Research in Action

Short video clips present Ford School faculty members discussing their recent research and policy activities. Relevant topical material ranges from new book and journal publications to public testimony and direct involvement in major current political events.

Click thumbnail to play video. Dean Yang, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School & Assistant Professor of Economics, College of Literature, Science and the Arts. December, 2007. Susan Waltz, Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. Can UN stem flow of small arms? March, 2007. David Thacher, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy & Associate Professor of Urban Planning, A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. December, 2007. Susan Collins, Joan and Sanford Weill Dean of Public Policy, Gerald R Ford School of Public Policy and Professor of Economics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. December, 2007. Shobita Parthasarathy, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. Building Genetic Medicine: Breast Cancer, Technology, and the Comparative Politics of Health Care (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press 2007) April 2007. Cecilia Muñoz Vice President, Office of Research, Advocacy, and Legislation, National Council of La Raza; Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. Immigration reform legislation. April 2007. Ann Lin, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy & Associate Professor of Political Science, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. May 2007. Melvyn Levitsky, Former US Ambassador to Brazil; Senior Fellow, International Policy Center, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. April 2007. Meredith Fowlie, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy & Assistant Professor of Economics, College of Literature, Science and the Arts. December, 2007. Sheldon Danziger, Henry J. Meyer Distinguished University Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy & Research Professor at the Population Studies Center. Working and Poor: How Economic and Policy Changes Are Affecting Low-Wage Workers (co-edited with Rebecca Blank and Bob Schoeni) January 2007. Robert Axelrod, Walgreen Professor for the Study of Human Understanding at the University of Michigan; Professor of Political Science, College of Literature, Science and the Arts; & Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R Ford School of Public Policy. October 2007.