Research Bio
Jill Berrick is a social welfare scholar whose research focuses on child welfare systems, foster care, and family support policies. She is best known for comparative studies of foster care in the U.S. and abroad, and for her books such as *The Impossible Imperative* and *Tender Years*, which examine the dilemmas and reforms in protecting vulnerable children. Her research highlights the voices of children and families while evaluating policies that impact their well-being.
Berrick is a Distinguished Professor of Social Welfare at UC Berkeley. She has received international recognition for her work on child protection and foster care systems. Her expertise spans child welfare policy, foster care, and social work.
Research Expertise and Interest
family policy, child and family poverty, child abuse and neglect, foster care, kinship care, Child welfare services
Teaching
Group Study for Advanced Undergraduates [SOCWEL 198]
Group Study for Advanced Undergraduates [SOCWEL 198]
Group Study for Advanced Undergraduates [SOCWEL 198]
Group Study for Advanced Undergraduates [SOCWEL 198]
Group Study for Advanced Undergraduates [SOCWEL 198]
Group Study for Advanced Undergraduates [SOCWEL 198]
Individual Study for Graduate Students [SOCWEL 296]
Individual Research for Graduate Students [SOCWEL 299]
Supervised Research: Social Sciences [UGIS 192B]
Social Work As a Profession [SOCWEL 110]
Social Work As a Profession [SOCWEL 110]
Social Work As a Profession [SOCWEL 110]
Field Studies in Social Welfare [SOCWEL 197]
Field Studies in Social Welfare [SOCWEL 197]
Group Study for Advanced Undergraduates [SOCWEL 198]
Group Study for Advanced Undergraduates [SOCWEL 198]
Group Study for Advanced Undergraduates [SOCWEL 198]
Group Study for Advanced Undergraduates [SOCWEL 198]
Group Study for Advanced Undergraduates [SOCWEL 198]
Group Study for Advanced Undergraduates [SOCWEL 198]
Group Study for Advanced Undergraduates [SOCWEL 198]
Berkeley Connect in Social Welfare [SOCWEL 198BC]
Supervised Independent Study and Research [SOCWEL 199]
Public Child Welfare Services [SOCWEL 250N]
Individual Study for Graduate Students [SOCWEL 296]
Individual Research for Graduate Students [SOCWEL 299]
Field Studies in Social Welfare [SOCWEL 97]
Group Study in Social Welfare [SOCWEL 98]
Berkeley Connect in Social Welfare [SOCWEL 98BC]
Senior Honors Course I [SOCWEL H195A]
Supervised Research: Social Sciences [UGIS 192B]
Field Studies in Social Welfare [SOCWEL 197]
Individual Research for Graduate Students [SOCWEL 299]
Social Work As a Profession [SOCWEL 110]
Social Work As a Profession [SOCWEL 110]
Social Work As a Profession [SOCWEL 110]
Field Studies in Social Welfare [SOCWEL 197]
Field Studies in Social Welfare [SOCWEL 197]
Berkeley Connect in Social Welfare [SOCWEL 198BC]
Supervised Independent Study and Research [SOCWEL 199]
Individual Study for Graduate Students [SOCWEL 296]
Field Studies in Social Welfare [SOCWEL 97]
Berkeley Connect in Social Welfare [SOCWEL 98BC]
Senior Honors Course [SOCWEL H195]
Supervised Research: Social Sciences [UGIS 192B]