Welcoming new faculty | Faculty announcement 2019

Welcoming new faculty

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he Ford School at the University of Michigan is a community dedicated to the public good.

We inspire and prepare diverse leaders

grounded in service, conduct transformational research, and collaborate on evidence-based policymaking to take on our communities’ and

the world’s most pressing challenges.

Our faculty—heavily engaged in research, policy design, and policy evaluation—lead this critical work.

Their experience and impact informs their teaching and mentoring, enhancing what they offer to tomorrow’s policy leaders. Please join us in welcoming and congratulating our new, newly promoted, and visiting scholars and teachers.

Earl Lewis joins the Ford School as the Thomas C. Holt Distinguished University Professor of History, Afromerican and African Studies, and Public Policy. The founding director of the U-M Center for Social Solutions, Lewis previously served as president of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (2013–2018), provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at Emory University (2004–2012), and dean of U-M’s Rackham Graduate School (1998–2004). An author and esteemed social historian, he is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2008), the recipient of 11 honorary degrees, and the past president of the Organization of American Historians.

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Jeffrey D. Morenoff joins the Ford School as a professor of public policy and sociology. He is also director of the U-M Institute for Social Research’s Population Studies Center. Morenoff’s research interests include neighborhood environments, inequality, crime and criminal justice, the social determinants of health, racial/ethnic/immigrant disparities in health and antisocial behavior, and methods for analyzing multilevel and spatial data. In 2004, Morenoff won the Ruth Shonle Cavan Young Scholar Award from the American Society of Criminology for “outstanding contributions to the discipline of criminology.” He earned an MA and PhD in sociology from The University of Chicago. 

earlewis@umich.edu 5238 Weill Hall 734-647-5238

morenoff@umich.edu

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The Honorable Sander Levin joins the Ford School as a Distinguished Policymaker in Residence and professor of practice, with support from the Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence program. For 36 years, Levin represented residents of Southeast Michigan in Congress. The former chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, Levin was actively involved in the major debates around welfare reform, the auto industry rescue, China’s entry into the WTO, the Iran Nuclear Agreement, and every critical economic policy issue. With a BA from the University of Chicago, an MA from Columbia University, and a JD from Harvard University, he developed a private law practice, served two terms in the Michigan State Senate, and served as an assistant administrator at the Agency for International Development before his election to Congress.

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sanderl@umich.edu

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Adrienne Harris joins the Ford School as a professor of practice, with support from the Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence program.

The former chief business development officer and general counsel at States Title, Inc., she brings deep experience in financial reform, financial technology, cybersecurity, consumer protection, and housing finance reform. She previously served as special assistant for economic policy to President Obama at the White House National Economic Council and as senior advisor to the Deputy Secretary in the U.S. Department of Treasury. Harris earned her JD from Columbia Law School and her MBA from New York University. 

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adrienah@umich.edu 5223 Weill Hall

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Jennifer Haverkamp joins the Ford School as a professor of practice.

She is also the director of the U-M Graham Sustainability Institute.

An internationally-recognized expert on climate change, international trade, and global environmental policy and negotiations, she has led U.S. climate negotiators to a successful international agreement under the Montreal Protocol.

Haverkamp also led the international climate program at the Environmental Defense Fund, and served as the Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Environment and Natural Resources.

Haverkamp earned a JD from Yale Law School and a master’s degree from Oxford University, where she was a Rhodes Scholar.

Charlotte Cavaillé joins the Ford School as an assistant professor of public policy. She comes to the Ford School from Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service. Through her research, which has appeared in the Journal of Politics and the American Political Science Review, Cavaillé examines the dynamics of popular attitudes towards redistributive social policies at a time of rising inequality, high fiscal stress, and high levels of immigration. She is currently turning her dissertation, which received the 2016 Mancur Olson Best Dissertation Award, into a book manuscript entitled Asking for More: Support for Redistribution in the Age of Inequality. Cavaillé received her PhD in government and social policy from Harvard University.

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jhaver@umich.edu 625 E. Liberty St.

734-615-4860 @jennhaver

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cavaille@umich.edu 4300 Weill Hall

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H. Luke Shaefer, director of Poverty Solutions, has been promoted to professor of public policy and social work. His research on poverty and social welfare policy in the United States has appeared in journals such as Demography and Journal of Policy Analysis and Management and is widely cited in popular news media. Shaefer has presented his research at the White House and testified before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee. His book with Kathryn Edin, $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America, was a New York Times Notable Book of 2015, and won the Hillman Prize for Book Journalism. Shaefer earned an MA and PhD in social service administration from the University of Chicago.

promoted to professor of public policy and economics. A labor economist, she is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and an executive committee member with the American Economic Association.

From 2013–2015, Betsey served on the Council of Economic Advisers in the Obama White House, advising the president on policy issues related to labor markets and social policy. She also served as the chief economist of the U.S. Department of Labor from 2010–2011. Stevenson earned a BA in economics and mathematics from Wellesley College and an MA and PhD in economics from Harvard University.

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Betsey Stevenson has been

lshaefer@umich.edu 5106 Weill Hall

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betseys@umich.edu

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The Ford School presents

The Weiser Diplomacy Center The University of Michigan’s dynamic new hub for the study and practice of diplomacy brings to Michigan an all-star lineup of leaders in foreign affairs.  September 6 International Diplomacy Challenges: North Korea Stephen Biegun, U.S. Special Representative to North Korea  September 13 Diplomacy in a New Transatlantic Era The Honorable Stephen Hadley Ambassador Daniel Fried In celebration of Ambassador Ron Weiser

 September 25 The Education of an Idealist Samantha Power, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations

Power

3rd Annual Vandenberg Lecture

 October 4 Democracy and America’s Foreign Policy Identity A Master Class with Condoleezza Rice, 66th U.S. Secretary of State  October 10 Reflections on Foreign Policy: Defense, Diplomacy, and Development A conversation with Hillary Rodham Clinton, 67th U.S. Secretary of State  November 21 The American Academy of Diplomacy presents: The U.S., Iran, and Security in the Persian Gulf Ambassadors John Limbert, Jerry Feierstein, Ronald Neumann, and Deborah McCarthy Discover more at diplomacy.umich.edu

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Clinton

Visiting policymakers

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he Ford School makes Ann Arbor a destination for distinguished policymakers and practitioners from around the world.

We’re pleased to welcome these Towsley Foundation Policymakers

in Residence and Diplomats in Residence to Michigan.

Javed Ali, JD, MA

Lou Fintor, MA

Dong Yeon Kim, PhD

Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence, fall 2019

U.S. State Department Diplomat in Residence

Weiser Diplomacy Center Distinguished International Policymaker

Former Senior Director for Counterterrorism, National Security Council

Former Minister of Economy & Finance and Deputy Prime Minister, Republic of Korea

Phyllis Meadows, PhD, MSN, RN Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence, winter 2020 Senior Fellow, The Kresge Foundation

Hardy Vieux, JD, MPP

Gail Wilensky, PhD

Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence, fall 2019

Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence, fall 2019

Vice President for Legal, Human Rights First

Former Director of Medicare and Medicaid Services

Engaged policy research for the public good

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ord School faculty lead a growing number of active research centers doing cutting-edge, evidence-based policy work in

close partnership with policy communities—identifying and helping to solve complex challenges.

Centers in the news CFLP gets $950,000 grant from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to explore what a more inclusive financial system needs to function and succeed and what role central banks might play.

STPP’s Joy Rohde to lead U-M’s participation in the Public Interest Technology University Network, a new initiative that will grow the field and develop a new generation of civic-minded technologists.

Susan Dynarski and the EPI partner with the State of Michigan and MSU to establish a new clearinghouse and research collaboration for all of the state’s education data.

Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) closup.umich.edu

Program in Practical Policy Engagement practicalpolicy.umich.edu

Center on Finance, Law, and Policy financelawpolicy.umich.edu

Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) program stpp.fordschool.umich.edu

Education Policy Initiative edpolicy.umich.edu

Weiser Diplomacy Center diplomacy.umich.edu

International Policy Center ipc.umich.edu

Youth Policy Lab youthpolicylab.umich.edu

Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan poverty.umich.edu

FinTech and green tech.

National security and diplomacy.

Race and labor. Poverty and inequality.

Health policy and leadership.

the launch of the new Weiser Diplomacy Center.

promoted faculty, visiting policymakers, and

at the Ford School, including our new and

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