2014 | Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

PhD Students

Jared Eno

Jared is interested in issues of poverty and inequality, especially the role of education in social stratification; the role of research in public policy; and quantitative methodology. After completing his MPP at University of Michigan, he worked at…

PUBPOL 312/ENVIRON312

Environmental Politics and Policy

This course is an advanced offering on environmental politics and the environmental policy-making...

PUBPOL 763

PUBPOL 763: Global Issues: Drugs, Crime, and Terrorism

Melvyn Levitsky

This course will explore the global issues of illegal drugs, crime and terrorism. Course content emphasizes policy options, formulation and implementation, and the tools and skills needed to produce effective recommendations for decision...

PUBPOL 662

PUBPOL 662: Global Corporate Social Responsibility

Marina Whitman

Course will examine the origins of the concept of CSR its meaning and motivations, and the shareholder-stakeholder controversy, where the latter include employees, communities (now defined globally) and, most recently, the global...

PubPol 779

PubPol 779: Presentation Skills

An interactive class where students will learn how to develop a communication strategy, construct a clear presentation using data and visuals and make use of best practices for public...

PUBPOL 541

PUBPOL 541: International Trade Policy

Alan Deardorff

This course examines the policy issues of international trade, including trade in both goods and services and also international flows of direct investment and...

PUBPOL 529

PUBPOL 529: Statistics

Catherine Hausman

This course covers descriptive statistics, probability theory, probability distributions (normal, binomial, Poisson, exponential), sampling distributions, confidence intervals, and hypothesis...

PUBPOL 519/SNRE 574

PUBPOL 519/SNRE 574: Sustainable Energy Systems

Assessment of the current energy systems that encompasses resource extraction, conversion processes and...

PUBPOL 515/BE 550

PUBPOL 515/BE 550: Non-Market Strategy: Setting the Rules of the Game

Managers, particularly as they move to higher-level responsibility, are increasingly called upon to deal with issues involving governmental actions, media attention and public...

PUBPOL 513

PUBPOL 513: Calculus

Carl Simon

This course is designed specifically to provide students in all degree programs at the Ford School with the fundamental mathematical tools necessary for their subsequent...

PubPol 495.003

PubPol 495.003: Policy Seminar: Human Rights

Susan Waltz

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PubPol 495.002

PubPol 495.002: Policy Seminar: History of Policy

Joy Rohde

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PubPol 495.001

PubPol 495.001: Policy Seminar: Dangerous Peacemaking

Yazier Henry

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PubPol 475.003

PubPol 475.003: Topics: Great Depression to the Great Recession

Joshua Hausman

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PubPol 475.001

PubPol 475.001: Topics: Ethics & Public Policy: Inequality in the U.S.

John Chamberlin

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PubPol 466

PubPol 466: Topics: The History and Future of Detroit

Detroit was the nation’s most important city in the Twentieth Century because of the the auto industry, the emergence of the blue collar middle class and development of the New Deal. Now it is the most negatively stereotyped city in the...

PUBPOL 422

PUBPOL 422: Congress and State Legislatures: Effective or Outmoded?

John Schwarz

Is Congress too partisan? Can Congress fulfill its legislative and oversight functions? Do the executive and judicial branches effectively control public policy formulation? Have the State Legislatures become the true "laboratories of...

PubPol 413

PubPol 413: Professional Development

The goal of this course is to enhance the students' ability to bring about the individual and organizational changes they want to...

PUBPOL 330

PUBPOL 330: Microeconomics for Public Policy

This course develops students' abilities to use microeconomic analysis to further our understanding of public...

PUBPOL 320

PUBPOL 320: Politics, Political Institutions, and Public Policy

This course prepares students to understand the political and institutional environment within which public policy is formulated and...

PubPol 250

PubPol 250: Social Systems, Energy, and Public Policy

The goal of this course is to provide a framework for interpreting public discourse on energy...

PUBPOL 210/HMP200

PUBPOL 210/HMP200: Health and Society: Introduction to Public Health

This course is intended to serve as an introduction to the major issues of health and health care in the United States – what they are, what determines them, and how they can be altered. In so doing, the course surveys the field of public...

PUBPOL 201

PUBPOL 201: Systematic Thinking About The Problems of the Day

Paul Courant

The main idea that we want to get across is implicit in the title: Systematic thinking - largely from the social sciences, but with the application of scientific methods and knowledge more generally - can make a significant difference in the way...

PUBPOL 750.001

PUBPOL 750.001: Topics: Cyber Conflict

Robert Axelrod

This course will examine how cyberspace, particularly the Internet, can serve as a tool, target, and source of conflict for both state and non-state...

PUBPOL 735

PUBPOL 735: Professional Development

Researchers have found that a person's IQ and classroom performance is at best a moderate predictor of long term...

PUBPOL 687

PUBPOL 687: Negotiations

This course examines negotiation and social influence strategies for policy makers in the public, non-profit, and for-profit...

PUBPOL 677

PUBPOL 677: Immigration Policy

Ann Chih Lin

Immigration is a phenomenon that touches upon every aspect of American society, from economic growth to neighborhood institutions to national...

PUBPOL 671

PUBPOL 671: Policy and Management in the Nonprofit Sector

Neel Hajra

The nonprofit sector has emerged as one of the cornerstones of American society, and yet remains very much a work in...

PUBPOL 668

PUBPOL 668: Topics: Emerging Science, Emerging Policy

How science drives discovery, shapes our culture, becomes visible as technological and social innovations, and influences policy decision-making in subtle...

PUBPOL 650

PUBPOL 650: Introduction to Science and Technology Policy Analysis

Shobita Parthasarathy

As it exposes students to the landscape of science and technology policymaking in the US and abroad, this course introduces theories and methodologies for science and technology policy analysis, with literature drawn from a range of disciplines,...