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Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy

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Staff

Mariam Negaran

Administrative Coordinator/Project Coordinator, Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy
Mariam Negaran is the Administrative Coordinator/Project Coordinator for the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy Program. She has also supported the Weiser Diplomacy Center; Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program (STPP); the Program in…
Mariam Negaran
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…
Margaret Walthall
Students

Mia Brodeur

Policy Analyst
Mia is a Research Assistant for Close UP on the U.P. She is an undergrad at LSA (class of 2024) studying German, Linguistics, and Translation. Mia is from the Upper Peninsula and is interested in the attitudes and policies of U.P…
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Students

Elizabeth Gelman

Policy Analyst
Elizabeth is a Policy Analyst helping the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission incorporate public comments in the senate map redraw process. She recently earned a Master of Public Policy at the Ford School (Class of 2024) and holds…
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Students

Danielle Hamer

Policy Analyst
Danielle Hamer is a Policy Analyst conducting analysis and reports to support the integration of public input in Michigan's redistricting process. She is a newly graduated Master of Public Policy from the Ford School. Danielle has a background in…
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Students

Ingrid Hofmann

Policy Analyst
Ingrid is a research assistant working on the results of the summer 2024 MPSS survey. She is an undergraduate studying political science and Spanish. Ingrid is interested in the intersection of law and policy and hopes to attend law school after…
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Students

Katelyn Jasmin

Policy analyst
Katelyn is a research assistant who is analyzing local governments in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. She is an undergraduate student at the College of Literature, Science and the Arts (class of 2026), and is pursuing a Bachelor's degree in English…
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Luca Kato

Policy analyst
Luca Kato is interning as a Fiscal Health Open Source Software Developer working on a tool for converting financial data into tagged XBRL format. He is set to graduate with a Bachelors in Computer Science in 2024. Luca is interested in financial…
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Students

Marc Metz

Policy Analyst
Marc is a Research Assistant working on CLOSUP’s latest iteration of the Michigan Public Policy Survey focused on criminal justice. He is an undergraduate in the Ford School class of 2025 majoring in Public Policy. Marc is interested in local…
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Students

Edward Plaut

Policy Analyst
Edward Webre Plaut is the team lead for the CLOSUP team advising the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission on its public comment submissions for its 2024 redrawing of the Michigan State Senate Map. Eddie has a B.A. in history and…
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Students

Micaja Verna

Policy Analyst
Micaja Verna is a second year Masters of Public Policy Student at the Ford School. She has a B.A degree in Law and Society with a minor in Human Rights Studies from CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Micaja is interested in social policy,…
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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…
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Leadership

Stephanie Leiser

CLOSUP Research Coordinator, 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…
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Leadership

Jeffrey D. Morenoff

CLOSUP Interim Director, Associate Dean for Research and Policy Engagement, Professor of Public Policy and Sociology
Jeffrey D. Morenoff is a professor of sociology and public policy, with an additional appointment at the Institute for Social Research (ISR). Morenoff's research interests include neighborhood environments, inequality, crime and criminal justice, the…
Jeffrey Morenoff
Students

Johanna Walker

Policy Analyst
Jo is a Policy Analyst working to report data from CLOSUP's 2023 Michigan Public Policy Survey. She is a Masters student at the School for Environment and Sustainability (class of 2025), and has a B.S. in Environmental Science from the University of…
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Research and Engagement

Research is at the core of CLOSUP's mission. We believe research about and with state and local governments can inform policy on key issues and helps strengthen our democracy’s foundation at its grassroots.  We leverage the deep knowledge across...
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In the Media

A guide to Washtenaw County proposals

Nov 4, 2024 Read more
This election cycle, Washtenaw County voters will decide whether to approve ballot proposals regarding tax funding of emergency communications systems, veterans relief, senior services and mental health services.The Michigan Daily interviewed...
Ford School
Publication

The functioning of democracy at the local level

Oct 29, 2024
The Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) has released a new resource that summarizes Michigan local government leaders' views on democracy and democratic governance. The findings come from the Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS), a...
The functioning of democracy at the local level
In the Media

Worried issuers weigh in on FDTA

Oct 23, 2024 Read more
Municipal market participants this week laid out their doubts about a data standards law in a blizzard of comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission.A similar refrain came from issuers big and small: the Financial Data Transparency Act of...
Ford School
MPPS in the news

Challenges in Law Enforcement Recruitment and Retention in Michigan

Sep 19, 2024 Forward Pathway
Local leaders in Michigan are increasingly alarmed about the challenges of hiring and retaining law enforcement officers, as highlighted in the latest Michigan Public Policy Survey conducted by the University of Michigan’s Center for Local, State,...
Ford School