Faculty

Jeanne C. Marsh, Ph.D.

Jeanne MarshJeanne C. Marsh is the Dean and George Herbert Jones Professor in the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago. Her fields of special interest include services for women and families, service integration in service delivery, social program and policy evaluation, and knowledge utilization in practice and program decision making.

Professor Marsh joined the University of Chicago faculty in 1978 and held appointments in both the School of Social Service Administration and the Committee on Public Policy Studies. She served as Dean of SSA for two terms from 1988 to 1998 and was appointed Dean for a third term in 2006. She has served as Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics and at Clare Hall, Cambridge University.

Professor Marsh has published broadly on issues of substance abuse, social service provision for women and children and evaluation of social work interventions. She is co-author of two books: Berlin, S. and Marsh, J.C., Informing Practice Decisions, Columbus, Ohio: MacMillan Publishing, 1993, and Marsh J.C., Geist, A., and Caplan, N., Rape and the Limits of Law Reform, Boston: Auburn House, 1982, along with numerous articles and chapters. She is recipient of the NASW Award for Excellence in Social Work Research and has served as editor-in-chief of SOCIAL WORK, the journal of the National Association of Social Workers, and on the board for the Society for Social Work and Research.

Professor Marsh graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in Psychology from Michigan State University and received her M.S.W. and Ph.D. in Social Work and Psychology from the University of Michigan. A recognized leader in the social work community, Professor Marsh serves on several boards, commissions, and task forces addressing issues of social work research, education, and practice.