Faculty expertise

Javed Ali, associate professor of practice at the University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy and former senior U.S. government counterterrorism official, shares insights on the protests across Iran, the deadly crackdown by government forces ...

Experts from the University of Michigan are available to share insights on U.S. intervention in Venezuela and the weekend arrest of its president, Nicolas Maduro, during a raid. Maduro is expected to appear before a judge in New York on Monday to fac...

Ambassador Melvyn Levitsky will retire from his position as Professor of Practice at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan, effective June 1, 2025.  When Ambassador Levitsky joined the Ford School in 2006, it was a ...

On May 19, the Regents of the University of Michigan approved three faculty developments that further strengthen the Ford School faculty. Longtime faculty members John Ciorciari and Megan Tompkins-Stange received promotions: Ciorciari to full prof...

As the Russian military surrounded and began its assault on Ukraine, Melvyn Levitsky, professor of international policy and practice, and Javed Ali, associate professor of practice, lent their expertise to numerous media outlets to break down the sit...