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Using Research to Improve Children’s Lives: A Festschrift in Honor of Aletha C. Huston

Funds were given for a festschrift for Aletha C. Huston titled, “Societal Contexts of Development: Using Research to Improve Children’s Lives.”

The conference will lead to a book that will include a chapter on the use of research evidence by Bob Granger, Vivian Tseng, and Brian Wilcox.

About This Grant

Principal Investigator Elizabeth Gershoff, University Of Texas At Austin
Co-Principal Investigator Rashmita Mistry, University Of California, Los Angeles; Danielle Crosby, University Of Texas At Austin
Grant Period November 2010 – October 2011
Programs Capacity-Building and Communications
Focus Areas Use of Research Evidence
Topics Family & Child Policy
Grant Amount
$5,000.00

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