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Jeffrey D. Morenoff

Associate Dean for Research and Policy Engagement, Professor of Public Policy and Sociology, Director of the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP)
Morenoff's research interests include neighborhood environments, inequality, crime and criminal justice, the social determinants of health, racial/ethnic/immigrant disparities in health and antisocial behavior, and methods for analyzing multilevel and spatial data.
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Morenoff calls for Michigan state prison reform

Mar 23, 2025
The Ford School's Jeff Morenoff advocated for legislation that would reduce long sentences for incarcerated people in Michigan. In an opinion piece published in the Detroit Free Press, Morenoff explained that Michigan's average prison sentence...
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DMACS to study impact of Strategic Neighborhood Fund in Detroit

Jun 12, 2023
The University of Michigan’s Detroit Metro Area Communities Study (DMACS) was recently contracted by Invest Detroit, a nonprofit Community Development Financial Institution, to look at the relationship between community investment and overall trends...
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In the Media

Morenhoff: Detroit census undercount is "egregious"

May 18, 2023 The Detroit News
Jeffrey Morenhoff, The Detroit News: Researcher Jeffrey Morenoff, a professor of sociology at UM and a faculty affiliate of the U-M Population Studies Center, was one of the researchers who originally studied the potential undercount and called it...
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Faculty News, fall 2022

Dec 19, 2022
Jenna Bednar published “The Fractured Superpower: Federalism is Remaking U.S. Democracy and Foreign Policy,” in Foreign Affairs. The Coalition for Networked Information, the Association of Research Libraries, and EDUCAUSE awarded Paul Courant the...
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State & Hill

Faculty findings, spring 2022

May 31, 2022
Economic and social impact of religious festivals In Mexico, “patron saint day” festivals are often local public holidays and involve substantial financial expenditures by households and governments. Festival dates vary greatly across localities:...
Photo, from above, of a patron saint festival in Mexico. A dense parade of people and brightly colored parade floats make their way down a local street.
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Ford School faculty named among “Top 2% Scientists”

Jan 26, 2022
Stanford University named 16 Ford School faculty on their “Top 2% Scientists” list, representing the most-cited scientists with career and single-year impact in various disciplines. The faculty researchers join over 180,000 scientists...
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Community in crisis: Black churches expand services

Nov 2, 2021
Jean Sherman got a call from a friend during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic telling her about a church nearby where she could get the vaccine. The Detroit resident also found out that the Historic King Solomon Baptist Church helped people...
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Morenoff identifies groups unlikely to get vaccinated

Aug 5, 2021 Second Wave - Michigan
After compiling data for the Detroit Metro Area Community Survey (DMACS), Jeffrey Morenoff, professor of sociology and public policy, found an alarming conclusion. Adults living with families with children under 18 are less likely to get vaccinated...
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Morenoff details How COVID-19 is Impacting Detroit Residents

Jun 19, 2020
The Detroit Metro Area Communities Study (DMACS) is a University of Michigan initiative that regularly surveys a representative group of Detroit residents about their communities, asking about their experiences, perceptions, priorities, and...
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Spotlights – Spring 2020 State & Hill

May 22, 2020
All hands on deck Ford School faculty and research centers have been actively involved with the policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Luke Shaefer is advising the state on how to reduce the impact on low-income families. Michael Barr, Betsey...
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Food for Thought April 2025

Apr 14, 2025, 11:30 am-12:30 pm EDT
Conference Room 3240
Food for Thought is a monthly lunchtime opportunity for Ford School students, faculty, and staff to come together and discuss the breaking news or most compelling policy issues of the day.
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Food for Thought March 2025

Mar 19, 2025, 11:30 am-12:30 pm EDT
Conference Room 5240
Food for Thought is a monthly lunchtime opportunity for Ford School students, faculty, and staff to come together and discuss the breaking news or most compelling policy issues of the day.
Illustration of a slice of pepperoni pizza with the text "Food for Thought" on top. Beside it, a pizza box, offset at an angle, with text spilling off the edge.

Food for Thought February 2025

Feb 17, 2025, 11:30 am-12:30 pm EST
Conference Room 5240
Food for Thought is a monthly lunchtime opportunity for Ford School students, faculty, and staff to come together and discuss the breaking news or most compelling policy issues of the day.
Illustration of a slice of pepperoni pizza with the text "Food for Thought" on top. Beside it, a pizza box, offset at an angle, with text spilling off the edge.
Food for Thought

Food for Thought October 2024

Oct 25, 2024, 12:30-1:30 pm EDT
Food for Thought is a monthly lunchtime opportunity for Ford School students, faculty, and staff to come together and discuss the breaking news or most compelling policy issues of the day.
Illustration of a slice of pepperoni pizza with the text "Food for Thought" on top. Beside it, a pizza box, offset at an angle, with text spilling off the edge.
Food for Thought

Food for Thought September 2024

Sep 20, 2024, 12:30-1:30 pm EDT
Food for Thought is a monthly lunchtime opportunity for Ford School students, faculty, and staff to come together and discuss the breaking news or most compelling policy issues of the day.
Illustration of a slice of pepperoni pizza with the text "Food for Thought" on top. Beside it, a pizza box, offset at an angle, with text spilling off the edge.

Second Look Legislation - A Policy Briefing

Mar 18, 2024, 12:00 pm EDT
East Room
This policy briefing is the culmination of a project carried out by five Masters of Public Policy students who worked with the American Friends Service Committee’s Michigan Criminal Justice Program in the Strategic Public Policy Consulting course at the Ford School of Public Policy. The students gathered current data on the MDOC prisoner population and modeled the potential cost savings that could be realized under the proposed Second Look legislation in Michigan. 
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