DEI

Judge Laurel Beatty Blunt and Dean Celeste Watkins-Hayes discuss the intersection of law, policy, and the criminal justice system. December, 2022. 

Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha and Dr. Sam Trejo discuss the academic impacts of the Flint Water Crisis 7-8 years later, and the big picture implications for young people in the community. November, 2022. 

Dean Michael S. Barr and associate dean Celeste Watkins-Hayes reflect on the school’s vision for and commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. April, 2022.

Dexter Mason, head of social impact and DEI strategy at Buzzer, shares his experience working at the Kresge Foundation, RISE, and the Obama White House. January, 2022.

This community conversation further explores the principles and practices of academic responsibility and academic freedom, and how these are effectively exercised in a diverse, inclusive and equitable campus community. January, 2022.

Join us for a conversation on modern discourse with Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom, moderated by Dr.

Broderick Johnson, a Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence at the Ford School, leads a discussion on lobbying and mass incarceration. Part of the Public Policy and Institutional Discrimination Discussion Series.

Join us for a discussion with Rebecca Carroll on her new book, Surviving the White Gaze with Beth Chimera, writing instructor at the Ford School Writing Center, moderating the discussion. March, 2021.

Lisa D. Cook and Betsey Stevenson discuss economics, development, diversity, and innovation. February 2021.

Paula Lantz covers population health disparities in the U.S. and discusses possible policy directions. October, 2019.

This lecture discusses the use of longitudinal administrative tax data from Washington DC (DC) to study how Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) expansions undertaken by the Washington DC affect income and inequality in the city.

Jennifer Erb-Downward, senior research associate at Poverty Solutions, discusses student homelessness and school attendance. 

Washtenaw County Sheriff Jerry Clayton; Professor of Law Barry Friedman, New York University; and Jessica Gillooly, PhD candidate of the Ford School, in a panel moderated by David Thacher examine racial bias in emergency calls.

Rachel Woolf, Emilio Gutiérrez Soto (Knight-Wallace Fellow), Laura Sanders, William D. Lopez discuss "Deported: An American Division" moderated by Ann Lin. January, 2019.

Virginia Eubanks discusses her new book "Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police and Punish the Poor." December, 2018.

Betsey Stevenson, associate professor of public policy at the University of Michigan's Ford School, talks about a new study that examines gender bias in introductory economics textbooks.

Professor Sue Dynarski testifies before House Subcommittee on Education and Labor on January 18th, 2018 on the topic titled “Reauthorizing the Higher Education Act: Financial Aid Simplification and Transparency.”

Broderick Johnson, Luke Shaefer and Brian Jacob discuss the importance of investments in youth and young adults. January, 2018.

Olivia Golden, Executive Director of the Center for Law and Social Policy, to discuss work support strategies and what the future may hold for low-income in America. November, 2017.

Kristin Seefeldt discusses her new book "Abandoned Families: Social Isolation in the 21st Century." March, 2017.

Andra Gillespie, Leah Wright Rigueur, Lester Spence, Jerry Austin, and moderator Ann Lin talk about the impact of Reverend Jackson's run for president. November, 2016.

Brittney Williams (BA '16, MSW '17), Tyrell Collier (BA '14), Bryon Maxey (BA '09, MA '18), Stephanie Rowley (BA '92), Judge Cynthia Stephens (BA '71), and moderator Austin McCoy (PhD '16) talk about student activism past and present.

Reverend Jackson reflects on the past and talks about the future of our country and civil rights challenges. November, 2016.