Jerry D. Marx, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work at the University of New Hampshire. Before earning his Ph.D. at the Boston College Graduate School of Social Work, Marx served as Executive Director for eight years of a family service, nonprofit agency in Portland, Maine. Marx’s research interest is community & administrative practice. Among his publications are Social Welfare: The American Partnership and a number of journal publications Carter, V.B. & Marx, J.D. What Motivates African American Charitable Giving: Findings from a National Sample. Social Work, 31(1), 67-85; Marx, J.D. & Hopper, F. (2005). Faith-based vs. Fact-based Social Policy: The Case of Teen Pregnancy Prevention. Social Work, 50(3), 280-282; Marx, J.D. (2000). Women and Human Services Giving. Social Work, 45(1), 27-38. He has also published “A Brief History of U.S. Social Welfare,” a Pearson Education e-text (2013).