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Aletha C. Huston is a psychologist and professor known for her research in the field of Child Development. She has explored the effects of poverty on children and how child care and income support policies impact children's development. Huston has received numerous research rewards including the APA Urie Bronfenbrenner Award for Lifetime Contributions to Developmental Psychology, the APA Nicholas Hobbs Award for Research and Child Advocacy, and the SRCD Award for Contributions to Child Development and Public policy.

Biography
Huston received her Ph.D in area of Psychology and Child Development at the University of Minnesota. She is currently the Priscilla Fond Flawn Regents Professor of Child Development in the Department of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. Huston has served as President of Division 7 (Developmental Psychology) of the American Psychological Association and as President of the Society for Research in Child Development. She has spent her career researching child development and the effects of media, gender role development, child-care consequences and the mechanisms of poverty on it.

Research
Huston's research addresses how poverty affects children and their development. She is a Principal Investigator in the New Hope Project, a study that focuses on the outcome of a work-based program that aims to reduce poverty. Huston is also a collaborator in the Next Generation Project, where child-care, income, and employment policies are investigated. She served as an investigator in the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development and she conducted a program of research on television and children, co-directing the Center for Research on the Influences of Television on Children (CRITC).