Cocoa and community with the deans | Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
Type: School event
Host: Ford School

Cocoa and community with the deans

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A Zoom link will be emailed out to Ford School students, faculty, and staff prior to the event.

Speaker

Dean Michael Barr, Associate Dean Paula Lantz, and Associate Dean Luke Shaefer

Date & time

Mar 10, 2021, 12:00-1:00 pm EST

Location

This is a Virtual Event.
Two illustrated, Ford School-branded mugs with cocoa and marshmallows, all in front of a blue and maize background

Warm up with some hot cocoa and community as Dean Michael Barr, Associate Dean Paula Lantz, and Associate Dean Luke Shaefer host a casual conversation for Ford School students, staff, and faculty. Grab your beverage of choice (coffee, tea, or water are also great!) and a snack, pull up to the warm glow of your fellow Fordies' faces on the Zoom grid, and join the conversation.

A Zoom link will be emailed out to the community prior to the event.

Michael S. Barr portrait

Faculty Expert

Michael S. Barr

Frank Murphy Collegiate Professor of Public Policy; Roy F. and Jean Humphrey Proffitt Professor of Law
Barr is a governor and vice chair for supervision of the Federal Reserve Board, currently on leave from the University of Michigan. At U-M, Barr conducted research and wrote about a wide range of issues in domestic and international financial regulation, with a particular emphasis on financial services for low-income communities. He served in President Barack H. Obama's Administration as the U.S. Department of the Treasury's assistant secretary for financial institutions, and was a key architect of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010.
Headshot of Paula Lantz

Faculty Expert

Paula Lantz

James B. Hudak Professor of Health Policy; Director, BA Programs
A social demographer, Lantz studies the role of public policy in improving population health and reducing social disparities in health. She is currently engaged in research regarding innovative financing approaches for supportive housing among Medicaid beneficiaries, and also on how COVID-19 is exacerbating existing social and health inequalities in the U.S.
Luke Shaefer

Faculty Expert

Luke Shaefer

Hermann and Amalie Kohn Professor of Social Justice and Social Policy; Director, Poverty Solutions; Professor of Social Work
Luke Shaefer serves as the inaugural director of Poverty Solutions, an interdisciplinary, presidential initiative at U-M that seeks to partner communities and policymakers to find new ways to prevent and alleviate poverty.