2018 | Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
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PhD Students

Jane Furey

Jane Furey is a PhD student in Public Policy and Sociology, with interests in inequality, education, social policy and quantitative methods. She previously worked at Abt Associates, where she focused on the evaluations of education and income…
PhD Students

Billy Huang

Billy Huang is a joint doctoral student in economics and public policy at the University of Michigan. He holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics and philosophy from Duke University and a master's degree in economics from the University of…
PhD Students

Katherine Richard

Katherine Richard is a PhD Candidate in Economics and Public Policy at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She employs applied econometric techniques to understand how low income households make ends meet over short time horizons. Her prior joint…
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PUBPOL 475

PUBPOL 475.301: Topics: Community Development Finance

This course is designed to introduce students to the policy and practice of community development finance including how private sector developers and lenders work with nonprofits, foundations, and the public sector to promote affordable housing,...
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 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 529

PUBPOL 529.001: Statistics

Jonathan Hanson
This course covers descriptive statistics, probability theory, probability distributions (normal, binomial, Poisson, exponential), sampling distributions, confidence intervals, and hypothesis...
PUBPOL 555

PUBPOL 555.001: Microeconomics A

Justin Wolfers
This course begins a two-term sequence designed to provide students with an understanding of the economic implications of public policies and with analytic tools useful in system design and policy...