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Jean Stockard, Mentor
Planning, Public Policy and Management

Mary Martinez-Wenzl, McNair Scholar

Jean Stockard is a Professor in the Department of Planning, Public Policy, and Management. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Oregon in 1974 and has been on the university faculty since that time. Her current research projects span areas related to children and youth, public health, and education and includes analyses of trends in youth suicide and homicide, issues related to variations in the quality of health care, the relationship of environmental characteristics to morbidity, and policies regarding educational financing and achievement. She is the author of 7 books and a number of articles, most recently in Social Forces, the American Sociological Review, and Health Affairs.