Faculty Directory

Sydney Hans, PhD

Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service Professor; Associated Faculty with Department of Psychology and Department of Comparative Human Development

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s-hans@uchicago.edu

Office Location: E6, WSSC 257

Areas of Expertise
Children and Adolescents
Family
Gender
Human Development
Intervention Programs
Mental Health
Prevention
Substance Abuse

Julia R Henly, PhD

Samuel Deutsch Professor; Deputy Dean for Research and Faculty Development; Co-Director, Employment Instability, Family Well-being, and Social Policy Network

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jhenly@uchicago.edu

Office Location: E-16; WSSC 255

Areas of Expertise
Child Care
Early Education
Employment Instability
Low-income Families
Poverty and Welfare Policy
Urban
Work and Family Policies

E. Paul Holmes, PsyD

Senior Lecturer; Director, Center for Contextual Behavioral Practices (CCBP)

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eholmes@uchicago.edu

Office Location: BE05C

Areas of Expertise
Contextual Behavioral Approaches
Contextually Focused Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Psychology

Leyla Ismayilova, PhD

Associate Professor

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leyla@uchicago.edu

Office Location: E2

Areas of Expertise
Child Welfare and Child Protection
Children and Adolescents
Family
International
Intervention Programs
Mental Health
Prevention
Substance Abuse
Violence and Trauma

Waldo E Johnson Jr., PhD

Vice Provost, Professor

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wejohnso@uchicago.edu

Office Location: W18

Areas of Expertise
African Americans
Children and Adolescents
Community
Family
Gender
Health
Mental Health
Poverty and Income
Race, Ethnicity, and Culture

Susan J. Lambert, PhD

Professor Emeritus; Co-Director of the Employment Instability, Family Well-Being, and Social Policy Scholars Network (EINet)

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slambert@uchicago.edu

Office Location: E-18; WSSC 255

Areas of Expertise
Employment
Family
Government and Policy
Non-Profit Organizations
Poverty and Income
Urban

Jeanne C Marsh, PhD

George Herbert Jones Distinguished Service Professor; Director, Center for Health Administration Studies; Co-Director, Graduate Program in Health Administration and Policy

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jmarsh@uchicago.edu

Office Location: E-3

Areas of Expertise
Children and Adolescents
Family
Gender
Government and Policy
Health
International
Mental Health
Social Work
Substance Abuse

Nicole P. Marwell, PhD

Professor; Faculty Director, SSL Program; Associated Faculty, Sociology

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nmarwell@uchicago.edu

Office Location: E011

Areas of Expertise
Community
Government and Policy
Latino-Americans
Non-Profit Organizations
Poverty and Income
Urban
Welfare

Darcey Merritt, PhD

Professor

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Darcey Merritt

darceym@uchicago.edu

Office Location: E16

Areas of Expertise
Child neglect and poverty
Child Protective Services: impacted, Black, financially disenfranchised mothers
Child Welfare System
Lived experiences of racially marginalized parents and children: impacted families enduring poverty
Parental decision-making in the context of low socio-economic status
Traumatic impacts related to racialized poverty and systems oversight
Prevention

Reuben Jonathan Miller, PhD

Associate Professor in the Crown Family School and Research Professor at the American Bar Foundation; Associated Faculty, Sociology

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reuben@uchicago.edu

Office Location: E8

Areas of Expertise
Criminal Justice Policy
Poverty and Income
Race, Ethnicity, and Culture
Welfare

Gina E Miranda Samuels, PhD

Professor; Faculty Director, Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture

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gmsamuels@uchicago.edu

Office Location: E-4

Areas of Expertise
African Americans
Child Welfare and Child Protection
Cultural Attunement
Family
Foster Care
Homelessness
Race, Ethnicity, and Culture
Social Work

Lisa Lynelle Moore, PhD, LICSW

Senior Lecturer and Director of the Master's Program in Social Work, Social Policy, and Social Service Administration

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moorel@uchicago.edu

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Curriculum

Office Location: W11

Areas of Expertise
Accreditation
African Americans
Family
Housing
LGBTQIA+
Race, Ethnicity, and Culture
Social Work

Jennifer E Mosley, PhD

Professor; Editor, Social Service Review; Faculty Director, UChicago Obama Foundation Scholars Program

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mosley@uchicago.edu

Office Location: E14

Areas of Expertise
Community
Government and Policy
Homelessness
International
Non-Profit Organizations
Philanthropy
Poverty and Income
Social Work
Urban
Welfare

Dolores G Norton, PhD

Samuel Deutsch Professor Emerita

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dodi@uchicago.edu

Office Location: WSSC 211

Areas of Expertise
African Americans
Children and Adolescents
Education
Family
Human Development
Race, Ethnicity, and Culture

Harold Pollack, PhD

Helen Ross Distinguished Service Professor; Associated Faculty, Public Health Sciences

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haroldp@uchicago.edu

Office Location: BW-18

Areas of Expertise
Child Welfare and Child Protection
Children and Adolescents
Criminal Justice Policy
Government and Policy
Health
Poverty and Income
Public Health
Substance Abuse
Violence and Trauma
Welfare