| Gary W. Evans | |
| Birth Date: | 22 November 1948 |
| Citizenship: | American |
| Fields: | Developmental psychology Environmental psychology |
| Workplaces: | Cornell University |
| Education: | Colgate University University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
| Thesis Title: | Behavioral and physiological consequences of crowding in humans |
| Thesis Url: | https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=2583&context=dissertations_1 |
| Thesis Year: | 1975 |
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| Known For: | Research on mental health effects of child poverty |
| Awards: | National Research Service Award from the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development (1999) |
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Gary William Evans (born November 22, 1948)[1] is the Elizabeth Lee Vincent Professor of Human Ecology in the Cornell University College of Human Ecology. He is known for researching the mental health and physiological consequences of exposure to poverty and stress during childhood.[2] [3] [4]
In 2006, Evans received an honorary doctorate from Stockholm University. In 2013, he received a Guggenheim Fellowship in psychology.[5]