Susan Mayer

Career Mayer received a bachelor's degree in Sociology from Indiana University in 1974, and a master's degree in sociology from the same institution in 1981. She received a Ph.D. in sociology from Northwestern University in 1986. She began working at the Harris School of Public Policy as an assistant professor in 1986, and became its to Dean in 2002. Since stepping down from her role as the dean in 2009, she continues to serve as a research professor at the university. Mayer has an honorary Doctor of Laws degreed conferred by Lake Forest College. Mayer has served as the Associate Editor of the American Journal of Sociology, and has written the following books:

What Money Can't Buy: Family Income and Children's Life Chances Coeditor of Earning and Learning: How Schools Matter (with P. Peterson)