Neil J. Salkind received his PhD from the
University of Maryland in Human Development, and after teaching for 35
years at the University of Kansas, he remains as a Professor Emeritus in
the Department of Psychology and Research in Education, where he
continues to collaborate with colleagues and work with students. His
early interests were in the area of children’s cognitive development,
and after research in the areas of cognitive style and (what was then
known as) hyperactivity, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the University
of North Carolina’s Bush Center for Child and Family Policy. His work
then changed direction and the focus was on child and family policy,
specifically the impact of alternative forms of public support on
various child and family outcomes. He has delivered more than 150
professional papers and presentations; written more than 100 trade and
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