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Dr Gretchen Perry

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Department: Sociology and Anthropology

Email: gretchen.perry@canterbury.ac.nz

Phone Number: +64 3 369 3999 ext. null

Office: Elsie Locke Building 323

Language: English

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Researcher Summary

Dr. Gretchen Perry does research focused on non-parental caregivers of children, and their impact on child well-being and outcomes. She comes to this work based on a 25 year career in social services work with vulnerable individuals and families. Dr. Perry has an M.S.W. which is complemented by her Ph.D. in cultural anthropology. This has allowed her to work across disciplines, using a culturally comparative approach.

My research interests include the effects of cultural variation on non-parental caregiving of children, and fosterage and adoption. I have conducted field work in rural Bangladesh. I use qualitative and quantitative methods from epidemiology and ethnography, as well as structured interviews. I continue to be interested in child protection research in Canada, as well as the impact of immigration on childcare and subsequent child development.

My current research focuses on the "matrilateral bias" (the persistent pattern of mother's extended family investing more in children, on average, than father's extended family) found around the world.

Subject Area: Disciplines

  • Anthropology and Archaeology: Anthropology
  • Sociology, Social Policy, Social Work, Criminology and Gender Studies: Intergenerational Studies; Social Work
  • Family Studies: Childhood Studies; Resilience

Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

  • Daly M. and Perry G. (2022) Sexual Selection and the Treatment of Predecessors’ Progeny by Replacement Mates. Frontiers in Psychology 13 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.924238. (Journal Articles)
  • Daly M. and Perry G. (2021) In-law Relationships in Evolutionary Perspective: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Frontiers in Sociology 6: 683501-683501. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2021.683501. (Journal Articles)
  • Perry G. and Daly M. (2021) A Cinderella effect in the childcare assistance provided by European grandparents. Evolution & Human Behavior Forthcoming: 14. (Journal Articles)
  • Perry G. and Daly M. (2021) Grandparental partnership status and its effects on caring for grandchildren in Europe. PLoS ONE 16(3 March) http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248915. (Journal Articles)
  • Perry GC. (2021) Non-Parental Investment in Children and Child Outcomes after Parental Death or Divorce in a Patrilocal Society. Social Sciences 10(6) 196 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/socsci10060196. (Journal Articles)
  • Perry G. and Daly M. (2020) Substitute Parenting. In Workman L; Reader W; Barkow JH (Ed.), The Cambridge Handbook of Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Behavior: 481-488.Cambridge University Press. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108131797. (Chapters)
  • Daly M. and Perry G. (2019) Grandmaternal childcare and kinship laterality. Is rural Greece exceptional? Evolution and Human Behavior 40(4): 385-394. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2019.04.004. (Journal Articles)
  • Daly M. and Perry G. (2017) Matrilateral bias in human grandmothering. Frontiers in Sociology 2: 11-11. (Journal Articles)
  • Daly M., Ramos D. and Perry G. (2017) The behavioural constellation of deprivation: Compelling framework, messy reality. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 40. (Journal Articles)
  • Perry G. (2017) Alloparental care and assistance in a normatively patrilocal society. Current Anthropology 58 1: 114-123. (Journal Articles)
  • Perry G. (2017) Going Home. Human Nature 28 2: 219-230. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12110-016-9282-7. (Journal Articles)
  • Perry G. and Daly M. (2017) A model explaining the matrilateral bias in alloparental investment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114 35: 9290-9295. (Journal Articles)
  • Daly M. and Perry G. (2016) Parent-Offspring Relations. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Theory in Psychology: 638-642.Sage Reference. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483346274.n222. (Chapters)
  • Perry GC. (2016) Alloparental care in two societies: Who helps and in what circumstances. PhD Thesis. (Theses / Dissertations)
  • Perry G., Daly M. and Macfarlan S. (2014) Maternal foster families provide more stable placements than paternal families. Children and Youth Services Review 46: 155-159. (Journal Articles)
  • Perry G. and Daly M. (2013) Who provides kinship care in Waterloo Region, and what challenges do they face? Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies Journal 58 1: 2-9. (Journal Articles)
  • Perry G., Daly M. and Kotler J. (2012) Placement stability in kinship and non-kin foster care: A Canadian study. Children and Youth Services Review 34 2: 460-465. (Journal Articles)
  • Daly M. and Perry G. (2011) Has the child welfare profession discovered nepotistic biases? Human Nature 22 3: 350-350. (Journal Articles)

Key Methodologies

  • mixed-methods
  • ethnography
  • Interview
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