Jade Marcus Jenkins

Jade Marcus Jenkins is an Associate Professor at the University of California, Irvine School of Education. Their work bridges early childhood development policy and public policy, focusing on multidisciplinary approaches to policy interventions.

• Education: B.S. and M.S. in Family, Youth and Community Sciences from the University of Florida; Ph.D. in Public Policy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
• Research Interests: Administrative burden in welfare policies, early care and education systems, program evaluation, family poverty reduction, and child wellbeing.
• Current Projects: Examines kindergarten readiness in Baltimore City, competition effects on child care quality, and long-term impacts of Early Head Start.
• Teaching: Courses include Advanced Quantitative Data Analysis, Early Childhood Education Policy, K-12 Education Issues, and Education, Poverty, and Social Change.
• Contact: Email jvjenkin@uci.edu, phone (949-824-7987), and address at 2052 Education, UC Irvine, CA 92697-5500.