Jiffy Lansing

Jiffy Lansing is the Data and Evaluation Specialist for the Children’s Behavioral Health (CBH) team at the Institute on Disability (IOD) at the University of New Hampshire. She brings applied research experience, a passion for using data and research to improve systems and promote wellbeing, and a multi-disciplinary, multi-method perspective to supporting the research of the CBH team and data needs of our partners.

Jiffy believes that adolescence and emerging adulthood provide a significant developmental opportunity for meaningful change to the life course’s direction. Her research interests include identity development, career preparation, and educational persistence for young people facing obstacles to a stable and satisfying adult life.

Jiffy spent almost two decades as a researcher at Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago. There, she worked on a range of studies focused on improving systems serving adolescents and emerging adults including child welfare and juvenile justice systems and high-school, college, and employment contexts. Jiffy collaborated on a federally-funded project creating a framework for promoting adult well-being and self-sufficiency for vulnerable youth and has partnered with state and city agencies to develop evaluations that inform programs designed to support a successful transition to adulthood. Jiffy has also served as a data, implementation, and research consultant for a number of education and community-based programs. Jiffy has training and experience in qualitative, quantitative and mixed-methods research approaches as well as translating data and research into action through practice, advocacy, and policy.

Jiffy lives in Newmarket with her husband, Ben, their son, Dexter, and their 86-pound beagle-mix, Nosewise.