| Douglas J. Besharov |
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| Joseph J. and Violet Jacobs Scholar in Social Welfare Studies |
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Besharov is director of AEI's Social and Individual Responsibility Project. He is a lawyer and former director of the U.S. Center on Child Abuse and Neglect. Besharov also teaches at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy.
Short Biography
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Professional Experience
-Professor, University of Maryland School of Public Policy, 1992-present
-Director, U.S. Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, 1975-1979
-Faculty, Georgetown University, American University, the College of William and Mary, and New York University
Education
LL.M., New York University
J.D., New York University
B.A., Queens College
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| Research Areas |
| Education (vocational, high-school counseling, Affirmative Action, and student aid) |
| Poverty (trends, causes, and remedies) |
| Welfare reform (job training and program evaluation) |
| Families (marriage, divorce, same-sex marriage, and nonmarital births) |
| Child abuse/child welfare (foster care and delinquency) |
| Preschool and child care (Head Start) |
| Race and ethnicity (Affirmative Action and black middle class) |
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| Welfare Reform Academy |
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| Contact Information |
Douglas J. Besharov
American Enterprise Institute
1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-862-5904
Fax: 202-862-5802
E-mail: DBesharov@aei.org
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Family and Child Well-Being after Welfare Reform
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| This book explores how low-income children and their families are faring in the wake of welfare reform. [Read More] |
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