Lightfoot will join the University of Michigan’s Ford School of Public Policy as a visiting professor in the fall, the school wrote in a news release.
The former mayor will teach a class on strategic public policy consulting alongside public policy and sociology professor Jeffrey Morenoff. Lightfoot graduated from the university as an undergraduate in 1984.Harvard UniversityAnother new job for Lightfoot sparked headlines last week when Dolton trustees overrode the veto of embattled Mayor Tiffany HenyardIn January, Lightfoot announced another new effort as she launched a nonprofit called the Chicago Vibrant Neighborhoods Collective.
At Michigan, Lightfoot will be joined by another former big city mayor: New York City’s Bill de Blasio, who will return to the school to continue teaching.