Faculty Profiles
Marah A. Curtis
Assistant Professor
Social Welfare Policy
Co-Director, Social Welfare Analysis Colloquium
Peter Paul Career Development Professor
Phone: 617-353-5371
mcurtis@bu.edu
Education
B.F.A (acting), Marymount Manhattan College
M.S.W. (social work), Hunter College School of Social Work
Ph.D. (social policy/policy analysis), Columbia University School of Social Work
Postdoctoral Fellow, Social Indicators Survey Center, Columbia University School of Social Work
Courses Taught
WP700 Social Welfare Policy I
WP701 Social Welfare Policy II
Scholarly and Practice Interests
Effects of public policy on the well being of children and families; housing policy; welfare reform; poverty and inequality
Selected Publications
Curtis, M.A. (2007) Subsidized housing, housing prices, and the living arrangements of unmarried mothers. Housing Policy Debate 18(1): 145-170.
Reichman, N.E., Teitler, J.O., Curtis, M.A. (2005). TANF sanctioning and hardship. Social Service Review 79(2):215-236.
Curtis, M.A. (under review.) The impact of benefit levels and local area economic conditions on the living arrangements of mothers.
Curtis, M.A., Waldfogel, J. (under review.) Explaining variation in fertility timing: Evidence from the fragile families and child wellbeing study.
Selected Presentations
Curtis, M.A. (2007, March). Explaining variation in fertility timing: Evidence from the fragile families and child wellbeing study co-author, Jane Waldfogel. Poster presentation at the Population Association of America 2007 Annual Program Meeting, New York, NY.
Curtis, M.A (2006, February). Housing policies and unmarried mothers' living arrangements. Paper presented at the 2006 Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting (APM), CSWE MFP Research Fellows Contributions Series sponsored by the Commission on Racial, Ethnic and Cultural Diversity (CORECD), Chicago, IL.
Curtis, M.A. (2005, March). The living arrangements of fragile families over time: The impact of policy and personal characteristics. Poster presentation at the Population Association of America 2005 Annual Program Meeting, Philadelphia, P.A.
Curtis, M.A. (2005, January). The impact of housing policies and local area economic conditions on the living arrangements of mothers. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Work Research, Miami, FL.
Curtis, M.A. (2004, October). The impact of benefit levels and local area economic conditions on the living arrangements of mothers. Poster presentation at the Twenty-Sixth Annual Association for Public Policy and Management Research Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Mincy, RM & Curtis, M.A. (2002, November). The determinants of levels of father child contact in fragile families. Paper presented at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Association for Public Policy and Management Research Conference, Dallas, TX.
Selected Grant Activity
2006-2009 Peter Paul Career Development Professorship, Boston University.
2007-2008 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, New Connections Grant, "The Effect of Incarceration on Fathers' Health (PI: Curtis)
Consulting and Professional Activities
Reviewer, Community, Work and Family: An International Journal
Reviewer, Social Service Review
Awards and Honors
Columbia University Public Policy Consortium Fellowship, Public Policy Fellow, 2003-2004
Council on Social Work Education, Doctoral Fellowship in Social Work for Ethnic Minority Students Preparing For Leadership, Fellow 2001-2004
Columbia University School of Social Work, James A. Jones Scholarship, 2000-2002
Hunter College School of Social Work, Rebecca Donovan Faculty Award for Professional Seminar, 1995
Licensing and Certification
Certified Social Worker, New York, 1995
Academy of Certified Social Workers, (ACSW), 1998
