Maria Cancian
Maria Cancian is an American economist and Dean of the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University.[1]
Education
[edit]Maria Cancian received a B.A. from Swarthmore College, and a M.A. and Ph.D., both in Economics, from the University of Michigan.[2]
Academic career and interests
[edit]Maria Cancian is a scholar of public policy and specializes in family policy and family wellbeing.[3] During the Obama administration, she served as Senior Advisor to the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services as well as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy in the Administration for Children and Families of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.[4] Prior to joining the McCourt School, Cancian served as Associate Dean for Social Sciences and Fiscal Initiatives, Director of the Institute for Research on Poverty, and a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs.[1]
Cancian currently serves on the Board of the Directors of Mathematica, Inc.[5] She was elected a Galbraith Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, a fellow of the American Academy of Social Work,[6] and is a former President of the Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Alumna Maria Cancian (M.A. 1990, Ph.D. '93) Named Dean of the McCourt School of Public Policy | U-M LSA Department of Economics". lsa.umich.edu. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
- ^ "Finance Committee Approves Nominees for USTR, Treasury, HHS, Tax Court | The United States Senate Committee on Finance". www.finance.senate.gov. 2023-06-22. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
- ^ "Maria Cancian". AAPSS. 2018-06-05. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
- ^ Pongsajapan, Robert (2018-06-28). "Distinguished Economist, Social Policy Scholar, Public Servant Named Dean of the McCourt School of Public Policy". Georgetown University. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
- ^ "Maria Cancian Appointed to Mathematica Board of Directors". Mathematica. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
- ^ "Maria Cancian, PhD". American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare. 2023-06-14. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
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