associate professor of public administration and policy
Area of Expertise:
Impacts of public policy on child development; the impacts of public-and employer-supported child care on work/family balance; child care stability and children's development
Additional Information:
Taryn Morrissey's research focuses on the impacts of public policy on child development. She examines socioeconomic, geographic, racial, and ethnic disparities in early opportunity and how early care and education, nutrition, income, and health programs and policies promote children’s short- and long-term outcomes and family well-being. Morrissey is a co-author of Cradle to Kindergarten: A New Plan to Combat Inequality (2017 and 2021). She served as senior adviser on early childhood policy in the office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at the Department of Health and Human Services and as a health policy advisor for the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, for Sen. Edward Kennedy and Sen. Tom Harkin. Her opinion articles have appeared in The Hill, CNBC, and other media outlets, and she is frequently interviewed by NPR, The New York Times, Vox, and other media outlets.
Foreign Language Fluency:
Spanish
Academic Credentials:
BS, Tufts University; MA, PhD, Cornell University
Category:
Health Care-Policy and Reform, Education-K-12 Education ,Family-Children's Issues, Family Issues, Early Education, Child Care, Nutrition Assistance, Income Support