[2] In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Christakis worked on public health projects in Bangladesh and Ghana and served as a case manager for indigent adults with mental illness and addiction in Boston.
In 1993, she obtained a second master's degree from the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, with a focus on the role of education campaigns to prevent HIV infection and to improve maternal and child health.
Since the 1990s, Christakis has worked as a preschool teacher, college administrator and instructor, educational consultant, and writer and journalist.
[1] Her article in The Atlantic in early 2016, "The New Preschool Is Crushing Kids",[7] was described in Slate as having an "explosive" effect on the education world.
Her note was in response to a directive from the Yale Intercultural Affairs Committee that provided guidelines regarding Halloween costumes for all undergraduates.
[37] This claim engendered mixed reactions on campus, but The Atlantic noted that "her message was a model of relevant, thoughtful, civil engagement.