Staff

Julia R. Henly, PhD
Samuel Deutsch Professor; Deputy Dean for Research and Faculty Development
Dr. Henly (she/her/hers) is the Samuel Deutsch Professor in the University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice, where she is the Deputy Dean for Research and Faculty Development. Henly is a 2018 Society for Social Work and Research Fellow, a 2016 Interdisciplinary Research Leadership Program Fellow of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and a 2016 Distinguished Fellow of the William T. Grant Foundation. She is also a longstanding member of the steering committee of the US/DHHS Administration for Children and Families’ Child Care and Early Education Policy Research Consortium.

Karlyn Gehring, AM
Project Manager & Research Associate
Karlyn (she/her/hers) is a Project Manager and Research Associate in the University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice, where she supports Dr. Henly’s research team by managing data collection and analysis for studies about the impact of child care policies on child care providers in Illinois.
Research Assistants | Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
Current
Suh Kyung Lee
PhD Student
Alize Hill
PhD Student
Stephanie Haddad
Research Assistant
Aida Pacheco-Applegate
PhD Student
Deisy Padilla
College Student
Yuxi He
Data Analyst
Recent
Postdoctoral Associate
Postdoctoral Associate
PhD Student