Maria Cancian is an American economist and dean of the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University.

Education

Cancian received a B.A. from

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, and an M.A. and Ph.D., both in economics, from the

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Academic career and interests

Cancian is a scholar of public policy and specializes in family policy and family wellbeing. 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

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. 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. Cancian serves on the board of the directors of Mathematica, Inc. She was elected a Galbraith Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, a fellow of the American Academy of Social Work, and is a former president of the Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management.

References

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