Greg Duncan

Not to be confused with Greg Duncan (diver).

Greg J. Duncan
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Michigan Grinnell College
Scientific career
Fields	Economics Psychology Education
Institutions	University of California University of Michigan Northwestern University
Doctoral students	Ariel Kalil

Greg J. Duncan is an American economist who is a Distinguished Professor of Education at University of California, Irvine and an Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.^[1][2][3] He was the 2013 winner of the Jacobs Research Prize for his research on the long-term effects of childhood poverty,^[4] primarily through his 23 years with the Panel Study of Income Dynamics as researcher and director.^[5]

His research has had broad impacts on poverty, education, and housing policy and research. One paper with biologist collaborators uncovered a direct link between cash subsidies to poor mothers and high-frequency brain activity in their infants,^[6] supporting many of his influential papers on life-long sociological effects of childhood poverty.^[7][8] As of 2022^[update], his 176 peer-reviewed articles had been cited in over 15,000 peer-reviewed articles,^[9] and 38 of his books (including coauthors such as Harvard University Professor Richard Murnane) and articles have been cited 500+ times.^[10] In 2022, he was in the top 1% of most cited researchers in Education, anchoring the UCI Graduate School of Education which was ranked eighth in the world.^[11][12]

Honors

• American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2001
• National Academy of Education, 2009
• National Academy of Sciences, 2010
• Population Association of America, President, 2008
• Society for Research in Child Development, President, 2009-2011

References

1. "Fellows". aapss.org. 5 April 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
2. "Greg Duncan". uci.edu. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
3. "Greg Duncan". uci.edu. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
4. "2013 Research Prize – Jacobs Foundation". jacobsfoundation.org. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
5. Duncan, Greg J (Apr 18, 1999). "The PSID and Me" (PDF). PSID Technical Series Paper: 56. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
6. "Poverty reduction alters infant brain activity". National Institutes of Health (NIH). 2022-02-14. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
7. Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; Duncan, Greg J (1997). "The effects of poverty on children". The Future of Children. 7 (2): 55–71. doi:10.2307/1602387. JSTOR 1602387. PMID 9299837.
8. Duncan, Greg J.; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne (1997-06-19). Consequences of Growing Up Poor. Russell Sage Foundation. ISBN 978-1-61044-826-0.
9. According to WebOfScience Analytics, retrieved 12/13/2022
10. According to GoogleScholar, retrieved 6/30/2017. This total includes non-peer-reviewed materials.
11. "16 UCI faculty members listed among Highly Cited Researchers". UCI News. 2022-11-17. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
12. "UCI School of Education ranks No. 8 globally according to U.S. News & World Report". UCI News. 2022-10-27. Retrieved 2022-12-13.