People
The STPP community is made up of students, faculty, postdocs, program staff, and alumni.
Our 70 faculty affiliates represent 25 programs across the university and have a diverse range of expertise, from information and data science to energy justice to public health.
Our staff bring expertise from public health, technology policy, education, business, and publishing.
We hire student researchers at the undergraduate and graduate levels from a variety of programs across the university. STPP alumni work in governments around the world, think tanks and civil society organizations, and industry.
Core team
Shobita Parthasarathy
Director
Shobita Parthasarathy is a professor of public policy and women's and gender studies. She studies the governance of emerging science and technology and politics of evidence and expertise in policy in comparative and international perspective. Her current work focuses on the development and implications of COVID-19 testing, and inclusive innovation in international development. She co-hosts The Received Wisdom podcast.
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Molly Kleinman
Managing Director
Molly Kleinman studies higher education policy, access to information, and faculty experiences with technology. She received her PhD in higher education policy from the University of Michigan Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education, her MS in information from the University of Michigan School of Information, and her BA in English and gender studies from Bryn Mawr College.
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Julie Berson Grand
Education Manager
Julie Berson Grand is the Education Manager for the Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) program. In this position, Julie provides management and oversight of STPP’s existing educational programs and oversees the development of new educational opportunities for a wide range of audiences.
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Kristin Burgard
Partnerships Coordinator
Kristin Burgard is the Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) Partnerships Coordinator. Before joining the STPP team, she held positions at the University of Michigan as the Outreach and Partnership Manager at the Michigan Institute for Data Science and as a project manager at the Economic Growth Institute.
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Mandy Gagel
Project Manager for the Michigan Science and Technology Policy Fellowship Program
In this position, Mandy manages the development of a fellowship program that trains PhD-level scientists and engineers in the Michigan state policy process to support the development of rigorous, evidence-based policy decisions. Prior to joining STPP, Mandy worked as a managing editor at higher education publishing companies and at university publishing projects at UC-Berkeley and the University of Virginia.
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Tracey Van Dusen
Editor/Content Manager
Tracey Van Dusen works as an editor/content manager for STPP. Prior to working for STPP, Tracey worked at the Education Policy Initiative, the Center on Finance, Law & Policy, and in the dean’s office at the Ford School. Tracey also copyedits the Ford School’s magazine, State & Hill.
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