Martha Ann Derthick (June 20, 1933 – January 12, 2015) was an American public administration scholar and academic.
[1] She taught and researched at Harvard University between 1964 and 1970,[2] followed by periods at the Joint Center for Urban Studies of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Boston College.
[3] From 1983 to 1999, she was the Julia Allen Cooper professor of government and foreign affairs at the University of Virginia.
[4] Derthick's research involved a focus on the unintended consequences of federal mandates for state welfare programs.
[1] Derthick died in Charlottesville, Virginia on January 12, 2015, after a series of strokes.