Laura Tach Explained

Laura Tach is an American professor of policy analysis and management and sociology at Cornell University. She is the co-director with Rachel Dunifon of Cornell Project 2Gen, a research initiative supporting disadvantaged caregivers and children.^[1] In collaboration with the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County, Tach studies the relationship between opioid abuse and child maltreatment. The study was funded by a multi-year grant from the William T. Grant Foundation.^[2] Tach has studied the relationship between "microenvironments", or the neighborhood blocks where one resides, affect educational success.^[3]

She earned a PhD at Harvard University.^[4]

Selected publications

• McLanahan . Sara . Tach . Laura . Schneider . Daniel . The Causal Effects of Father Absence . Annual Review of Sociology . 30 July 2013 . 39 . 1 . 399–427 . 10.1146/annurev-soc-071312-145704. 24489431 . 3904543 .
• Laura Tach . Ronald Mincy . Kathryn Edin . Parenting as a "Package Deal": Relationships, Fertility, and Nonresident Father Involvement Among Unmarried Parents . Demography . 2010 . 47 . 1 . 181–204 . 10.1353/dem.0.0096. 20355690 . 3000012 .
• Odgers . Candice L. . Candice Odgers . Moffitt . Terrie E. . Tach . Laura M. . Sampson . Robert J. . Taylor . Alan . Matthews . Charlotte L. . Caspi . Avshalom . The protective effects of neighborhood collective efficacy on British children growing up in deprivation: A developmental analysis. . Developmental Psychology . 2009 . 45 . 4 . 942–957 . 4212822. 10.1037/a0016162. 19586172 . 2027.42/151342 . free .
• Tach . Laura Marie . Farkas . George . Learning-related behaviors, cognitive skills, and ability grouping when schooling begins . Social Science Research . December 2006 . 35 . 4 . 1048–1079 . 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2005.08.001.

External links

• • Cornell Project 2Gen

Notes and References

1. Web site: Laura Tach . Cornell College of Human Ecology . 16 January 2020 . en.
2. Web site: Cornell awarded $650,000 grant to fight opioid abuse . Ithaca Journal . 16 January 2020 . en.
3. Web site: Campbell . Alexia Fernández . Neighborhoods Can Shape Success, Down to the Level of a City Block . The Atlantic . 16 January 2020 . 23 May 2016.
4. https://sociology.cornell.edu/laura-tach