Rachel Dunifon

Dunifon’s research examines child and family policy; focusing on the ways in which public policies and family environments influence children’s development. With funding from the William T. Grant Foundation; she has examined the role of grandparents in the lives of youth; with a particular focus on children being raised by their grandparents.  With funding from the National Institutes of Health; she has examined how maternal employment conditions; such as night shift work or frequent job transitions; influence children.