Marc VanOverbeke, PhD
Associate Professor
Educational Policy Studies
Contact
Building & Room:
3412 ETMSW
Address:
1040 W. Harrison St. (MC 147), Chicago, IL 60607
Email:
About
Marc A. VanOverbeke is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Policy Studies in the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). He explores the history of education and education policy, and specifically examines the history of educational access and opportunity. His first book—The Standardization of American Schooling—considered the interconnectedness of secondary and higher education at the turn of the twentieth century and the ways in which those connections influenced access to college. This book received the Linda Eisenmann Prize for Distinguished Scholarship from the History of Education Society. His current research continues this focus, and explores the history of state colleges, athletics, and the expansion of educational opportunity in the 1950s and 1960s. He has received research support from the Spencer Foundation and the National Academy of Education.
Prior to returning to his faculty role in Fall 2025, he served as the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in in the College of Education since 2016. Between 2020 and 2021, he was the Interim Dean for the College of Education. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and his M.A. from the University of Colorado, Boulder.