Institution
University of California, Irvine
Title
Associate Professor
Email
jvjenkin@uci.edu
Jade Marcus Jenkins is an Associate Professor at the University of California Irvine School of Education where she studies early childhood policy. Her work is multidisciplinary, focusing on issues amenable to educational and social policy intervention, using diverse methods to evaluate programs and understand the mechanisms that promote child and family wellbeing. She is the Director of the Ph.D. Certificate in Early Childhood Policy, Associate Dean of the Undergraduate Program, Co-Director of the Center for Population, Inequality, and Policy, and an Associate Editor for Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis.