Faculty Directory

Kate Attea, MBA

Senior Lecturer and Associate Director of the Social Sector Leadership Program
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kattea@uchicago.edu

Department
Social Sector Leadership & Nonprofit Management
Department:
Social Sector Leadership & Nonprofit Management

Areas of Expertise
Effective Philanthropy
Executive Leadership Coaching and Teams Management
Impact Measurement
Managing with Data
Non-Profit Organizations
Nonprofit Strategic Business Planning
Organizational Design
Social Impact Strategy

Carolyn Barnes, PhD

Associate Professor
Carolyn Barnes

cybarnes@uchicago.edu

Areas of Expertise
Administrative Burden
Policy Feedback
Racial Inequality
Social Welfare
Street Level Bureaucracy
Urban Politics

Alida M. Bouris, PhD, MSW

Associate Professor; Co-Director, The Chicago Center for HIV Elimination
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abouris@uchicago.edu

773.834.4304

Office Location: E012

Areas of Expertise
Children and Adolescents
Family
Gender
Health
Intervention Programs
Mental Health
Prevention
Race, Ethnicity, and Culture
Social Work
Substance Abuse
Urban

E. Summerson Carr, PhD

Professor; Joint Appointment with the Department of Anthropology; Associated Faculty, Comparative Human Development
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esc@uchicago.edu

773.834.5877

Office Location: BE-5A

Areas of Expertise
Animal-human interaction and animal assisted interventions
Anthropology of social work
Behavioral Health and Psychotherapeutic Interventions
Complex institutions
Drugs, addiction, and addiction treatment
Expertise; knowledge production and dissemination
Language and culture
Pragmatism
Professional culture, training and apprenticeship
Scale
Social problems and social policy

Hyojin Cho

Post Doctoral Scholar
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hyojincho@uchicago.edu

Areas of Expertise
Future of Work and Cash Transfers
Non-Profit Organizations
Poverty and Welfare Policy
Work and Family Policies

Yoonsun Choi, PhD

Mose J. and Sylvia Firestone Professor; Deputy Dean for Curriculum
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yoonsun@uchicago.edu

773.702.4335
Department
Deputy Dean
Department:
Deputy Dean

Office Location: E-13 / WSSC 209

Areas of Expertise
Asian Americans
Children and Adolescents
Family
Immigration
Mental Health
Race, Ethnicity, and Culture

Mark E Courtney, PhD

Professor Emeritus: Samuel Deutsch Professor Emeritus; Principal Investigator, California Youth Transitions to Adulthood Study
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markc@uchicago.edu

773.702.1219

Office Location: E-7

Areas of Expertise
Child Welfare and Child Protection
Children and Adolescents
Family
Foster Care
International
Program Evaluation
Social Welfare Policy
Social Work

Jessica H Darrow, PhD

Associate Instructional Professor
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jdarrow@uchicago.edu

773-702-1007
Department
Kiphart Center for Global Health & Social Development
Department:
Kiphart Center for Global Health & Social Development

Office Location: BW05C

Areas of Expertise
Community Organizing and Development
Frontline Policy Implementation
Global Social Work
Government and Policy
Human Rights
Immigration
International
Non-Profit Organizations
Policy Implementation
Refugees
Social problems and social policy
Social Welfare Policy
Street Level Bureaucracy

Matt Epperson, MSW, PhD

Associate Professor; Doctoral Program Director; Director, Smart Decarceration Project
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mepperson@uchicago.edu

773.702.3243
Department
Doctoral Program
Department:
Doctoral Program

Office Location: E020; WSSC 359

Areas of Expertise
Criminal Justice Policy
Decarceration
Intervention Programs
Mass Incarceration
Mental Health
Social Work
Substance Abuse

Gina Fedock, PhD

Associate Professor
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gfedock@uchicago.edu

773.702.1129

Office Location: E009

Areas of Expertise
Criminal Justice Policy
Criminal Legal Change
Decarceration
Gender, Race, and Class
Health
Human Rights
Intervention Programs
Mass Incarceration
Material Hardship
Mental Health
Prevention
Social Work
Violence and Trauma
Women with incarceration experiences

Deborah Gorman-Smith, PhD

Chief Strategist for Community Engagement and Partnerships, Dean of Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice, Emily Klein Gidwitz Professor
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debgs@uchicago.edu

773-834-1781

Office Location: W6

Areas of Expertise
Child and Youth Development
Neighborhood Social Context
Parenting and Families
Violence Prevention

Aaron Gottlieb, PhD

Associate Professor
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agottlieb@uchicago.edu

773.834.1821

Office Location: W13

Areas of Expertise
Criminal Justice Policy
Criminal Legal Change
Criminal Legal Policy
Decarceration
Social Welfare Policy
Social Work
Sociology