Jeanne C. Marsh

Jeanne C. Marsh is the George Herbert Jones Distinguished Service Professor in the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice and the Director of the Center for Health Administration Studies (CHAS) at the University of Chicago. Her fields of special interest include services for women and families, intersection of multiple service systems, the relation of service delivery to treatment outcome, and knowledge utilization in practice and program decision making.

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 titled Informing Practice Decisions (1993), and Rape and the Limits of Law Reform, (1982), along with numerous articles and chapters. She has received a number of awards and honors, including the NASW Award for Excellence in Social Work Research, service as editor-in-chief of Social Work, the journal of the National Association of Social Workers, and former dean of Crown.