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The Dean’s office staff provides services to the dean, faculty, and staff.  

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Dom Adams-Santos

Managing Director, Center for Racial Justice
Dr. Adams-Santos is a qualitative researcher who centers questions of sexuality, intimacy, and belonging in the digital era; in particular, how individuals navigate the racial, gender, and sexual politics of digital and urban landscapes in their search for intimacy and community.
Core faculty

Stephanie L. Sanders

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer; Lecturer
Stephanie L. Sanders is a lecturer and diversity, equity, and inclusion officer at the Ford School. Through the lens of critical race theory, Sanders' research agenda examines students who transition from urban environments to rural, predominantly…
Core faculty

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 widely credited for her research at the intersection of inequality, public policy, and human service institutions, with a special focus on HIV/AIDS; poverty; and race, class, and gender studies. Dr. Watkins-Hayes has published three 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.
Staff

Heather Alemu

Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
Heather Alemu is the senior business intelligence analyst in the Ford School's Business…
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Marcella Brighton

Chief Administrative Officer
Marcella (Marcy) Brighton is the Chief Administrative Officer for the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. Since 2008 she has been managing the operations infrastructure of the school including finance, human resources, data analytics/business…
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Catherine R. Carver

Lead, U-M Democracy & Debate
Catherine Carver serves as the programming lead for University of Michigan’s Democracy & Debate, a university-wide educational initiative. This initiative seeks to encourage students, faculty, staff, and the broader U-M community to explore the…
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Alayna Fogle

Administrative Assistant, Dean's Suite
Alayna Fogle is an administrative assistant in the Ford School's dean's suite. In this role, she supports faculty and the school's administrative…
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Zuzana Selcova Wiseley

Senior Assistant to the Dean
Zuzana Selcova Wiseley is the Senior Assistant to the Dean. Zuzana has over 20 years of experience in public and private fields of international relations and higher education. She manages WDC's international policy program development, student…