Sneha Kumar is an Assistant Professor of Human Development and Social Policy at Northwestern University. She is a social demographer who studies the determinants and consequences of global family change. Her research focuses on understanding how/why family dynamics are changing across the Global South, and what these changes mean for the health and wellbeing of aging individuals and young adults. Prior to coming to Northwestern, Sneha was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Texas at Austin with the DZC project. She holds a PhD in Development Sociology with a concentration in Population and Development from Cornell University. She is co-PI of the DZC 2 project.