Frank R. Spence (MPA '60) was recently elected president of the Astoria, OR Port Commission. Frank received the 2004 Neil Staebler Award for Distinguished Public Service and has served on the U-M and Ford School Alumni Boards.
Alan Miller (MPP...
Robert Axelrod on "the blame game" for responding to cyber attacks
In a world where cyber attacks are both increasingly common and increasingly dangerous, deciding whether and how to respond to one is an estimable challenge for policymakers....
With a series of regulatory changes, the Trump administration is taking us in the wrong direction, making student loans riskier, more expensive, and more burdensome for borrowers.
Susan Dynarski on "The wrong way to fix student debt." The New...
ANN ARBOR—A new map that streamlines an overwhelming amount of poverty and well-being data will make it easier to understand what's happening in counties across Michigan.
Poverty Solutions—the University of Michigan's major initiative dedicated...
Will Feuer (BA '19) at the Southeast Asia Globe in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. With thanks to the BA Internship Fund.
Gloriela Iguina-Colon (BA '18) at the Office of U.S. Representative Grace Meng (NY-6) in Washington, DC. With thanks to the BA...
Sam Geller (MPP '17)
For Sam Geller (MPP '17), the Riecker Michigan Delegation Fellowship offered an opportunity to see the full scope of Congressional responsibility.
Geller spent the first six months of this year in the Washington, DC...
Voter turnout is abysmally poor," says Joe Schwarz, a Ford School lecturer and former U.S. Congressional representative (R-MI-7). "In general elections, you're lucky to get 50 to 60 percent of eligible voters—that just shows an embarrassing level of...
Ford School alumni have elected six representatives to serve on the Alumni Board. The board members, who will serve from January 1, 2018 – December 31, 2020, are:
Menna Demessie (PhD ’10), Congressional Black Caucus Foundation...
Service History
Assistant secretary for financial institutions, U.S. Treasury Department (2009-10)
Special advisor, President of the United States (1999-01)
Deputy assistant secretary for community development, U.S. Treasury Department...
As Kevin Stange sees it, there's a conspicuously missing link in much of the higher education decision-making process.
"The higher ed sector, as a productive entity, is a huge fraction of the U.S. economy," says Stange, who was promoted to...
Michael S. Barr, Joan and Sanford Weill Dean of Public Policy at the Ford School, participated in a roundtable discussion at Detroit’s Gem Theater this morning, during which JP Morgan Chase, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Ralph C. Wilson Jr....
In a recently published piece for Michigan Alumnus, the magazine of the University of Michigan Alumni Association, 20 Michigan graduates are recognized as Detroit “Movers and Shakers,” including four Ford School grads.
Lisa Nuszkowski (MPP ’03)...
Two Ford School faculty members were quoted in a December 7, 2017 article from the Battle Creek Enquirer, titled “Joe Schwarz champions push to end gerrymandering.”
Former congressman and long-time Ford School lecturer Joe Schwarz is advocating...
It's been 200 years since the founding of Michigan's first and flagship university: ours. Every moment is a turning point. But this moment—our bicentennial—is particularly poignant.
As schools and stakeholders across the University of Michigan...
Harnessing the private sector for effective social programs
ANN ARBOR—A set of seven recommendations for “pay-for-success” interventions identified by researchers at the University of Michigan can help governments and private investors work...
The David Bohnett Leadership and Public Service Fellowship program, which has provided generous support to 20 Ford School graduate students since its launch in 2010, is highlighted today in an article by Katherine Barrett and Richard Greene,...
In a Fortune op-ed, “How the CFPB fight is a sign of the next financial crisis,” Michael Barr and Joe Valenti (director of consumer finance at the Center for American Progress) describe how the current legal battle over who is the rightful director...
In an op-ed published in the Washington Post's "Monkey Cage," Would cyberattacks be likely in a U.S.- North Korea conflict? Here's what we know, Ford School doctoral candidate Nadiya Kostyuk and U-M professor Yuri Zhukov (political science) explore...
Reynolds Farley penned a chapter entitled, "Detroit in bankruptcy: What are the lessons to be learned?" for the 2017 volume Why Detroit Matters: Decline, Renewal, and Hope in a Divided City, edited by Brian Doucet.
Introduction
Detroit’s city...
The Ford School is pleased to announce that Sandy Levin, who has served the people of Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1983, will be joining the Ford School as a Distinguished Policymaker in Residence, beginning in January...
In "Taxpayers want more fairness. GOP plan to 'reform' the tax code doesn't deliver," an opinion piece published by The Conversation, Ford School lecturer and alumna Stephanie Leiser (MPP '05) describes America's disapproval of the current tax...
In a November 22 article for the New York Times’ Economic View column, "Laptops are great. But not during a lecture or a meeting," Susan Dynarski reviews the research on electronic note taking during college lectures: Do these aids help or harm...
William Axinn’s recent study on sexual assault rates, "General population estimates of the association between college experience and the odds of forced intercourse," finds that while forced intercourse is a pervasive problem on college campuses,...
Dina Emam (MPP/MAE '18) shared an intimate glimpse into the life of a Cambodian refugee. Kyle Enochs (MPP '18) tackled restrictions on rural broadband expansion. Hannah Bauman (MPP '18) challenged the teacher certification system. Lee...
