Nicholas Zill is a research psychologist and senior fellow of the Institute for Family Studies. He directed the National Survey of Children, a longitudinal study that produced widely cited findings on children’s life experiences and adjustment following parental divorce. He previously served as the first project director of the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey, and he is the founder of the organization, Child Trends. Dr. Zill is the co-author of Running In Place: How American Families Are Faring In A Changing Economy and An Individualistic Society, and of Who Reads Literature? The Future of the United States As A Nation of Readers.