Tama Leventhal

Education: Ph.D., Columbia University Expertise: Neighborhood and community context; housing context; family context; poverty and socioeconomic status; social policy; adolescence; immigrant young children

Expertise: Neighborhood and community context; housing context; family context; poverty and socioeconomic status; social policy; adolescence; immigrant young children

Email: Tama.Leventhal@tufts.edu

 

Tama Leventhal is Professor and Chair in the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development at Tufts University.  Dr. Leventhal is a developmental psychologist who has spent her career in policy and applied academic settings.  She received her degree (with distinction) from Teachers College, Columbia University.  Her primary research focus is the role of community contexts in the lives of children, youth, and families; related work centers housing. This research appears in top-tier disciplinary journals and employs a variety of advanced quantitative methods. Leventhal has been Co-Investigator on most of the leading experimental and non-experimental neighborhood studies in the U.S., including the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods and the Moving to Opportunity for Fair Housing Demonstration.  Most recently, she is Co-Director of the Housing and Children’s Healthy Development Study. In addition, Leventhal is a PI or Co-PI on several projects examining Latin American immigrant children that focus on education and community contexts.  She has served on numerous editorial and advisory boards.