY.
Chase-Lansdale, L (April, 2008). Welfare reform: Implications for the long-term development of children, adolescents, and young adults. Presentation in the Series on Building Health Communities for Families, Department of Social Welfare, University of California-Los Angeles. Los Angeles, CA.
Chase-Lansdale, L (2008). Cells to Society (C2S): The Center on Social Disparities and Health. Made to the Institute for Policy Research to various groups at Northwestern University and in Chicago. Chicago, IL.
Palloni, A., & Chase-Lansdale, P.L. (2008). Social inequality and disparities in health: Their connections over the lifecourse. Paper presented at the conference, Health and Attainment Over the Lifecourse: Reciprocal Pathways from Before Birth to Old Age. Co-sponsored by the Center for Human Potential and Public Policy, University of Chicago; Cells to Society (C2S): The Center on Social Disparities and Health, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University; The Chapin Hall Center for Children, University of Chicago; and the Center for Health and the Social Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
Chase-Lansdale, P.L. (2007). Developmental science: A missing perspective in public health?. Invited colloquium at the School of Public Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Valdovinos D’Angelo, A., Guttmannova, K., and Chase-Lansdale, P.L. (2007). Immigration and father involvement: Implications for the cognitive development of preschoolers. Symposium presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, Massachusetts.
Palacios, N., Gutmannova, K., & Chase-Lansdale, P. L. (2007). Early reading achievement of children in immigrant families: Evidence from the ECLS-K. Symposium presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, Massachusetts.
Chase-Lansdale, P.L., Guttmannova, K. (2007). The role of immigration in the academic success of adolescents and young adults. Symposium presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, Massachusetts.
Guttmannova, K., Palacios, N., Valdovinos D'Angelo A., & Chase-Lansdale, P.L. (2007). School success among low-income, urban youths from immigrant and non-immigrant families. Symposium presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, Massachusetts.
Chase-Lansdale, P. L., Valdovinos D’Angelo, A., & Palacios, N. (2006). A multidisciplinary perspective on the development of young children in immigrant families. Presented at the conference Immigrant families in America: Multidisciplinary views on the 21st century. Center for Child and Family Policy, Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University.
Chase-Lansdale, P.L. (2006). A developmental perspective on welfare reform and children. Closing remarks at the conference Developmental, economic, and policy perspectives on welfare reform and child and family well-being: A decade after the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation (PRWORA) of 1996. Center for Human Potential and Public Policy, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago.
Bachman, H. J., Palacios, N., & Chase-Lansdale, P. L. (2006). Family and child strengths that promote early reading and math proficiency. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, California.
Bachman, H. J., Palacios, N., & Chase-Lansdale, P. L. (2006). Family and child strengths that promote early reading and math proficiency in low-income minority preschoolers. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, Los Angeles, California.
Chase-Lansdale, P.L (December, 2004). Welfare Reform and Preschoolers: Are Certain Children Resilient?. ? Colloquium presented to the Office of Population Research and the Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Princeton University.
Chase-Lansdale, P.L (November, 2004). Mapping the PK-3 Continuum: A New Vision for the Education of All Young Children. Policy Briefing, “Shaping Children’s Destinies,” Institute for Policy Research. Chicago, IL.
Li-Grining, C. P., Bachman, H. J., Chase-Lansdale, P. L., & Votruba-Drzal, E (October, 2004). Preschoolers' well-being in the era of welfare reform: Are child-specific risk factors at work?. Paper presented at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management's 26th Annual Fall Research Conference. Atlanta, GA.
Chase-Lansdale, P.L (June, 2004). Welfare Reform and Preschoolers: Are Certain Children Resilient?. Presented at the meeting on Resilience and Recovery: Refocusing Research and Services on the Restoration of Health. Board on Neuroscience and Behavioral Health, Institute of Medicine, The National Academies. Washington, DC.
Bachman, H. J., Coley, R. L., & Chase-Lansdale, P. L (April, 2004). The influence of marriage, cohabitation, and family structure changes on low-income adolescents' development. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America. Boston, MA.
Li-Grining, C. P., Votruba-Drzal, E., Bachman, H. J., & Chase-Lansdale, P. L (April, 2004). Welfare reform and preschoolers: Are certain children at risk?. In Meyers, M. K. (Chair), Public Policy and the Wellbeing of Children and Youth. Paper presented at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting. Boston, MA.
Coley, R. L., Bachman, H. J., Lohman, B. J., & Chase-Lansdale, P. L. (March, 2004). Maternal employment and adolescent well-being in low-income families: Economic and psychological moderators. R. L. Coley (Chair), Maternal employment dynamics and adolescent well-being in low income and single-parent families. Symposium paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence. Baltimore, MD.
Coley, R. L., Bachman, H., Lohman, B., Li-Grining, C., & Chase-Lansdale, P. L (March, 2004). Maternal employment and adolescent well-being in low-income families: Economic and psychological moderators. Biennial meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence. Baltimore, MD.
Bachman, H. J., Coley, R. L., & Chase-Lansdale, P. L (2004). Family Structure Changes and Low Income Adolescents' Well-Being. Poster accepted for presentation at the annual summer institute of the Family Research Consortium IV. San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Chase-Lansdale, L Welfare reform: Implications for the long-term development of children, adolescents, and young adults. . Presentation in the Colloquium Series of the Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, April 7. Evanston, IL.
Chase-Lansdale, L Health and Attainment Over the Lifecourse: Reciprocal Pathways from Before Birth to Old Age. I co-organized this conference. It was held at the University Club, and included over a hundred scholars and practitioners.
The speakers were local, national, and internatonal.
The conference was co-sponsored by the Center for Human Potential and Public Policy, University of Chicago; Cells to Society (C2S): The Center on Social Disparities and Health, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University; The Chapin Hall Center for Children, University of Chicago; and the Center for Health and the Social Sciences, University of Chicago. It was highly successful, and I also gave the following presentation with Alberto Palloni:
Palloni, A., & Chase-Lansdale, P.L. (2008). Social inequality and disparities in health: Their connections over the lifecourse. Chicago, IL.
Educare Postsecondary Success ProjectResearch Interests
Welfare, Children and Families: A Three-City Study
Public policy and child and adolescent development; family functioning; health disparities; consequences of poverty and welfare reform on children and families.
Teaching/Advising
Courses
Committees (PhD)
HDSP 401 Proseminar in Human Development and Social Policy Conceptual framework for studying human development, socialization and social policy. Theoretical and empirical studies. HDSP 402 Child Development Major theories and current empirical research concerning cognitive and social/emotional development of children. Interaction of internal maturational factors with effects of families, peers and schools.
Start End Name Position Description 2009 Bessie Wilkerson Member Family Structure, Family Processes, and Child Outcome 2007 Heather Hill Member Welfare Policy and Maternal Employment among Parents with Infants and Toddlers 2007 Amy Claessens Member The Determinants and Development of Academic and Socioemotional Skills in Middle Childhood 2005 Christine Li-Grining Chair Social Foundations of Early School Success among Low-Income Children: The Role of Self-Regulation and Home, Classroom, and Policy Contexts 2005 Michelle Greene Member Predictors of Digital Fluency 2004 Elizabeth Votruba-Drzal Chair Starting School on Unequal Ground: Environmental Origins of School Readiness and Early Academic Disparities 2002 Jennifer Romich Member The Trade-offs of Full-Time Work: Effects of Parents’ Work Hours on Young Adolescents 2002 Katherine Magnuson Member The Intergenerational Benefits of Maternal Education: The Effect of Increases in Mothers’ Attainment on Children’s Academic Outcomes 2001 Christina Gibson-Davis Member You Choose, Evaluators Lose: Selection Bias in Evaluations of Social Programs Natalia Palacios Chair Angela Valdovinos D'Angelo Chair
Service/Recognition
Editorial Boards
Year Journal Name Position 2008 Journal of Marriage and the Family Reviewer; member 2008 Journal of Family Psychology Reviewer; member 2008 Developmental Psychology Reviewer; member 2008 Children and Youth Services Review, Journal of Adolescent Health Member 2008 Child Development Reviewer; member