2017

PhD Students

Theodor Kulczycki

Theo is getting his PhD in Public Policy & Economics. His research interests include the economic impacts of climate change, labor and health aspects of migration, and development economics. He has previously worked for the Climate Impact Lab and the…

PhD Students

Jasmine Simington

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Jasmine completed her B.A. in Sociology with honors distinction at Yale University in 2014. After graduating, she became a researcher in the Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center at the Urban Institute studying assisted housing…

PUBPOL 587

PUBPOL 587.102: Public Management

Megan Tompkins-Stange

All sections of public management emphasize common themes such as performance management, strategic planning, and inter-institutional network...

PUBPOL 521

PUBPOL 521.011: Introduction to Policy Writing

Alex Ralph

This course teaches the norms of policy writing to 1st year policy students. Through small workshops, students will analyze approaches to different types of policy...

PUBPOL 750

PUBPOL 750.502: Topics: Facilitating Dialogue Across Fault line: Race, Identity and Socio-Cultural Difference

Yazier Henry

This is a short introductory course module in facilitating complex and difficult dialogic moments of engagement in the social, professional and institutional spheres of the public...

PUBPOL 521

PUBPOL 521.010: Introduction to Policy Writing

Alex Ralph

This course teaches the norms of policy writing to 1st year policy students. Through small workshops, students will analyze approaches to different types of policy...

PUBPOL 521

PUBPOL 521.008: Introduction to Policy Writing

This course teaches the norms of policy writing to 1st year policy students. Through small workshops, students will analyze approaches to different types of policy...

PUBPOL 521

PUBPOL 521.007: Introduction to Policy Writing

This course teaches the norms of policy writing to 1st year policy students. Through small workshops, students will analyze approaches to different types of policy...

PUBPOL 521

PUBPOL 521.004: Introduction to Policy Writing

This course teaches the norms of policy writing to 1st year policy students. Through small workshops, students will analyze approaches to different types of policy...

PUBPOL 521

PUBPOL 521.003: Introduction to Policy Writing

This course teaches the norms of policy writing to 1st year policy students. Through small workshops, students will analyze approaches to different types of policy...

PUBPOL 475

PUBPOL 475.502: Topics: Facilitating Dialogue Across Faultline: Race, Identity and Socio-Cultural Difference

Yazier Henry

This is a short introductory course module in facilitating complex and difficult dialogic moments of engagement in the social, professional and institutional spheres of the public...

PUBPOL 626

PUBPOL 626.001: The History and Future of Detroit

Walter Reynolds Farley

No metropolis played a greater role in shaping the Twentieth Century world than did Detroit. This course focuses upon the history and future of Detroit emphasizing the private and governmental policies that now seek to revitalize the...

PUBPOL 466

PUBPOL 466.001: Topics: The History and Future of Detroit

Walter Reynolds Farley

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 810

PhD Policy Research Seminar

Richard Hall

A bi-weekly one-credit seminar which introduces students to applied policy research. For the students in the Ford School Joint PhD...

PUBPOL 810

Richard Hall

Policy Research Seminar --- A bi-weekly one-credit seminar which introduces students to applied policy research. For the students in the Ford School Joint PhD...

PUBPOL 750.508

PUBPOL 750.508: Leadership

Taught by MPP Alumni, Dan...

PUBPOL 475

PUBPOL 475.306: Topics: Leadership & Communication in State Level Policy Making

This course examines the interaction of politics and policymaking at the state...

PUBPOL 475

PUBPOL 475.307: Topics: Tax Policy

Stephanie Leiser

Oliver Wendell Holmes famously said that "Taxes are what we pay for civilized society," but who should pay and how...

PUBPOL 475

PUBPOL 475.305: Topics: Psychology of Climate Change

Kaitlin Raimi

Climate change often feels like a problem that our brains have been hardwired to ignore. Climate change is abstract and complex, making it hard for non-scientists (including policy-makers) to...

PUBPOL 495

PUBPOL 495.005: Policy Seminar: Poverty, Inequality, & Public Policy

Natasha Pilkauskas

PUBPOL 495 is open to students in the Public Policy BA program, by permission...

PUBPOL 499

PUBPOL 499.001: Senior Seminar in Applied Public Policy

Janet Weiss

This course offers senior public policy students an opportunity to conduct a policy analysis project in an area of their interest. Each student will identify a policy outcome of personal interest, and analyze strategies to advance that...

PUBPOL 510

PUBPOL 510.001: The Politics of Public Policy

Valenta Kabo

This is a core course restricted to Ford School students only This section of 510 aims to help you better understand policy analysis and the political environment within a context of American domestic politics at the national...

PUBPOL 513

PUBPOL 513.001: 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 519

Theodor Kulczycki

Jasmine Simington

PUBPOL 587.102: Public Management

PUBPOL 521.011: Introduction to Policy Writing

PUBPOL 750.502: Topics: Facilitating Dialogue Across Fault line: Race, Identity and Socio-Cultural Difference

PUBPOL 521.010: Introduction to Policy Writing

PUBPOL 521.008: Introduction to Policy Writing

PUBPOL 521.007: Introduction to Policy Writing

PUBPOL 521.004: Introduction to Policy Writing

PUBPOL 521.003: Introduction to Policy Writing

PUBPOL 475.502: Topics: Facilitating Dialogue Across Faultline: Race, Identity and Socio-Cultural Difference

PUBPOL 626.001: The History and Future of Detroit

PUBPOL 466.001: Topics: The History and Future of Detroit

PhD Policy Research Seminar

PUBPOL 810

PUBPOL 750.508: Leadership

PUBPOL 475.306: Topics: Leadership & Communication in State Level Policy Making

PUBPOL 475.307: Topics: Tax Policy

PUBPOL 475.305: Topics: Psychology of Climate Change

PUBPOL 495.005: Policy Seminar: Poverty, Inequality, & Public Policy

PUBPOL 499.001: Senior Seminar in Applied Public Policy

PUBPOL 510.001: The Politics of Public Policy

PUBPOL 513.001: Calculus

PUBPOL 519.001: Sus Energy Sys

PUBPOL 521.001: Introduction to Policy Writing

PUBPOL 521.002: Introduction to Policy Writing

PUBPOL 521.005: Introduction to Policy Writing

PUBPOL 521.006: Introduction to Policy Writing

PUBPOL 821.001: Advanced Program Evaluation

PUBPOL 495.003: Policy Seminar: Irrational Actors: Psychological Approaches to Decision Making