Lynn Todman, Ph.D.

Lynn Todman, Ph.D.
Vice President, Leadership in Social Justice
Executive Director, Institute on Social Exclusion

Lynn C. Todman, Ph.D., is Vice President, Leadership in Social Justice and the Executive Director of the Institute on Social Exclusion (ISE) at the Adler School of Professional Psychology in Chicago, IL. Dr. Todman earned a B.A. from Wellesley College, and a Master's in City Planning (MCP) and Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Dr. Todman's work focuses on the ways in which social, political, and economic structures systematically marginalize urban populations and is multidisciplinary, drawing on the fields of economics, political science, sociology, public health, psychology, and system dynamics.

She has lived and worked in Sweden, Belgium, the United Kingdom, and most recently in Italy, where she worked with urban sociologists and planners investigating the relationship between urban transport policy and social exclusion, the resulting implications for social welfare, and the role of community participation in urban development processes.

Outside of work, Dr. Todman is on the boards of Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights; the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law Center; the Corporation Visiting Committee for the Department of Social Sciences at MIT; the Advisory Board of MIT's Center for International Studies; and the Board of Regents of Loyola University of Chicago. Dr. Todman was recently appointed by the Michigan Senate Majority Leader to co-chair the Benton Harbor School District Promise Zone. She was also recently appointed to the City of Chicago Community Development Commission.