Detroit reception introducing Ford School Dean Celeste Watkins-Hayes

Join us for a special Ford School event in Detroit at the beautiful Detroit offices of Miller Canfield on Jefferson Avenue. 

An opportunity for Detroit-based Ford School alumni and friends of the Ford School to network with one another and celebrate the start of a new year with current Ford School students and Dean Watkins-Hayes!

This is Celeste Watkins-Hayes' first Detroit gathering as the new Joan and Sanford Weill Dean of the Ford School. 

All area alumni and supporters of the Ford School are invited to attend!

Special thanks to Ford School alumnus Mike McGee (MPP '83/JD ‘82) and the partners, associates, and staff of Miller Canfield for hosting this event.

Faculty Expert

Celeste M. Watkins-Hayes

Joan and Sanford Weill Dean of Public Policy; Director, Center for Racial Justice; Jean E. Fairfax Collegiate Professor of Public Policy; University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor; Professor of Sociology; Research and Community Impact Fellow, Anti-Racism Collaborative

Watkins-Hayes is an internationally-recognized scholar and expert on HIV/AIDS; urban poverty; social policy; and racial, class, and gender inequality. Her work illuminates social problems of great interest to scholars, communities, and policymakers. She works at the intersection of sociology, African American Studies, and public policy. Her work analyzes the impact of the HIV epidemic on women and the growth of the HIV safety net.

• Ford School Alumni