Julie Boatright Wilson

Harry Kahn Senior Lecturer in Social Policy
Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy
Office Address
Taubman-440
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 103
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-495-8302
Fax: 617-496-9053
Email: julie_wilson@Harvard.Edu
Assistant
Nicole Grenier (617-496-4082)
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Julie Boatright Wilson is the Harry Kahn Senior Lecturer in Social Policy. . She is the Faculty co-Chair of two Harvard Kennedy School executive programs: Performance Measurment for Effective Management of Nonprofit Organizations and Using Evidence to Improve Social Program Effectiveness. She is interested in poverty policy, family policy, and urban race relations. Among her recent projects are several case studies on the historical development of poor neighborhoods, studies on adoption from public agencies, and community-based strategies for strengthening families' capacities to parent. Wilson spent three years at the New York State Department of Social Services, where she directed the Office of Program Planning, Analysis, and Development.

 

Courses

Not Offered

  • SUP-211 Institutional & Community-Based Strategies to Support Children & Strengthen Families

Year

  • SUP-150Y Seminar: Social and Urban Policy

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Research

For a complete list of faculty citations from 2001 - present, please visit the Harvard Kennedy School Research Report Online.

Selected Publication Citations:

  • HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series
    • Kamarck, Elaine C., Mary Eschelbach Hansen, Julie Boatright Wilson, and Jeff Katz. "Eliminating Barriers to the Adoption of Children from Foster Care." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series RWP12-040, September 2012.