Trina R Williams Shanks

Biographic Data

ID220001
NAMETrina R Williams Shanks
GIVEN NAMESTrina R Williams
FAMILY NAMEShanks
SIGNATURESHANKS T R W
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Michigan
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS127
AUTHOR COUNT11
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2007
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
H-INDEX6

  • Universal and Progressive Child Development Accounts: A Policy Innovation to Reduce Educational Disparity

    Open AccessMichael Sherraden, Margaret Clancy et al.ARTICLEUrban Education2018Cited by: 7References: 48

    Child Development Accounts (CDAs) aim to increase college completion rates among disadvantaged youth by helping youth see themselves as “college bound.” This article summarizes findings about the implementation and impacts of universal, progressive CDAs, with emphasis on outcomes for disadvantaged children. Data come from a large randomized experiment. CDAs positively affect ownership of college savings accounts and assets, educational expectatio…

  • Assets and African Americans: Attempting to Capitalize on Hopes for Children through College Savings Accounts

    Open AccessTrina R Williams Shanks, Trina Shanks et al.ARTICLEThe Review of Black Political…2014Cited by: 4References: 1

    Although some racial inequalities have lessened in the half-century since the passage of the first major civil rights legislation, the racial wealth gap remains and in recent years seems to be widening. Households with children are the least likely to be asset secure or have sufficient resources to enable investment in opportunities for mobility. Viewing inequality from this perspective indicates that what households are able to save and invest f…

  • Parental Self-Efficacy and Joining a Savings Program for Children’s Education

    Open AccessDavid Okech, Todd D Little et al.ARTICLEResearch on Social Work Practice2010Cited by: 2References: 7

    Objectives: Using baseline survey data, the study examined self-efficacy of 381 lower-income parents who had opportunities to build financial assets for their children by opening college savings accounts in a human service agency. Methods: Of the study sample, 62% of the parents decided to open accounts while 38% did not. Structural equation modeling for multiple group models was performed. Results: There were few demographic differences between …

  • Research on assets for children and youth: Reflections on the past and prospects for the future

    Open AccessDeborah Adams, Yeseul Nam et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2010Cited by: 2References: 6

  • Assets and child well-being in developed countries

    Open AccessTrina R Williams Shanks, Trina Shanks et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2010Cited by: 19References: 64

  • Homeownership and parenting practices: Evidence from the community advantage panel

    Open AccessMichal Grinstein-Wei, Michal Grinstein-Weiss et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2010Cited by: 1References: 18

  • New Approaches to Old Problems: Market‐Based Strategies for Poverty Alleviation

    Kate Cooney, Trina R Williams Shanks et al.ARTICLESocial Service Review2010Cited by: 18References: 3

    The landscape of social welfare policy and practice is marked by new approaches that use business and market mechanisms to combat poverty. This article reviews four such antipoverty strategies: microenterprise, individual development accounts, social enterprise, and bottom‐of‐the‐pyramid (or base‐of‐the‐pyramid) schemes. The study provides a synthesis of the empirical research on the effectiveness of these approaches to date. It examines the effe…

  • Family-Centered, Community-Based Asset Building: A Strategic Use of Individual Development Accounts

    Trina R Williams Shanks, Trina Shanks et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Practice2010Cited by: 4References: 15

    This research examines individual development account (IDA) programs as part of a broader community development strategy for low-income/low-wealth communities, particularly communities of color. Through a review of multiple literatures and detailed case studies, we explore the potential of explicitly creating a community-based, family-centered development account program as a step toward a comprehensive community asset building approach in low-in…

  • Parental Expectations and Educational Outcomes for Young African American Adults: Do Household Assets Matter

    Open AccessTrina R Williams Shanks, Mesmin DestinARTICLERace and Social Problems2009Cited by: 20References: 14

  • The Impacts of Household Wealth on Child Development

    Trina R Williams Shanks, Trina ShanksARTICLEJournal of Poverty2007Cited by: 38References: 8

    This study examines the influence of wealth relative to income across several child development outcomes using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. The wealth measures include net worth and specific asset holdings. The child outcome measures include two cognitive achievement scores and one behavior problem score. Analyses use OLS regression to test whether wealth has explanatory power distinct from income. Results show that wealth is a s…

  • Neighborhood research from a spatially oriented strengths perspective

    Open AccessCarol T Mowbray, Michael E Woolley et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Psychology2007Cited by: 12References: 18

    Research investigating neighborhood effects on children and families has been largely deficit and individual‐focused, investigated structural variables, and has typically produced equivocal findings and small effect sizes. We suggest an approach focused on community strengths and resources that stresses the role of measures of social interaction variables and the utilization of analytic strategies that model the spatial and nested nature of conte…