Kenneth A. Dodge

Kenneth Dodge directs the Center for Child and Family Policy at Duke University. This Center is devoted to finding solutions to problems facing children in contemporary society, through research, debate, service, and education.

Professor Dodge has studied children’s social development. He is particularly interested in how chronic violent behavior develops, how it can be prevented in high-risk children, and how communities can implement policies to prevent violence. He has discovered that antisocial behavior problems in adolescence can be predicted from children=s early experiences and adjustment in the early elementary school years and that family, community, school, and peer factors all play important roles in this process. Professor Dodge has teamed up with colleagues to create, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive program to prevent chronic violence in high-risk children. Professor Dodge has published over 200 scientific articles on the topic of children’s development. Professor Dodge earned his bachelors degree at Northwestern University in 1975 and his Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Duke University in 1978