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List of Professors
| Name |
Years at Michigan |
Position | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Douglas J Krupka |
2009 - 2010 |
Assistant Research Scientist Adjunct Lecturer of Public Policy |
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Isaac McFarlin |
2007 - 2015 | Assistant Research Scientist of Public Policy |
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Meredith L. Fowlie |
2006 - 2009 |
Assistant Professor of Economics Assistant Professor of Public Policy |
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David James Harding |
2005 - 2013 |
Associate Professor of Sociology Associate Professor of Public Policy Research Associate Professor of Population Studies |
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Kenneth F. Sheve Jr. |
2004 - 2006 | Associate Professor of Public Policy |
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Justin McCrary |
2003 - 2008 |
Assistant Professor of Public Policy Assistant Professor of Economics |
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Jill R. Horwitz |
2003 - 2012 |
Louis & Mrytle Moskowitz Research Professor of Business & Law Professor of Law Professor of Natural Resources & Environment |
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Edward A Parson |
2003 - 2012 |
Professor of Law Joseph L. Sax Collegiate Professor of Law Professor of Natural Resources & Environment |
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Robert Parks Van Houweling |
2002 - 2005 |
Assistant Professor of Public Policy Assistant Professor of Political Science |
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Anthony S. Chen |
2002 - 2010 |
Associate Professor of Sociology Associate Professor of Public Policy |
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John E. DiNardo |
2001 - 2017 | Professor of Economics and Public Policy |
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Susan E. Waltz |
2001 - 2020 | Professor of Public Policy |
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Jude C. Hays |
2000 - 2005 |
Assistant Professor of Political Science Assistant Professor of Public Policy |
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Rebecca M. Blank |
1999 - 2007 |
Professor of Economics Henry Carter Adams Collegiate Professor of Public Policy Dean of the School of Public Policy |
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Roger Tourangeau |
1997 - 2012 | Research Professor, Survey Research Center, ISR |
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Matthew J. Connelly |
1997 - 2002 | Assistant Professor of History and Public Policy |
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Katherine Terrell |
1996 - 2008 | Professor of Economics, Corporate Strategy and International Business, Public Policy |
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Jan Svejnar |
1996 - 2012 |
Professor of Business Economics, Corporate Strategy & International Business Professor of Public Policy |
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Gay W. Seidman |
1995 - 1996 | Associate Professor of Sociology and Public Policy |
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Kerwin Kofi Charles |
1995 - 2006 |
Associate Professor of Public Policy Associate Professor of Economics |
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Kristin S. Seefeldt |
1995 - 2010 |
Assistant Professor of Public Policy Assistant Professor of Social Work |
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Paul M. Lantz |
1994 - 2011 |
Professor of Health Management & Policy S. J. Axelrod Collegiate Professor Professor of Public Policy |
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David K. Cohen |
1993 - 2019 | Professor of Education & Public Policy |
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Marina v.N. Whitman |
1992 - 2017 | Professor of Business and Public Policy |
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Yu Xie |
1989 - 2015 |
Professor of Sociology & Statistics Professor of Public Policy Research Professor, Survey Research Center & Population Studies |
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Joel D. Aberbach |
1988 | Professor of Political Science |
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Sheldon H. Danziger |
1988 - 2015 |
Professor of Public Policy Research Professor, Population Studies, ISR |
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James A. Levinsohn |
1987 - 2010 |
Professor of Economics Professor of Public Policy |
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Sandra Klein Danziger |
1987 - 2016 |
Research Professor of Public Policy Professor of Social Work |
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Jeffrey K. MacKie-Mason |
1986 - 2015 |
Professor and Dean of School of Information Professor of Information & Computer Science Professor of Economics |
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Kim L. Scheppele |
1984 - 1996 |
Associate Professor of Political Science Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Associate Professor of Public Policy |
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Martha S. Feldman |
1983 - 2003 |
Professor of Political Science Professor of Public Policy |
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Severin J. Borenstein |
1983 - 1990 | Assistant Professor of Economics, Public Policy |
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Gary Rand Solon |
1983 - 2007 |
Professor of Economics, Public Policy Chair of Economics |
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James S. House |
1978 - 2014 |
Professor of Sociology Research Scientist in Epidemiology Professor of Public Policy |
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Edward M. Gramlich |
1976 - 2006 |
Richard R. Musgrave Collegiate Professor of Public Policy Professor of Public Policy and Economics Interim Provost |
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Mary E. Corcoran |
1976 - 2018 |
Professor of Political Science & Women's Studies Professor of Political Policy Research Associate, Institute for Social Research |
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Robert Axelrod |
1974 - 2019 | Professor of Political Science & Public Policy |
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Maris A. Vinovskist |
1974 - 2019 |
Professor of History & Public Policy Research Professor Center for Political Studies ISR Research Professor Emeritus |
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Paul N. Courant |
1973 - 2020 | Professor of Information, Economics & Public Policy |
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Daniel L. Rubinfeld |
1972 - 1984 |
Professor of Economics Professor of Law |
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Carl P. Simon |
1972 - 2020 |
Professor of Mathematics & Complex Systems Professor of Public Policy |
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Donald C. Shoup |
1970 - 1973 | Assistant Professor of Economics |
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Kenneth L. Wertz |
1970 - 1973 | Assistant Professor of Economics |
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John R Chamberlin |
1970 - 2014 | Professor of Public Policy |
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Charles Russel Hill |
1969 - 1975 | Assistant Professor of Economics |
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Ronald D. Brunner |
1968 - 1981 | Associate Professor of Political Science |
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Sidney G. Winter Jr. |
1968 - 1976 | Professor of Economics |
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Thomas J. Anton |
1967 - 1983 |
Professor of Political Science Acting Director of Political Science July 1, 1973-June 30, 1974 |
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George E. Johnson |
1966 - 2007 | Professor of Economics |
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Lawrence B. Mohr |
1966 - 1999 | Professor of Political Science, Public Policy |
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Jack L. Walker Jr. |
1964 - 1990 | Professor of Political Science |
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Richard Clay Porter |
1964 - 1999 | Professor of Economics |
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Robert Stern |
1961 - 1999 | Professor of Economics, Public Policy |
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Harvey E. Brazer |
1957 - 1985 | Professor of Economics |
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William R. Gable |
1956 - 1963 | Associate Professor of Political Science |
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Lynn W. Eley |
1955 - 1964 | Associate Professor of Political Science |
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Robert H. Pealy |
1955 - 1967 | Associate Professor of Political Science |
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Stephen H. Spurr |
1952 - 1971 |
Professor of Silviculture Acting Chair Forestry Department Chair Institute of Public Policy |
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Chester Ferrel Heady |
1946 - 1966 | Professor of Political Science |
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John William Lederle |
1944 - 1960 | Professor of Political Science |
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Robert Spivey Ford |
1934 - 1968 |
Professor of Economics Associate Dean of Graduate School |
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Arthur Watson Bromage |
1927 - 1974 | Professor of Political Science |
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Thomas H. Reed |
1922 - 1936 | Professor of Political Science |
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Robert Treat Crane |
1913 - 1918 | Assistant Professor of Political Science |
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Jesse Siddall Reeves |
1912 - 1942 |
William W. Cook Professor of American Institutions Professor of Political Science Chair Department of Political Science |