Dr. Weisner is an Anthropologist and internationally recognized leader in the systematic application of mixed methods in the social sciences. His research interests focus on culture and human development, medical, psychological, and cultural studies of families and children at risk, mixed methods research, and evidence-based policy studies. Working for decades with multi-disciplinary groups, Dr. Weisner has made major contributions to the development of methods for the study of families and children in context. Key to this work was his contribution to the development of the Ecocultural Family Interview for understanding the everyday routine of family life – a mixed methods approach. Dr. Weisner’s research includes studies conducted in Kenya, India, and the U.S. He has studied sibling caregiving of children, families with children with disabilities, countercultural families, and children, working poor families and children, early literacy in Head Start programs, and support for families with children with autism in India, among his key areas of interest. He is co-author of Higher Ground: New Hope for the Working Poor and Their Children (2007), with Greg Duncan and Aletha Huston; co-editor of Making it work: Low-wage employment, family life and child development (2006), with Hiro Yoshikawa & Edward Lowe; editor of Discovering successful pathways in children's development: New methods in the study of childhood and family life (2005); and co-editor of African families and the crisis of social change (1997), with Candice Bradley and Phil Kilbride. In addition, Dr. Weisner has published some 150 research papers, chapters, and reviews during his academic career. He received his B.A. in Anthropology from Reed College (1965) and Ph.D. from Harvard University (1973). He is currently Professor Emeritus, Departments of Anthropology and Psychiatry at UCLA. While none of us expect he will fully ‘retire’ anytime soon, Tom is finding immense joy away from work with his wife Susan, traveling and spending time with their four grandchildren.