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Course

  • 46412 The Evaluation of Social Welfare Programs and Policies

Job Experience

  • Research Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, UNC at Chapel Hill
  • Co-Investigator of Strong Couples-Strong Children Research Study
  • Co-Principal Investigator of Families & Financial Stability Study
  • Principal Investigator, Program Evaluation Study, Catholic Big Sisters Big Brothers, New York, NY
  • Director of Development & Program Development, Association to Benefit Children, New York, NY

Fields of Special Interest

  • Family structure and family stability
  • Poverty and inequality
  • Assets and wealth
  • Social welfare policy
  • Program evaluation
  • Intervention research

Publications or Presentations

  • Grinstein-Weiss, M., Manturuk, K., Guo, S., Charles, P., & Key, C. (in press). The impact of homeownership on marriage and divorce: Evidence from propensity score matching. Social Work Research.
  • Charles, P., Robertson, D., Gorman-Smith, D., & Henry, D. (2013, January). Family complexity and fathers’ financial investment in children: The mediational role of accessibility. 17th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, San Diego, CA.
  • Charles, P., Jones, A., & Guo, S. (2012, May). Evaluation of the treatment effects of a relationship skills intervention for low-income parents. Emerging Scholars Poster Session. Administration for Children and Families’ 2012 Welfare Research and Evaluation Conference, Washington, DC.
  • Grinstein-Weiss, M., Charles, P., Guo, S., Manturuk, K., & Key, C. (2011). The effect of marital status on homeownership among low-income households. Social Service Review, 85(3), 475-503.
  • Akos, P., Charles, P., Orthner, D., & Cooley, V. (2011). Teacher perspectives on career relevant curriculum in middle school. Research in Middle Level Education Online, 34(5), 1-9.
  • Charles, P.  (2011, January). Multipartner parenting: Effects on family stability among at-risk couples. 15th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, Tampa, FL.
  • Charles, P., & Perreira, K. M. (2007). Correlates of intimate partner violence during pregnancy and 1-year post-partum. Journal of Family Violence, 22, 609-619.
  • Charles, P., Orthner, D., Jones, A., & Mancini, D. (2006). Poverty and couple relationships: Implications for welfare policy. Marriage and Family Review, 39, 27-52.
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