Overview
Christina M. Gibson-Davis is a professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, with a secondary appointment in sociology. Her research interests center around social and economic differences in family formation patterns. Her current research focuses on the how divergent patterns of family formation affect economic inequality.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy
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2019 - Present
Sanford School of Public Policy
Associate Dean for Academic Programs in the Sanford School of Public Policy
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2024 - Present
Sanford School of Public Policy
Professor of Sociology
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2019 - Present
Sociology,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Faculty Research Scholar of DuPRI's Population Research Center
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2010 - Present
Duke Population Research Center,
Duke Population Research Institute
Recent Publications
Partisan Divergence in Fertility Change Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Florida
Journal Article Population Research and Policy Review · October 1, 2025 Motivated by political-based differences in pandemic perceptions, this study analyzed whether Republican- and Democratic-leaning counties exhibited differential fertility shifts, leading to a partisan fertility gap. As COVID-19 emerged, the political right ... Full text CiteChildren and Wealth Contexts in the United States: Differences by Household Type.
Journal Article Journal of marriage and the family · September 2025 ObjectiveTo examine whether the wealth context of households with children, marked by high rates of inequality and low levels of wealth for those at the bottom, also applies to elderly households and households without children.Background ... Full text CiteNet Worth Poverty and Food Insecurity.
Journal Article American journal of agricultural economics · August 2025 Food insecurity is a widespread problem faced by American families, particularly those with children. It is clear that poverty contributes to food insecurity, but extant research focuses almost exclusively on income poverty (IP). We move beyond income-cent ... Full text Open Access CiteRecent Grants
A Different Type of Economic Fragility: Wealth and Adolescent Problem Behavior
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Pittsburgh · 2023 - 2028NextGenPop -- Recruiting the Next Generation of Scholars into Population Research
Inst. Training Prgm or CMESpeaker · Awarded by University of Wisconsin - Madison · 2021 - 2026Net Worth Poverty and Children's Development
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2025View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Northwestern University ·
2001
Ph.D.
Bates College ·
1992
B.A.