Faculty Directory

Melissa Roderick, PhD

Hermon Dunlap Smith Professor; PI, Network for College Success

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Melissa Roderick, a female-presenting person who smiles towards the camera against a light-gray background.

m-roderick@uchicago.edu

Office Location: BE02, WSSC 128

Areas of Expertise
Children and Adolescents
Education
Race, Ethnicity, and Culture
Urban

Margaret M. C. Thomas, PhD

Assistant Professor

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Margaret Thomas

mmct@uchicago.edu

Office Location: W014

Areas of Expertise
Child Welfare and Child Protection
Child Welfare System
Children and Adolescents
Family
Food Insecurity
Guaranteed Income
LGBTQIA+
Material Hardship
Poverty
Social Welfare Policy
Social Work
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Ming Te Wang - a professor smiling at the camera

mtwang@uchicago.edu

Areas of Expertise
Culture, parenting, identity development, and ethnic-racial socialization
Diversity, opportunity, and equity
Longitudinal data analysis
Motivation, engagement, and youth development in context
Racial, SES, and gender disparities in education and health
Risk and resilience
School climate and racial disparities in school discipline
School to prison pipeline
School-based psychosocial intervention
Social and emotional development
Sociocultural, affective, and cognitive processes in learning
STEM learning and group disparities