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Biography
Marla McDaniel is a senior fellow in the Center on Labor, Human Services, and Population at the Urban Institute. Before joining Urban, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the Columbia University School of Social Work. McDaniel has researched, written about, and spoken about racial disparities; low-income children, youth, and families; and the programs and policy environments that touch families’ lives. She is interested in the relationships between vulnerabilities and in how inequality across multiple domains— including health, education, and employment—has a compounding effect on overall health and well-being.
McDaniel earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Swarthmore College and worked as a case manager for youth in foster care before earning a doctorate in human development and social policy from Northwestern University.
Research Reports
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Brief Education and TrainingMarla McDaniel, Amelia Coffey, Marcus Gaddy, Adaeze Okoli, Charmaine Runes, Susan J. Popkin, Theresa AndersonDecember 16, 2019
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Research Report Education and TrainingSusan J. Popkin, Theresa Anderson, Amelia Coffey, Marcus Gaddy, Charmaine Runes, Marla McDaniel, Adaeze Okoli, Patrick SpausterDecember 16, 2019
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Brief Adolescents and YouthDecember 2, 2019
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Research Report Poverty, Vulnerability, and the Safety NetSeptember 6, 2019
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Research Report Poverty, Vulnerability, and the Safety NetMay 29, 2019
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Brief ChildrenNovember 19, 2018
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Research Report Adolescents and YouthPlanning a Next-Generation Evaluation Agenda for the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence ProgramMark Courtney, Mike Pergamit, Marla McDaniel, Erin McDonald, Lindsay Giesen, Nathanael Okpych, Andrew ZinnJanuary 30, 2018
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Research Report Poverty, Vulnerability, and the Safety NetNovember 28, 2017
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Brief Adolescents and YouthSeptember 16, 2016