Social Policy

"It is all too easy for society to measure itself against some abstract philosophical principle or political slogan. But in the end, there must remain the question: What kind of life is one society providing to the people that live in it?"

-Hubert Humphrey, October 7, 1966

Research Centers

Formed in 1985 as the nation’s first comprehensive teaching, research, and outreach center devoted to women and public policy, the Center on Women and Public Policy has a long tradition of leadership in the field in women’s human rights, global feminism, and specific public policy issues, such as comparable worth.

Housed within the Humphrey School, the Human Capital Research Collaborative (HCRC) is a partnership between the University of Minnesota and the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis to advance multidisciplinary research on child development and social policy. The HCRC’s approach is integrative and representative of the cross-college and university-wide interest in advancing research and scholarship on the identification and dissemination of cost-effective interventions, programs, and policies from birth to the transition to adulthood.

Named for the famed civil rights leader and longtime head of the NAACP, the Roy Wilkins Center for Human Relations and Social Justice studies and formulates solutions to problems of racial and ethnic inequality.

Faculty Experts
Professor Emerita Nancy Eustis
Professor Katherine Fennelly
Associate Professor Maria Hanratty
Professor Stephen Hoenack
Professor Morris M. Kleiner
Professor Samuel L. Myers
Associate Professor Joe Ritter
Associate Professor Judy Temple

Dr. Samuel Myers

Professor, Chair of Roy Wilkins Center for Human Relations and Social Justice