ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot will be heading to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor as a visiting professor this fall.Lightfoot—a 1984 graduate of U-M—will join the faculty of the Ford School of Public Policy as the Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation policymaker in residence.Lightfoot will co-teach a strategic public policy consulting class with Professor Jeffrey Morenoff.
In February of this year, Lightfoot engaged in a 'fireside chat' moderated by U-M Ford School Dean Celeste Watkins-Hayes about her background and the challenges she faced as mayor.'We are delighted to welcome U-M alum Mayor Lori Lightfoot back to her alma mater,' Watkins-Hayes said in a news release.