Nicholas Zill

Dr. Nicholas Zill is a research psychologist who studies the effects of social and economic trends on the well-being of children and families. He was the director of the National Survey of Children for the Foundation for Child Development and the founding president of the non-profit organization Child Trends. Prior to his retirement, he was a Vice President at the research corporation Westat, where he directed landmark studies of the Head Start program. He developed the Behavior Problems Index and other widely used survey measures. His recent research briefs and blog posts may be found at https://ifstudies.org/blog/author/nicholas-zill