Gifts at Changing The Present
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Dennis P. Culhane PhD


Biography
Dennis Culhane's primary areas of research are homelessness, and policy analysis research methods. His work is primarily based on the integration of administrative records, which he uses to understand the prevalence, dynamics, and costs of homelessness, and the intersection of homelessness with various social welfare systems. He also directs the Cartographic Modeling Lab, a spatial anlaysis research center that supports interdisciplinary investigations into the impacts of the built and social environments on health, development and behavior. He teaches in the Urban Studies program and the Graduate Group in Social Welfare. He lives in West Philadelphia with his family.