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Officers and Administration

Officers of the University

David M. Rubenstein, Chairman of the Board of Trustees
Paul Alivisatos, President of the University
Katherine Baicker, Provost

Administration of the School

Deborah Gorman-Smith, Dean
Robert J. Chaskin, Director of the Susan and Richard Kiphart Center for Global Health and Social Development
Yoonsun Choi, Chair, Crown Family School Doctoral Program
Colleen Grogan, Deputy Dean for Curriculum
Kellyn Gawel, Director of Human Resources
Julia R. Henly, Deputy Dean for Research and Faculty Development
Jennifer Mosley, Editor, "Social Service Review"
Kristen Reid Salomon, Dean of Students, Diversity and Inclusion
Esty Gur, Associate Dean for Administration
Tonishea M. Jackson, Associate Dean of Marketing & Communications
Emily Mullin, Associate Dean of Development
Adrian Talbott, Associate Dean for Civic Engagement
Suzanne A. Fournier, Assistant Dean for Administration and Director of Grants and Contracts
Kourtney Ross, Assistant Dean of Students
C. Gidget Ambuehl-Armstrong, HR/Office Manager
Richard J. Kass, Director of Information Technologies and Facilities
Mel Lamagna, Director of Field Education
Johnny Lassalle, Director of Career and Leadership Development
Ronald P. Martin, Director of Admissions
Catherine Sanders, Chief of Staff
Maureen Stimming, Director of Professional Development Program and Marketing
Paula Tsurutani, Senior Strategic Writer
Holiday Vega, Health and Social Services Librarian
Kari E. Walsh, IRB Director

Officers of Instruction

Carolyn Barnes, PhD., Associate Professor
Robin Bartram, PhD., Assistant Professor
Alida M. Bouris, Ph.D., Associate Professor; Co-Director, Chicago Center for HIV Elimination; Co-Director, Behavioral, Social, and Implementation Sciences Core of the Third Coast Center for AIDS Research; Fellow, Center for Health Administration Studies; Faculty Affiliate, Center for Interdisciplinary Inquiry and Innovation in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality and Center for Human Potential and Public Policy
E. Summerson Carr, Ph.D., Associate Professor; Joint Appointment in both the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice and the Division of the Social Sciences, Anthropology and Social Sciences in the College; Faculty Affiliate, Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality,
Robert J. Chaskin, Ph.D., McCormick Foundation Professor; Affiliated Scholar, Chapin Hall; Faculty, Graduate Program in Health Administration and Policy. He holds the UNESCO Chair for Inclusive Urbanism at Crown Family School.
Yoonsun Choi, Ph.D., Professor; Faculty Affiliate, Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture
Jessica Darrow, Ph.D., Associate Instructional Professor; Coordinator of Global Social Development Programs
Matthew W. Epperson, Ph.D., Associate Professor; Fellow, Center for Health Administration Studies; Faculty Affiliate, Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture; Faculty Director, Smart Decarceration Project
Gina Fedock, Ph.D., Associate Professor; Faculty Affiliate, Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality,
Philip Garboden, PhD., Associate Professor
Angela García, Ph.D., Associate Professor; Fellow: Center for Health Administration Studies (CHAS) and Center for International Social Science Research; Faculty Affiliate: Center for Latin American Studies; Faculty Affiliate: Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture; Faculty Affiliate: Katz Center for Mexican Studies; Associate: Population Research Center; Associate: Department of Sociology; on leave for the 2023-24 academic year.
Janelle R. Goodwill, Ph.D., Neubauer Family Assistant Professor
Deborah Gorman-Smith, Ph.D., Dean and Emily Klein Gidwitz Professor; Executive Committee Member, Center for Health Administration Studies; Principal Investigator and Director, Chicago Center for Youth Violence Prevention; Member, Committee on Education
Colleen M. Grogan, Ph.D., Deborah R. and Edgar D. Jannotta Professor; Steering Committee Member, Center for Global Health; Faculty Director: Graduate Program in Health Administration & Policy (GPHAP); Co-Director, Center for Health Administration Studies (CHAS); Affiliated Faculty, Center for Health and the Social Sciences; Chicago Center for HIV Elimination; Faculty Advisor, Graduate Program in Health Administration and Policy
Aaron Gottlieb, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Sydney L. Hans, Ph.D., Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service Professor; Faculty, Department of Comparative Human Dev
Julia R. Henly, Ph.D., Samuel Deutsch Professor; Principal Investigator, Illinois/New York Child Care Research Partnership Study; Faculty Affiliate, Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality; Co-Director, Employment Instability, Family Well-being, and Social Policy Network
Aimee Hilado, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
E. Paul Holmes, Psy.D., Senior Lecturer; Director, Center for Contextual Behavioral Practices
Leyla Ismayilova, Ph.D., Associate Professor; Faculty Steering Committee Member, Center for Global Health; Fellow, Center for Health Administration Studies; Faculty, Graduate Program in Health Administration and Policy
Waldo E. Johnson, Jr., Ph.D., Professor; Vice-Provost; Fellow, Center for Health Administration Studies; Faculty Affiliate, Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality and Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture
Zhiying Ma, Ph.D., Assistant Professor; Faculty Affiliate: Center for East Asian Studies; Faculty Affiliate: Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality
Jeanne C. Marsh, Ph.D., George Herbert Jones Distinguished Service Professor; Director, Center for Health Administration Studies (CHAS); Co-Director, Graduate Program in Health Administration and Policy
Nicole P. Marwell, Ph.D., Professor; Faculty Director, Social Sector Leadership and Nonprofit Management (SSL) Master's Program; Faculty Fellow, Center for Spatial Data Science; Associated Faculty, Department of Sociology; on leave for the 2023-24 academic year
J. Curtis McMillen, Ph.D., David and Mary Winton Green Professor
Darcey Merritt, PhD., Professor
Reuben Jonathan Miller, Ph.D., Associate Professor; Faculty Affiliate, Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture;
Lisa Lynelle Moore, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer; Director of the Master of Arts in Social Work, Social Policy, and Social Administration (SW) Program, Faculty Affiliate Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality and Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture
Jennifer E. Mosley, Ph.D., Professor; Faculty Affiliate, Community Accelerator
Shipra Parikh, Ph.D., Associate Instructional Professor
Harold A. Pollack, Ph.D., Helen Ross Professor; Affiliate Professor, Biological Sciences Collegiate Division and Department of Public Health Sciences; Affiliated Scholar, California Youth Transitions to Adulthood Study; Co-Director: Center for Health Administration Studies (CHAS); Faculty Affiliate, Center for Health and the Social Sciences; Faculty Advisor: Graduate Program in Health Administration and Policy; Research Associate, Population Research Center; Faculty Co-Director, University of Chicago Crime Lab and University of Chicago Health Lab
Melissa Roderick, Ph.D., Hermon Dunlap Smith Professor; Faculty Affiliate, Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality; Member, Committee on Education;
Gina Miranda Samuels, Ph.D., Associate Professor; Fellow, Center for Health Administration Studies (CHAS); Director, Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture
S. Simmons, Ph.D., Assistant Instructional Professor
William Sites, Ph.D., Associate Professor; Faculty Affiliate, Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality; on leave for the 2023-24 academic year.
Margaret Thomas, PhD., Assistant Professor
Ming-Te Wang, PhD., Professor
Miwa Yasui, Ph.D., Associate Professor; Fellow, Center for Health Administration Studies; Faculty Affiliate, Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture
Alan Zarychta, Ph.D., Assistant Professor; Fellow, Center for Health Administration Studies; Affiliated Faculty, Center for Latin American Studies

Faculty Emeriti

Sharon B. Berlin, Ph.D., Helen Ross Professor Emerita
William Borden, Ph.D., Lecturer Emeritus
Evelyn Brodkin, Ph.D., Associate Professor Emerita
Mark E. Courtney, Ph.D., Samuel Deutsch Professor Emeritus
Irene Elkin, Ph.D., Professor Emerita
Susan J. Lambert, Ph.D., Professor Emerita
Stanley McCracken, Ph.D., Lecturer Emeritus
Dolores G. Norton, Ph.D., Samuel Deutsch Professor Emerita
Charles M. Payne, Ph.D., Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus
William Pollak, Ph.D., Associate Professor Emeritus
Tina L. Rzepnicki, Ph.D., David and Mary Winton Green Professor Emerita
John R. Schuerman, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus
Froma Walsh, Ph.D., Mose and Sylvia Firestone Professor Emerita

The Crown Family School Council

The Crown Family School Council was established in 1955 to help interpret the School’s mission and goals to the public, advise the Dean about the needs and concerns of the community, and assist the School in its financial development efforts. Committee members hold positions of leadership in many social service and philanthropic agencies.

Donna E. Barrows AM '79
Robert Cannon AB '83
Kate Markin Coleman MBA '78, MLA '98, Chair
Peter H. Darrow JD '67
Bernard S. Dyme AM '79
Cynthia Greenleaf
Priscilla Kersten
Stephanie D. Larsen AM ’66
Amy S. Lubin AM '75
Linda Kelly Lymburn AM '80
Katharine (Kitty) B. Mann AM '69, PhD '99
Marilyn B. Rusnak AM '71
David J. Vitale MBA '76

Life Members

Rev. Daniel Alvarez, Sr.
Frank M. Clark
Sonia Kabakow "Sunny" Fischer AM '82
Mary Winton Green AM '49
Ann Dibble Jordan AM '61
Iris J. Krieg AM '75