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Don Moynihan

J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Professor of Public Policy
Donald Moynihan is the Ford School's J. Ira and Nicki Harris Family Professor of Public Policy. Previously he served as Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy Chair of Public Policy and the director of the La Follette School at the U...
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Danziger's third act

May 7, 2026
After decades as a renowned poverty scholar at U-M and president of the Russell Sage Foundation, Sheldon Danziger, ​the Henry J. Meyer Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Public Policy, began his ‘third act’ last fall, taking the helm as p...
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Moynihan on "Out-of-Office" email controversy

Oct 2, 2025 WIRED
“The tone of the language is very antagonistic and partisan in a way we don’t expect from formal messaging from agency leaders. If you had a federal employee who emailed their colleagues blaming president Trump for the shutdown, they’d be pursued for...
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In the Media

Civil service brain drain will be hard to reverse - Moynihan

Sep 30, 2025 Reuters
Don Moynihan, a professor at the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan, said the biggest impact of this week's exodus will be the brain drain of so many experienced civil servants, a loss of talent he says will be hard to reverse...
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In the Media

Moynihan: higher ed being used as scapegoat for Kirk's death

Sep 16, 2025 Inside Higher Ed
Don Moynihan, a tenured public policy professor at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor who wrote a Substack article about this conservative phenomenon, told Inside Higher Ed that “using higher education as a scapegoat for Kirk’s tragic assassinat...
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Moynihan: Trump's speech on Kirk's death a "missed opportunity"

Sep 11, 2025 Financial Times
Donald Moynihan, a professor of public policy at the University of Michigan, said Trump could have used his speech from the Oval Office to condemn all forms of political violence and emphasise the importance of tolerance as a “cornerstone for democra...
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Trump is driving America toward authoritarianism - Moynihan

Sep 10, 2025
Donald Trump's second presidential term has been marked by what Ford School professor Don Moynihan describes as following a checklist for consolidating power and silencing dissent—both serious threats to democracy. In an opinion for the Detroit News,...
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News

Potential health impacts of the ‘big beautiful bill’

Jun 17, 2025
As the U.S. Senate debates the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025, University of Michigan experts are available to discuss elements of the proposed spending plan that stand to leave a mark on health, health care and public health.
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Herd and Moynihan call out politicization of science

May 15, 2025
As the Trump administration seeks to reclassify tens of thousands of civil service jobs into political appointments, Ford School professors Pamela Herd and Donald Moynihan note assert that “politicization of public services generally worsens public-s...
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A house on fire: rescuing state capacity

May 8, 2025
Moynihan: "State capacity” is hard to define and measure, and is perhaps seen as boring, but capacity is the hidden glue that holds public policy together, or, when debased, causes public policy to fall apart. If you care about the quality of governm...
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In the Media

Moynihan on excessive amount of money in American politics

Apr 2, 2025 Political Wire
Don Moynihan, Ford School professor, said “Money is a an aggressive growing tumor at the heart of American democracy. The 2023 Wisconsin state supreme court race cost $56 million, a national record at the time. The 2025 version blasted that out of th...
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News

Empowering bureaucrats helps governments and citizens

Mar 31, 2025
Empowered bureaucrats can make decisions that will lead to better and more efficient service for citizens, according to Dan Honig, author of “Mission Driven Bureaucrats: Empowering People To Help Government Do Better.”   In a Policy Talk at the Ford ...
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Government asserts only white men belong in American history - Moynihan

Mar 29, 2025 All Things Considered
"If you take away pictures of women, if you take away pictures of Black heroes, of Asians, of Native Americans, of Latinos, then who's left?" asked Don Moynihan, professor at the Ford School. Moynihan spoke with All Things Considered on a recent podc...
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Moynihan says "anti-DOGE" efforts boosted efficiency in Pennsylvania

Mar 27, 2025 Route 50
States have varying approaches to boosting government efficiency. Route 50 turned to the Ford School's Don Moynihan to analyze Pennsylvania's method of increasing efficiency after they recognized their state's processing systems fell behind other sta...
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In the Media

We have too much faith in the law - Moynihan

Mar 23, 2025 Financial Times
Current government operations under the Trump administration are pointing to signs of democratic backsliding. The Ford School's Don Moynihan has stated that Americans have put too much faith in the law. Quoted in an article from the Financial Times, ...
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In the Media

The Trump administration is erasing DEI from history - Moynihan

Mar 22, 2025 The Daily Beast
The Ford School's Don Moynihan spoke with The Daily Beast and commented on the removal of government history from various agency websites, specifically targeting topics involving DEI or POC and members of the LGBTQIA+ community. "It's this sort of de...
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How the government is censoring DEI in American history - Moynihan

Mar 18, 2025 PBS NewsHour
NewHour turned to the Ford School's Don Moynihan seeking an explanation for the recent removal of American military history from the U.S. Department of Defense website. Moynihan told NewsHour "There’s certain codewords that are being used to detect i...
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