Claudia J. Coulton, PhD

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Email:
[email protected]

Phone:
216.368.2304

Office Location:
Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Community Studies Center
Room 212
11402 Bellflower Road
Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7167

Lillian F. Harris Professor Emerita

Claudia J. Coulton is a Distinguished University Professor and the Lillian F. Harris Professor Emerita. She is the founding director of the . Under her leadership, the center built a model capacity to provide data for community initiatives and research, including a dynamic neighborhood indicators portal (NEO CANDO), a parcel-based collaborative action platform (NST) and a longitudinal multi-agency record linkage system (CHILD).

Coulton is a founder of the National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership and has served as research adviser to many community change programs including Aspen Institute鈥檚 Roundtable on Comprehensive Community Initiatives, Annie E. Casey Foundation鈥檚 Making Connections program and the Invest in Children initiative. She co-lead the "Harnessing Technology for Social Good" Grand Challenge for Social Work with a focus on better utilizing information technology to inform social policy and practice. Her recent studies focus on the impact of the built and social environment on children鈥檚 health and development.

She is the author of numerous scientific publications and policy reports.

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Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Case Western Reserve University

Master of Social Work, Ohio State University

Bachelor of Arts, Ohio Wesleyan University