Mary Corcoran

Professor of Political Science, Public Policy, Social Work, and Women's Studies Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Contact Information:
5223 Weill Hall
735 S. State St.
Ann Arbor, Mi 48109-3091
734.764.9517
Email: marycor@umich.edu

Website:
http://fordschool.umich.edu/faculty_staff/person_display.php?pe...

Biography: Mary Corcoran is Professor of Political Science, Public Policy and Women's Studies. Her research focuses on lawyers’ careers, on how welfare mothers' employment has changed as a result of welfare reform, and on the intergenerational transmission of economic inequality. She is examining the effects of temporary employment on welfare mothers’ long term employment outcomes. A second project examines the links between income, work, and material hardship. A third project examines the sex differences in lawyers’ career trajectories.