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Jane Furey, a joint PhD student in public policy and sociology at the Ford School of Public Policy, was recently awarded the Palmer O. Johnson Memorial Award for an outstanding article from the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Fu...

By David Pratt A family = Mom + Dad + kid(s). Many researchers and policymakers still treat this as the standard. But Christina Cross (PhD ’19) knows a different reality. One she has lived. Cross, a 2019 graduate of the Ford School’s join...

On April 22, 2019, U-M’s Sociology Department announced many of its students had won competitive fellowships for the 2019-2020 year, including Ford School joint-doctoral student Jasmine Simington. Simington is the recipient of the National Science Fo...

Data security is a hot topic in many aspects of life, including elections. Ford School doctoral student Nadiya Kostyuk’s recent research explores the pervasive threat that lies in the increasing ease of cyberattacks and how it could impact elections....

Anita Ravishankar, a joint-PhD candidate in political science and public policy, has been awarded a Rackham Grant in Public Scholarship to support research measuring the gap in trust between civilians and the police. Grants in Public Scholarship are ...

Doctoral students Eitan Paul and Jieun Lee (MPP ’12) have been named inaugural recipients of the International Policy Center's (IPC) Research Scholar Award. IPC Research Scholar Awards aim to facilitate cutting-edge scholarship and to help doctoral c...