MLA Information Session

Seth Green was appointed Dean of the Graham School of Continuing Liberal and Professional Studies on July 1, 2021. You can contact Seth at sethgreen@uchicago.edu.

Before joining Graham, Green served as Founding Director of the Baumhart Center for Social Enterprise and Responsibility at Loyola University Chicago. During his tenure, the Center launched a top-ranked specialty MBA program, a globally significant award for social innovation in business, and an array of educational programs that annually engage more than 4,000 learners. Green also served as an Executive Lecturer in Loyola’s Quinlan School of Business, teaching classes on social entrepreneurship and receiving recognition as the Mission-Driven Faculty Member of the Year in 2021.

Prior to Loyola, Green led Youth & Opportunity United (Y.O.U.), a nonprofit organization that prepares low-income youth for post-secondary and life success. At Y.O.U., Green oversaw the fourfold expansion of programs and a $16.4 million fundraising campaign to build a state-of-the-art youth center. He also spearheaded two strategic planning processes, resulting in an enhanced program model and deepened impact. Alongside Y.O.U., Green taught courses on nonprofit management as an adjunct lecturer at Northwestern University.

Earlier in his career, Green worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company, guiding private sector clients through strategy development and change management. A recipient of McKinsey’s Community Fellowship, he spent one year of his time at the firm supporting nonprofit clients, including the Gates Foundation and United Way.

Green speaks and writes on social innovation. His commentaries and research have appeared in the Christian Science Monitor, Fortune Magazine, the Journal of Business Research, and the Social Innovations Journal, and he serves on the Editorial Review Board of the Business and Society Review. Green has been a featured guest on Slate Podcasts, C-SPAN’s Washington Journal, MSNBC, and CNN, and his efforts have been covered by the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Chronicle of Higher Education. In 2008, Utne Reader named him one of 50 “Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World.”

Green is civically engaged in Chicago, serving on the Campaign Cabinet of the United Way of Metro Chicago, the Impact Investing Advisory Council of the YWCA Metropolitan Chicago, the Advisory Board of Concordia Place, the Reception Committee of the Economic Club of Chicago, and the Advisory Board of the Executives’ Club of Chicago.

A Marshall Scholar, Green holds a J.D. from Yale University, a master’s in women’s studies from Oxford University, a master’s in development studies from the London School of Economics, and a bachelor’s degree in politics from Princeton University.

Tim Murphy serves as Director of the Master Liberal Arts program and has been with the Graham School since 2015.  A lifelong Chicagoan, Tim completed his undergraduate studies at UChicago studying American history and later earned his MA here focused on twentieth-century American political history. You can contact Tim at timmurphy@uchicago.edu.

In his spare time, he enjoys taking advantage of the tremendous resources available through UChicago’s library, pursuing a hodgepodge of historical interests.

Which Graham course would you most like to take and why?

Tim would most like to take any of the music courses taught by John Gibbons in the Open Program.

Carey Dempsey serves as Director of Marketing and Recruitment for the Graham School. She oversees the development and execution of the marketing strategy to help connect learners with Graham’s programs and course offerings.

Carey has decades of experience in brand marketing in the higher education and healthcare sectors. Prior to joining Graham, Carey served in marketing leadership roles at Wiley and AllCampus. She has a demonstrated history in developing marketing campaigns that resonate with learners, enabling universities to both attract and retain students throughout their educational journey.

Carey completed her undergraduate studies with a BA in public relations and a minor in marketing from Marquette University. You can contact Carey at careydempsey@uchicago.edu.

Outside of work, she enjoys traveling, cooking, and trying to keep up with her two children.

Which Graham course would you most like to take and why?

Carey would like to take part in Writing the Ten-Minute Play. She was very active in her school’s theater program when she was younger and would love to be able to revisit that area from her past through a different lens.