She was previously a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She teaches on social work interventions with children and families, and development over the life course. As a researcher, Tova seeks to identify ways of strengthening parent-child relationships and improving child and family wellbeing. She has worked with children and families in a variety of settings in the U.S. and abroad. She holds a joint Ph.D. in social work and psychology from the University of Michigan, and completed postdoctoral training in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars Program at University of Wisconsin-Madison. Tova’s research has been supported by grants and fellowships from the Kellogg Foundation, Doris Duke Foundation, and the National Institutes of Health. Tova and her husband Elias, an education policy researcher, live in Highland Park, NJ with their two children.