简·亚当斯社会工作学院的使命是代表穷人，被压迫的民族，少数族裔和其他弱势群体教育专业的社会工作者，发展知识，并在制定和实施政策和服务方面发挥领导作用。冒着城市人口的危险。与这一使命和简·亚当斯的船屋传统相一致，社会工作博士学位课程响应了对更有效的人类服务的迫切需求，社会政策变化的需求以及各级社会工作教育的增长。该计划旨在支持社会和经济正义学者的发展，为学生提供先进的知识和技能，以促进社会工作待遇理论和研究以及社会福利计划的发展和方向。它提供了两个广泛的研究途径：社会计划，政策和行政管理以及社会工作实践奖学
The mission of the Jane Addams College of Social Work is to educate professional social workers, develop knowledge, and provide leadership in the development and implementation of policies and services on behalf of the poor, the oppressed, racial and ethnic minorities, and other at-risk urban populations. Consistent with this mission and Jane Addams? Hull-House tradition, the PhD Program in Social Work responds to the urgent demand for more effective human services, the need for changes in social policy and the growth in social work education at all levels. The program is designed to support the development of scholars of social and economic justice, providing students with the knowledge and skills for advancing social work treatment theory and research and for development and direction of social welfare programs. It provides for two broad research tracks: social planning, policy and administration, and social work practice scholarship within which a more specialized area of individualized study is selected.