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Research Interests:

Law and social welfare; policies relating to families and children, especially regarding custody issues and women's issues.

Selected Publications:

Mason, Skolnick and Sugarman. (2002). All Our Families, New Policies for the New Century, Oxford University Press.

Mason and Fass. (2001). Childhood in America, New York University Press.

Mason, M.A. (1999). The Custody Wars: Why Children are Losing the legal battles and what we can do about it, Basic Books.

Mason, M.A. (1994). From The Father's Property To The Children's Rights: A History Of Child Custody In The United States, Columbia University Press.

Mason, M.A. (September 1991). The McMartin Case Revisited: The Conflict Between Social Work and The Criminal Justice System, Social Work.

Mason, M.A. (1988). The Equality Trap, Simon & Schuster.

Professor Mary Ann Mason was appointed Dean of the UC Berkeley Graduate Divison in August 2000. Dean Mason heads one of the nation's largest graduate programs, with more than 8000 students in approximately 100 separate programs.

She is currently on leave from the School of Social Welfare.