Meet the Team

Who We Are

The IEDP Morocco team is a dynamic group - we represent a variety of programs of study and policy interests, a diverse array of backgrounds and identities, and all levels of travel experience. A directory of all IEDP Morocco team members is included below, with students organized by the research teams that they are working in for the duration of the program (for more information on those projects, see Research.)

Faculty

Susan Waltz is a professor of public policy at the Ford School. She is a specialist in human rights and international affairs with regional expertise on North Africa. Waltz is author of Human Rights and Reform: Changing the Face of North African Politics (1995) and a series of articles on the historical origins of international human rights instruments. She also maintains the website Human Rights Advocacy and the History of International Human Rights Standards, hosted by the U-M. For some fifteen years she was also involved in international efforts to promote an international Arms Trade Treaty (successfully concluded in 2013). From 1993-99 Susan served on Amnesty International's International Executive Committee and since 2000 she has served terms on the national boards of the American Friends Service Committee, Amnesty International USA and an executive committee overseeing the work of the Quaker United Nations Office, New York. Susan received her PhD in international studies from the University of Denver. For more information about her research and courses taught at the Ford School, see her full faculty biography.

Jon Hanson is a lecturer in statistics for public policy at the Ford School. As a specialist in comparative political economy and political development, he examines the ways in which, and the channels through which, political institutions affect economic performance and human development. In his recent projects, he has explored whether democracy and state capacity complement or substitute for each other when it comes to improving human development, why authoritarian regimes vary significantly in economic and social outcomes, how the spatial distribution of ethnic group populations interacts with political institutions to affect the supply of public services, and how to measure state capacity. Hanson holds an MA in economics and a PhD in political science from the University of Michigan.For more information about his research and courses taught at the Ford School, see his full faculty biography.

students

STATISTICAL CAPACITY AND DATA MANAGEMENT

  • Amanda Swenson

  • Derek Lief

  • Rachelle Mehdi

  • Monica Pagani

  • Will Sims

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

  • Shannon Weaver

  • Sheny Puspita

  • Chris Askew-Merwin

  • Sarah Posont

  • Leah Squires

INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT - EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

  • Emily Fletcher

  • Yusuke Namiki

  • Francisco Gonzalez

  • Perry Holmes

  • Kelia Washington

INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT - WOMEN AND GIRLS

  • Tanya Omolo

  • Nitya Chandran

  • Ali Jawad

  • Leila Malow

  • Stephanie Scott