Julia Henly, Ph.D. Professor Julia R. Henly has been an Assistant Professor with the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago since 1997. She is also a Faculty Affiliate with the Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research. Previously, Professor Henly was an Assistant Professor with the School of Public Policy and Social Research at the University of California, Los Angeles. She received her B.A. in Psychology and Social Work from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and then went on to complete both an M.S.W. and a Ph.D. at the University of Michigan. Her doctorate is in Social Work and Social Psychology. She has won several fellowships and awards in her academic career including the Faculty Career Development Award from the UCLA Chancellor's Office and the National Institute of Mental Health Training Grant Fellowship. Professor Henly's research interests focus on the various issues confronting individuals and families participating in welfare systems as well as low wage job markets. Her dissertation was entitled, Surviving Without Welfare: The Informal Support Networks of Former General Assistance Recipients. She is currently engaged in a study of welfare sanctioning and its effects. Professor Henly has also written and presented on topics such as the myths and realities of welfare use, differences in structural and provisional support for African-American and white adolescent mothers, the role of informal support networks in the maintenance of low-wage jobs, and the impact of employer hiring strategies on the employment of welfare recipients and other stigmatized job-seekers.
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Research Interests Henly's recent work, supported by the Center for Early Childhood Research of the McCormick Tribune Foundation, is examining the informal childcare arrangements of low-income mothers. She is also currently engaged in a study of the use of welfare sanctions in California and their effects on child and family well-being.
Recent Publications Henly, J.R. & Lyons, S. (December, 2000). The Negotiation of Child Care and Employment Demands Among Low-Income Parents. Journal of Social Issues. Henly, J.R. (1997). The complexity of support: The impact of family structure and provisional support on African-American and white adolescent mothers. American Journal of Community Psychology, 25(5), 629-655. Henly, J.R. & Danziger, S.K. (1996). Confronting welfare stereotypes: Characteristics of General Assistance Recipients and Post-Assistance Employment. Social Work Research, 217-227. Book ChaptersHenly, J.R. (2000). Matching and Mismatch in the Low-Wage Labor Market: Job Search Perspective. In Kelleen Kaye and Demetra Smith Nightingale, (Eds.) The Low-Wage Labor Market: Challenges and Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency. Washington: Urban Institute Press. Henly, J.R. (1999). Barriers to Finding and Maintaining Jobs: The Perspectives of Workers and Employers in the Low-Wage Labor Market. In Joel F. Handler and Lucie White (Eds.) Hard Labor: Women and Work in the Post-Welfare Era, 48-75. New York: ME Sharpe, Inc. Lindsey, D. & Henly, J.R. (1997). The future of child welfare. In M. Reisch & E. Gambrill (Eds.) Social Work in the 21st Century, 100-118. Pine Forge Press.
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