[2] In 1997, Marrett moved to the University of Massachusetts-Amherst as Provost, Senior Vice Chancellor of Affairs, and a professor of Sociology and Afro-American Studies, where she remained until 2001.

[5] In 2001, she returned to the University of Wisconsin System, where she served as Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs until 2007.

[1] From 1992 through 1996, Marrett worked for the National Science Foundation as the assistant director for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Studies.

[1] In 1996, Marrett received an honorary Doctorate from Wake Forest University and became a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Cox, Johnson, and Frazier placed their scholarship in service to social justice, with an eye toward advancing the status of disadvantaged populations, and to better conditions globally.