Irwin Garfinkel, Ph.D.

Position
Mitchell I. Ginsberg Professor of Contemporary Urban Problems, Columbia School of Social Work
Role
Director, Columbia Population Research Center
Title
Interim Dean, Columbia School of Social Work
Office Phone
Office
Room 714, Columbia University
Bio/Description

Ph.D. 1970, University of Michigan, Social Work and Economics.
Interests:  social policy and the welfare state, poverty and inequality, single parent families, child support.  Center for Research on Child Wellbeing Advisory Board and Founding Principal Investigator on the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study (formerly known as the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study).