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Maria Cancian is a Professor and former Dean at the McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University. Her research examines the interaction between public policies and family wellbeing, analyzing how policies shape family outcomes and how family dynamics influence policy challenges. Current projects focus on the intersections of incarceration, child welfare, and child support systems, as well as implications of multiple-partner fertility.
Her work emphasizes empirical analysis of social safety nets and economic mobility, leveraging administrative data to inform policy design. Cancian's expertise bridges academic research and practical policy applications, addressing inequalities in social systems.
She maintains active collaborations with government agencies and research institutions to translate findings into scalable interventions for vulnerable populations.
