Joy Rohde

Core faculty

Joy Rohde

Associate Professor of Public Policy

Rohde is historian who specializes in the relationship between policy knowledge, technology, and American democracy. At Michigan, she is also affiliated with the Department of History, the Science, Technology, and Society Program, and the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program.

News

PPIA students reflect on their summer of study and social life

Aug 2, 2023

What are the dynamics of inequity in labor markets? How do we determine appropriate categories for people in a multicultural society? How is the U.S. approach to ethnicity and nationality different from what they are doing in Europe? These were...

Group of PPIA students posing in front of Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy courtyard

State & Hill

Faculty Findings, spring 2023

May 3, 2023

A fractured superpower States have driven important federal policy changes around voting, civil and reproductive rights, environmental protections, and more. What happens when states take it upon themselves to experiment with energy, trade, and...

Publication

Ethical implications of defense funding in social science

Mar 22, 2023

Since World War I, defense funding has been a driver of social science’s growth. The dense ties between social science and defense agencies benefitted social research but also attracted decades of heavy criticism. This long and entangled history has...

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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...

Headshots of Brian Jacob, Paula Lantz, Katherine Michelmore, Jeffrey Morenoff, Susan D. Page, Shobita Parthasarathy, Natasha Pilkauskas, Joy Rohde, Joe Schwarz, and Fabiana Silva

News

FBI chief Wray addresses threats from China in Ford School forum

Dec 6, 2022

It’s not always newsworthy when a director of the FBI makes a speech. As the nation’s top law enforcement official, basic statements about terror threats, the crime rate, or reactions to latest news may be reported but won’t attract much...

Photo of FBI Director Christopher Wray, seated in front of a blue Ford School backdrop, responding to a question

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Science and technology research in brief

May 31, 2022

Raimi, Rohde, and Hausman are among our dynamic STPP core faculty Behaviors and climate change Kaitlin Raimi is a Ford School associate...

Headshots of Kaitlin Raimi, Joy Rohde, and Catherine Hausman

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Faculty News fall 2020

Dec 9, 2020

Javed Ali organized a panel for New America on domestic terrorism. His new podcast, The Burn Bag, produced with two Ford School alumni, A'ndre Gonawela (BA ‘19) and Ryan Rosenthal (BA ‘19), has featured U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan, General David...

News

Joy Rohde selected as an Institute for Advanced Study Scholar

Sep 2, 2020

Today’s debates about the use of big data, algorithms and computer models in policy-making have deep historical roots. Historian and Ford School professor Joy Rohde argues that the intersection of computing, social science, and public policy is as...

Leaders and Best: U-M joins new collegiate technologist network; Ford School's Joy Rohde to lead the way

Mar 15, 2019

Announced earlier this week, the University of Michigan will join the Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT), which is “a new partnership of 21 colleges and universities dedicated to building the nascent field of public interest...

In the Media

21 institutions partner to grow 'public interest tech' field

Mar 13, 2019 Education Dive

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In the Media

U-M part of network to build public interest technology field

Mar 11, 2019 Michigan News

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In the Media

Former Obama official talks science and technology policy

Feb 17, 2019 The Michigan Daily

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Greetings from the Dean - Feed June 2018

Jun 1, 2018

Dear friends:Greetings from beautiful springtime Ann Arbor! We’re feeling tremendous pride and excitement in our newest alumni (view videos from a beautiful Commencement Ceremony here), our growing faculty, and in our school’s momentum and bright...

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Catch up on Ford School faculty news in the Spring 2018 edition of State & Hill magazine

May 21, 2018

Michael Barr and Joe Valenti (Center for American Progress) penned a Fortune op-ed: “How the CFPB fight is a sign of the next financial crisis.” Barr also wrote an op-ed in American Banker: “Dear Congress: Reg relief bill is a giveaway for large...

Faculty appointments, promotions grow and strengthen the Ford School

May 17, 2018

Earlier this afternoon, the University of Michigan Board of Regents approved several key faculty appointments at the Ford School, as we continue to grow and strengthen our outstanding faculty.Shobita Parthasarathy has earned a promotion to professor...

Melvin Washington (MPP ‘18) presents at U-M’s inaugural MLK “King Talks”

Feb 16, 2018

A week after U-M’s MLK Symposium recognizing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and work, the Rackham graduate school hosted five student speakers in a TED-style presentation called “King Talks.”In its inaugural year, King Talks followed the...

Joy Rohde publishes article in Isis on “Pax Technologica” during the Cold War

Jan 13, 2018

Joy Rohde's "Pax Technologica: Computers, international affairs, and human reason in the Cold War" was published in Isis in December. Abstract From the late 1960s to the early 1980s, a team of U.S. political scientists and computer...

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Ford School faculty members share seven key strategies for effective collaboration

Apr 28, 2017

Ford School faculty members often engage in collective problem-solving--with other scholars, of course, but also with policymakers and practitioners all around the world. The goal of these collaborations? Finding better solutions, and mutually...

National Academy of Sciences taps Rohde for SBS committee on national security research

Feb 17, 2017

The National Academy of Sciences has appointed Joy Rohde to serve on an 18-member committee tasked with carrying out a two-year study sponsored by the Office of the Directorate of National Intelligence (ODNI). The study, titled “Social and...

On Mindpop, Rohde pushes for us to "not lose sight of humans" in the big data revolution

Dec 6, 2016

David Sehat, host of the Mindpop podcast, talks with Joy Rohde about big data for the December 4 episode: “Is big data a force for good?” Rohde recounts the history of projects that use large datasets to try to solve policy problems – from the...

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Ford School faculty news from the spring 2016 edition of State & Hill magazine

May 3, 2016

The Washington Post reports that Robert Axelrod’s The Evolution of Cooperation is one of the ten most assigned books at Ivy League universities. Originally published in 1984, the book explores how cooperation can emerge in a world of self-seeking...

Rohde argues for a values-based approach to America's foreign policy strategy

Feb 2, 2016

In the first year of a new administration, American Presidents face particularly tough challenges. The First Year Project is multi-year project, coordinated by the University of Virginia Miller Center of Public Affairs. The project applies history...

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What good is history, anyway?

Dec 18, 2014

With public service in our DNA, what we’d really like to do is to peer into the future, to see and shape what’s coming around the bend. So we asked ourselves, ‘Can a deeper understanding of the past help to shape and inform the future?’ The myth...

Law enforcement increasingly intolerant of dissent

Aug 29, 2014

"It's very clear that when people get this gear they tend to want to use it," says Joy Rohde in the August 28 Policy Points video, "When the police look like soldiers." Rohde argues that militarized police departments lead to violent confrontations...

Law enforcement increasingly intolerant of dissent image

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Hybrid Justice and Armed With Expertise

May 6, 2014

Two new books from Ford School faculty members John D. Ciorciari and Joy Rohde deepen our understanding of international criminal justice systems and the role social scientists have played, for better or for worse, in American national...

New faculty members join the Ford School in fall 2013

Sep 28, 2013

The Ford School is delighted to welcome five new members to its faculty, starting this fall: Anmol Chaddha, Catherine Hausman, Joshua Hausman, Mara Otstfeld, and Joy Rohde. Anmol Chaddha Anmol Chaddha is a Michigan Fellow and an assistant professor...

Policy Talks @ the Ford School, Josh Rosenthal Education Fund Lecture

A conversation with FBI Director Christopher Wray

Dec 2, 2022, 11:45 am-1:00 pm EST

Weill Hall Annenberg Auditorium (1120)

Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray will visit the Ford School as the 2022 Josh Rosenthal Memorial Speaker.

FBI Director Christopher Wray speaking at podium

Welcome Week

Fall 2021 BA major orientation

Aug 27, 2021, 10:00 am-4:00 pm EDT

Weill Hall

Orientation is mandatory for all incoming undergraduates enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts in public policy program.

Beyond civil rights: The Moynihan Report and its legacy

Apr 6, 2015, 4:00-5:30 pm EDT

Weill Hall, Annenberg Auditorium

Please join the National Poverty Center in welcoming Daniel Geary for panel discussion about his latest book Beyond Civil Rights: The Moynihan Report and its Legacy.