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Dr. McKenna is the author of Sleeping
with Your Baby: A Parent's Guide to Cosleeping. He
received his undergraduate degree from the University of
California at Berkeley in Anthropology and his Ph.D. from the
University of Oregon, also in Anthropology, specializing in the
evolution of human parenting systems and human development. He
taught at the University of California at Berkeley for two years
before accepting a tenure track position at Pomona College in
Claremont, California where he taught for 20 years, and won
several teaching awards. In 1997, he was recruited by the
University of Notre Dame, where he is a Professor and the director
of the University
of Notre Dame Mother-Baby Behavioral Sleep Laboratory. He also
contributes to the blog Neuroanthropology.
Dr. McKenna is best known for his pioneering
studies of the differences between the physiology and behavior of
solitary and co-sleeping mothers an infants-and the connection
these data might have in addressing SIDS risks. He has published
three books, the most recent one entitled Evolutionary Medicine
with Oxford University Press. In addition, he has published well
over 50 peer-reviewed papers on SIDS and co-sleeping.
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