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Carey Cooper, Assistant Research Professor
T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics
E-mail: Carey.Cooper@asu.edu
My research represents ecological and life course approaches to
studying family processes and child development in the context of
socioeconomic disadvantage. Currently, this research takes the form
of national-level investigations of the effects of family poverty
and instability on maternal parenting and children’s education.
I am especially interested in the identification of policy-focused
factors that protect against the academic risks associated with
socioeconomic disadvantage. For example, two recent studies examine
factors targeted by existing policy and find that having a highly
qualified teacher can reduce the negative effects of disadvantage
on young children’s school experiences.
My research on the “Lives” Project at ASU (http://lives.clas.asu.edu/)
focuses on the role of gender in children’s academic lives.
Currently, I am investigating the extent to which gender composition
in elementary classrooms is associated with children’s achievement
and socioemotional well-being, whether gender composition affects
boys and girls differently, and whether composition effects can
be explained by teacher and classroom characteristics.
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