Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Daniel T. Lichter is director of the Bronfenbrenner Life Course Center and Ferris Family Professor in the Department of Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell University. Much of his research focuses on spatial patterns of economic opportunity and inequality, especially in rural communities and regions such as Appalachia and the so-called Black Belt. He is especially interested in the implications of welfare reform and “healthy marriage” initiatives on the family, marriage and cohabitation, and children’s changing living arrangements. His most recent work has examined the "new destinations" of Hispanic immigrants and changing spatial patterns of racial residential segregation in rural and small-town America. He is a former editor of Demography. He currently serves on the board of directors of the Population Association of America and the research advisory boards of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy and the Guttmacher Institute.