Deans
Celeste Watkins-Hayes
Dean
Celeste Watkins-Hayes is an author and educator widely credited for her research at the intersection of inequality, public policy, and institutions, with a special focus on urban poverty and race, class, and gender studies. Dr. Watkins-Hayes has published two books, numerous articles in journals and edited volumes, and pieces in the New York Times, The Atlantic, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and Chicago Magazine. Read more...
Kathryn Dominguez
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Dominguez's research focuses on topics in international financial markets and macroeconomics. A research associate at the NBER, she is also a member of the Panel of Economic Advisers at CBO, the Advisory Scientific Committee of the ESRB, and the Economic Advisory Panel of the New York Fed. Read more...
Brian Jacob
Associate Dean for Research and Policy Engagement
Brian A. Jacob is the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Education Policy and professor of economics at the Ford School, serves as Associate Dean for Research and Policy Engagement, and is co-director of the Youth Policy Lab. He is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Brian came to Michigan from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government; he previously served as a policy analyst in the NYC Mayor's Office and taught middle school in East Harlem. His primary fields of interest are labor economics, program evaluation, and the economics of education. Brian's current research focuses on urban school reform, with a particular emphasis on standards and accountability initiatives. At the Ford School, he teaches "Economics of Education" and classes focused on education policy. In 2008, Jacob received the David N. Kershaw Prize, an award given every two years to honor persons who, at under the age of 40, have made a distinguished contribution to the field of public policy. He received a BA from Harvard University in 1992 and a PhD in public policy from the University of Chicago. Read more...
Academic program directors
Kathryn Dominguez
PhD Program Director
Jonathan Hanson
MPP/MPA Program Director
Paula Lantz
BA Program Director
Senior staff
Kellen Epstein
Chief Development Officer
Susan Guindi
Director of Student and Academic Services
Quanda Hunter
Director of Marketing and Communications
Stephanie Sanders
Lecturer in Public Policy; Director of Community Engagement
Dom Adams-Santos
Director of Strategic Initiatives
Peter Vasher
Director of Career Services