Kenneth A. Dodge Explained

Kenneth Dodge
Birth Date:1954 7, mf=yes
Occupation:Professor of psychology and neuroscience
Employer:Duke University
Fields:Child abuse and neglect, youth violence prevention, early childhood, preventing adolescent problem behaviors-->
Alma Mater:Northwestern University, B.A., Psychology, 1975; Duke University, Ph.D., Psychology, 1978
Spouse:Claudia Jones

Kenneth Dodge is the William McDougall Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University.[1] He is also the founding and past director of the Duke University Center for Child and Family Policy and founder of Family Connects International.

Background

Dodge was born on July 20, 1954, and grew up in Chicago, Illinois. He completed his undergraduate degree in psychology at Northwestern University in 1975 and his Ph.D. in psychology at Duke University in 1978.[2]

Career

Dodge, a clinical and developmental psychologist, is a widely cited expert on the development, prevention and policy of aggressive behavior and chronic violence in children.[3] He is recognized for transforming school-based interventions to improve children's social competence and early childhood interventions to prevent child abuse and promote early child development. Through his research, Dodge concluded that early physical abuse can result in biased patterns of social information processing in children, and in subsequent aggressive behavior and school failure.[4] Based on these findings, Dodge and his colleagues established the Fast Track Project, a comprehensive program designed to prevent young adult chronic violence by working with high-risk children to develop their academic and social skills.[5] [6] He was also instrumental in creating Family Connects, a community-wide program to prevent child abuse and promote young children's school readiness by providing free in-home nurse visits to all infants and their families. Piloted in Durham County, North Carolina.,[7] the program has been evaluated in two randomized controlled trials and a field experiment. Results include: decreased infant emergency medical care in a child's first year of life, decreased mother's anxiety, and decreased child maltreatment investigations.[8] [9]

Dodge has published more than 500 scientific articles, and is among the most highly cited developmental psychologists in the world. In 2003, he was recognized by the Web of Science as being among the top 0.5 percent of “Most Highly-Cited Scientists”. Dodge was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2015. Dodge serves on the editorial board for the journals Clinical Psychological Science,[10] , and Aggressive Behavior.[11] [12] Prior to arriving at Duke, Dodge served on the faculties of Indiana University, the University of Colorado and Vanderbilt University.[2]

Selected service committees

Selected works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dodge, Kenneth A. Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy. sanford.duke.edu. en. 2017-10-12.
  2. http://childandfamilypolicy.duke.edu/people/profile/?t=faculty&p=dodge “Kenneth A. Dodge”
  3. http://fds.duke.edu/db/Sanford/dodge “Kenneth A. Dodge”
  4. Dodge, K. A., Bates, J. E., & Pettit, G. S. “Mechanisms in the Cycle of Violence”, Science, 1678-1683, 1990-December-21. Retrieved 2014-June-2
  5. http://www.fasttrackproject.org/overview.php “Fast Track Overview”
  6. http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/releases/early-intervention-reduces-aggressive-behavior-in-adulthood.html “Early Intervention Reduces Aggressive Behavior in Adulthood”
  7. http://www.durhamconnects.org/about_history.html “History”
  8. 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301361. 24354833. 4011097. Implementation and Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluation of Universal Postnatal Nurse Home Visiting. American Journal of Public Health. 104. S136–S143. 2014. Dodge. Kenneth A.. Goodman. W. Benjamin. Murphy. Robert A.. o'Donnell. Karen. Sato. Jeannine. Guptill. Susan.
  9. Dodge, K.A., Goodman, W.B. Bai, Y. O’Donnell, K. & Murphy, R.A. (2019). Effect of a Community Agency-Administered Nurse Home Visitation Program on Program Use and Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Jama Network Open 2(11), e1914522..  doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.14522.
  10. http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/publications/journals/clinical/editorial-board Clinical Psychological Science
  11. http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=editorialBoard&journalCode=hpar20#.U59DtlEpvTo Parenting: Science and Practice
  12. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1098-2337/homepage/EditorialBoard.html Aggressive Behavior
  13. News: Executive. Society for Research in Child Development. 2017-10-12. en.
  14. Web site: Executive Leadership Board FPG Child Development Institute. fpg.unc.edu. en. 2017-10-12.
  15. https://www.apa.org/pi/families/violent-media.aspx “APA Task Force on Violent Media”
  16. http://buildthefoundation.org/board/ “Board”
  17. http://www.preventionresearch.org/about-spr/board-of-directors/ “Board of Directors”
  18. http://www.srcd.org/about-us/committees/policy-communications “Policy & Communications”
  19. http://www.eji.org/files/Petitioner%20and%20Amicus%20Briefs%20Summaries.pdf “Summaries of Petitioner and Amicus Briefs”
  20. http://cms.americaspromise.org/About-the-Alliance/Leadership/Research-Council.aspx “Research Council”

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