Scholarship and Service in a Changing World
Greetings from Dean Jeanne C. Marsh
It is a great privilege to serve as dean as we celebrate the Centennial of the School of Social Service Administration.
Throughout this Centennial site, you will find many examples of what makes SSA a unique institution. Our faculty’s influence on the profession of social work and the field of social welfare has been historically, and continues to be, far-reaching and enduring. SSA students are extraordinarily talented and deeply committed to social welfare issues. And SSA graduates are exactly the leaders and innovators we need working in the public and non-profit sectors.
Profile of Distinction
Judith Branman Caldwell, A.M. 1976
"I’m creative. I’m thinking. I’m doing exactly what I want to be doing," extols Judith Branman Caldwell on her groundbreaking work as a senior social worker at the West Los Angeles Veterans Administration Medical Center. "And, I could not be where I am now if not for SSA, where my journey started."
Featured activity
Off the Couch and Out of the Clinic
View photos from the recent symposium Off the Couch and Out of the Clinic: Innovations in Research on the Therapeutic Relationship in Community-Based Settings.
Featured History
SSA Interactive Timeline
The University of Chicago's School of Social Service Administration prepares professionals to handle society's most difficult problems by developing new knowledge and promoting a deeper understanding of the causes and human costs of social inequities. Learn more about SSA's history and our future through this interactive timeline as we celebrate our 100th anniversary.
School of Social Service Administration
Chicago, Illinois
Featured Event
From the Task-Centered Approach to Evidence-Based and Integrative Practice
This symposium will consider how the contributions of these innovators provide effective models for transferring social science knowledge into agency practice.
Featured video
Imagine. Inspire. Invest.
Watch a video about the amazing work of the faculty and students at the SSA, and about the blessings and challenges of the current landmark building.
Learn about how a new research pavilion will help the SSA tap new resources, take advantage of new technologies, and continue to advance the field of social work.
Featured faculty
Harold Pollack
Harold Pollack is an Associate Professor at the School of Social Service Administration, and faculty chair of the Center for Health Administration Studies. He has published widely at the interface between poverty policy and public health. His recent research concerns HIV and hepatitis prevention efforts for injection drug users, drug abuse and dependence among welfare recipients and pregnant women, infant mortality prevention, and child health.
