Post Election Analysis
Speaker
J. Alex Halderman, Barbara McQuade, Mara OstfeldDate & time
How to attend
Join the Ford School for an election debrief and discussion, with whatever results are available, with Alex Halderman, Bredt Family Professor of Engineering; Barbara L. McQuade, Professor from Practice at Michigan Law; and Mara Ostfeld, Research Director at the Center for Racial Justice, and associate research professor at the Ford School.
Submit questions upon registration and come prepared to submit additional ones as the election results unfold.
Speaker bios:
J. Alex Halderman is the Bredt Family Professor of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Michigan College of Engineering, where he is also director of the Center for Computer Security & Society. Halderman's research focuses on computer security and privacy, with an emphasis on problems that broadly impact society and public policy.
Barbara McQuade is a professor from practice at Michigan Law. Her interests include criminal law, criminal procedure, national security, data privacy, and civil rights. From 2010 to 2017, McQuade served as the US attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan. Appointed by President Barack Obama, she was the first woman to serve in her position. McQuade also served as vice chair of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee and co-chaired its Terrorism and National Security Subcommittee. As U.S. attorney, she oversaw cases involving public corruption, terrorism, corporate fraud, theft of trade secrets, civil rights, and health care fraud, among others.
Mara Ostfeld is the research director at the Center for Racial Justice, and an associate research professor in the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. In addition, Mara is a faculty lead at the Detroit Metro Area Communities Study—an ongoing representative survey of Detroit households that asks residents about their expectations, perceptions, priorities and aspirations. She is an expert in survey research and the analysis of public opinion, with a particular focus on the relationship between race, gender, media and political attitudes.