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'''Susan Mayer''' is a professor and former Dean of the [[University of Chicago]]'s [[Harris School of Public Policy Studies|Harris School of Public Policy]]. She is a sociologist who who studies poverty and education. She was previously the director of [[Northwestern University|Northwestern]]/[[University of Chicago|Chicago]]'s Joint Center on Poverty Research, and is currently the co-director of the Behavioral Insights in Parenting Lab with fellow University of Chicago professor [[Ariel Kalil]]. She served as the Dean of the Harris School of Public Policy from 2002 to 2009.<ref> Harris Public Policy|website=harris.uchicago.edu|access-date=2019-03-23}}</ref>
== Career ==
Mayer received a [[Bachelor of Arts|bachelor's degree]] in Sociology from [[Indiana University Bloomington|Indiana University]] in 1974, and a Master's degree in sociology from the same institution in 1981. She received a Ph.D. in Sociology from [[Northwestern University]] in 1986. She began working at the Harris School of Public Policy as an Assistant Professor in 1986, and became its to Dean in 2002. Since stepping down from her role as the dean in 2009, she she continues to serve as a research professor at the University. Mayer has been a member of the Institutes of Medicine, National Research Council, Board on Children, Youth and Families, the Board of Directors of Chapin Hall Center for Children, and the Board of Advisors for the Pew Charitable Trust Economic Mobility Project. She has also been a member of the General Accounting Office Educators' Advisory Panel, the National Academy of Sciences Committee on National Statistics Panel to Review U.S. Department of Agriculture's Measurement of Food Insecurity and Hunger, and the Committee on Standards of Evidence and the Quality of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research. Mayer has an honorary Doctor of Laws degreed conferred by Lake Forest College.
== Writing ==
In addition to numerous articles and book chapters, Mayer writes for the ''Behavioral Scientist''.<ref></ref> Mayer has served as the Associate Editor of the ''American Journal of Sociology'', and has written the following books<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>:
* ''What Money Can't Buy: Family Income and Children's Life Chances''
* Coeditor of ''Earning and Learning: How Schools Matter'' (with P. Peterson)
== References ==
== Career ==
Mayer received a [[Bachelor of Arts|bachelor's degree]] in Sociology from [[Indiana University Bloomington|Indiana University]] in 1974, and a Master's degree in sociology from the same institution in 1981. She received a Ph.D. in Sociology from [[Northwestern University]] in 1986. She began working at the Harris School of Public Policy as an Assistant Professor in 1986, and became its to Dean in 2002. Since stepping down from her role as the dean in 2009, she she continues to serve as a research professor at the University. Mayer has been a member of the Institutes of Medicine, National Research Council, Board on Children, Youth and Families, the Board of Directors of Chapin Hall Center for Children, and the Board of Advisors for the Pew Charitable Trust Economic Mobility Project. She has also been a member of the General Accounting Office Educators' Advisory Panel, the National Academy of Sciences Committee on National Statistics Panel to Review U.S. Department of Agriculture's Measurement of Food Insecurity and Hunger, and the Committee on Standards of Evidence and the Quality of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research. Mayer has an honorary Doctor of Laws degreed conferred by Lake Forest College.
== Writing ==
In addition to numerous articles and book chapters, Mayer writes for the ''Behavioral Scientist''.<ref></ref> Mayer has served as the Associate Editor of the ''American Journal of Sociology'', and has written the following books<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>:
* ''What Money Can't Buy: Family Income and Children's Life Chances''
* Coeditor of ''Earning and Learning: How Schools Matter'' (with P. Peterson)
== References ==
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