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Staff

Margaret Walthall

Research and Data Specialist
Margaret joined CLOSUP as our research and data specialist in September 2023, after having worked at the Center as a student policy analyst during her master's program in the Ford School. During her studies, Margaret worked on CLOSUP's Fiscal Health…
Faculty affiliates

Stephanie Leiser

Lecturer in Public Policy
Stephanie Leiser is a lecturer at the Ford School and leads the Michigan Local Government Fiscal Health Project at the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP). Her general area of interest is in public finance, budgeting, and financial…
Students

Lizett Aguilar

Policy Analyst
Lizett is a Policy Analyst supporting CLOSUP’s Michigan Redistricting Project. She is a masters student at the Ford School (Class of 2024), and has a B.A. degree in History with minors in Labor and Workplace Studies and Chicana/o Studies from the…
Students

Ishan Biswas

Policy Analyst
Ishan is a research assistant working with coding public comments from recent Michigan elections for CLOSUP and MICRC. He is a junior in the BA program at the Ford School working towards a focus area of data analysis with an emphasis on urban policy…
Students

Vivian Fong

Policy Analyst
Vic is a student policy analyst studying local recycling policy in Michigan communities for the Michigan Local Recycling Policy Program (MiLRePP). She is currently an undergraduate student at the College of Literature, Science, and Arts (Class of…
Students

Michael Hartt

Policy Analyst
Michael is a research assistant for Democracy & Debate, a university-wide educational initiative. He is a bachelors of business administration student at the Ross School (Class of 2025), concentrating in business economic and public policy. Michael…
Students

Malak Kalasho

Policy Analyst
Malak is a research assistant for CLOSUP's Redistricting Project working to code data submitted to the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission (MICRC). She is a junior at the Ford School majoring in public policy and minoring in…
Students

Deven Parikh

Policy Analyst
Deven is a Research Assistant with CLOSUP’s Michigan Local Recycling Policy Project. He is an undergraduate student (Class of 2025) majoring in Public Policy with a minor in Energy Science and Policy. Deven is most interested in sustainability…
Students

Farah Pitcher

Policy Analyst
Farah is a Policy Analyst for CLOSUP's Local Fiscal Health Project. She is an incoming masters student at the Ford School (Class of 2025) and has a B.S. degree in BHS and political science from the University of Michigan College of Literature,…
Students

Sylvia Rodriguez

Policy Analyst
Sylvia is a research assistant through the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) assisting in supporting the current administration of the MPPS, as well as upcoming releases. She is from Miami, Florida and presently is a first-year…
Students

Brandon Romero

Policy Analyst
Brandon is a Graduate Student Research Fellow working for CLOSUP on the Michigan Public Policy Survey, investigating challenges to criminal justice reform. He is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Michigan and…
Students

Om Shah

Policy Analyst
Om is a research assistant supporting the release and analysis of CLOSUP's Michigan Public Policy Survey. He is currently an undergraduate student in the College of Literature, Science, and Arts, tentatively majoring in political science. Om is most…
Students

Parker Short

Policy Analyst
Parker is a research assistant studying Michigan's Independent Redistricting Commission for the CLOSUP center. He is a junior at the Ford School with a concentration in the intersection of economics and criminal justice. He is interested in public…
Students

Major Stevens

Policy Analyst
Major is a research assistant studying Michigan's local and state recycling for CLOSUP's Michigan Local Recycling Policy Program. He is a dual masters student at the Ford School (Class of 2026) and at the School of Environment and Sustainability…
Students

Katrina Wheelan

Policy Analyst
Katrina is a Policy Analyst helping to standardize municipal finance data for CLOSUP’s Local Fiscal Health Project. She is pursuing a Master of Public Policy at the Ford School (Class of 2025) and holds a B.A. in mathematics and history from Williams…