Dr. Rachel Dunifon

Biography

Rachel Dunifon is the James C. Morgan Dean of the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University. She has been instrumental in advancing key initiatives including Vision 2030 and the Action Research Collaborative that focus on health equity, sustainability, and the intersection of technology and human health. Her research primarily addresses child and family policy, particularly how various policies and family settings impact the development of disadvantaged children. Dunifon has authored a book titled 'You’ve Me: Understanding Lives of Children Raised by Grandparents' (2018), which employs unique multi-method data to explore the dynamics within households where grandparents raise grandchildren. She has been awarded numerous research grants from entities such as the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Her work has been published in leading journals, including 'Demography' and 'Child Development,' and she is an active member of several academic associations related to public policy and population studies.

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