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Faculty Fellow
Mark Stern
Faculty Fellow
Mark Stern
Professor of Social Policy and History, University of Pennsylvania
Principal Investigator, Social Impact of the Arts Project
Organization(s)
School of Social Policy and Practice
Current Themes
Mark Stern is Professor of Social Policy and History at the University of Pennsylvania. An historian by training, Stern has taught social welfare policy since 1980. Stern holds a PhD in history from York University in Toronto, Canada and a BA from Reed College in Portland, Oregon. Stern has authored seven books and monographs on social welfare and social history. He is currently completing a study of the role of the arts and culture in promoting community wellbeing.
