Education & Social Service

Seeds of Change


Vivek Taparia

Deborah Gorman-Smith

Title: Dean of the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice; Emily Klein Gidwitz Professor

Expertise: Child and youth development, Violence

Departmental website: https://crownschool.uchicago.edu/crownscholars/d-gsmith

Robert Chaskin

Title: McCormick Foundation Professor and Deputy Dean for Strategic Initiatives, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice

Expertise: Community organizing, Urban studies

Departmental website: https://crownschool.uchicago.edu/crownscholars/r-chaskin

John Mark Hansen

Title: Charles L. Hutchinson Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Political Science and the College

Expertise: Government, Politics, Elections, U.S. Congress public policy, Public opinion

Departmental website: https://political-science.uchicago.edu/directory/john-mark-hansen

Harold Pollack

Title: Helen Ross Professor at the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice

Expertise: Substance Abuse, Poverty, Health, Welfare

Departmental website: https://crownschool.uchicago.edu/crownscholars/h-pollack