• Alumna Nicole Schaefer-McDaniel ’00 (psychology), authored the book, Children Talk about Their New York City Neighborhoods – The Role of Subjective and Objective Neighborhood Evaluations in Understanding Child Health, published in August 2007 by VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K. Upon graduating from Rider, Schaefer-McDaniel earned a M.A. in psychology and a Ph.D. in environmental psychology at the City University of New York. She is currently a post-doc at the University of Toronto with the Centre for Research on Inner City Health. Her research interests include social capital among young people, children’s rights, housing policies and housing programs for homeless and low-income individuals, as well as public health-related issues.

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