SPP Brochure 8-04 - Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy ...

FACULTY 19ership, interpersonal skills, and team development.After receiving her M.B.A. from the University ofMassachusetts, Paula earned her Ph.D. at YaleUniversity.Elena Delbanco has been teaching at the FordSchool for the past seventeen years. Before that,she worked as a journalist, editor, and AssociateDirector of the Bennington Writing Workshops inVermont. With a background in social work, shetaught for Head Start and Mobilization for Youthin the 1960s and then developed and administerededucational programs at Phoenix House, New YorkCity’s residential drug treatment program. For tenyears, she worked as a therapist in the CounselingService at Bennington College in Vermont. At theFord School she teaches writing, joining her longterminterest in policy with her commitment to itsexcellent and persuasive articulation.David Morse teaches writing at the Ford School.For the past seven years, he has been involved in thestudy and teaching of the use of language. Beforecompleting a masters degree in fiction writing fromthe University of Michigan, he edited for an educationalnon-profit organization in Washington, DC,and taught English as a Second Language for twoyears in Iwakuni, Japan. David currently divides histime between tutoring at the Ford School and lecturingin the University’s Great Books program,where he teaches a recitation section for honorsfreshman on ancient Greek and Roman literature.Virginia Rezmierski is Adjunct Associate Professorof Public Policy and Information. Her professionalinterests focus on policy issues related to informationtechnology and the development of institutionalnorms to address these issues. She is particularlyinterested in privacy, the security of electronicrecords and systems, and access to/restrictions onpotentially offensive material on the Internet. Ginnyteaches two seminars, one on technology, emerginglaw, and applied policy and the other on ethics andvalues in information technology use. She is trainedas a psychologist and received her Ph.D. from theUniversity of Michigan.Douglas R. Ross is Lecturer in Public Policy. He hasserved in several capacities in state and federal government.Most recently he was Assistant Secretaryof Labor for Employment and Training at the U.S.Department of Labor. Previously he served asDirector of the Michigan Department of Commerceand as a member of the Michigan Senate. Dougalso has extensive private sector experience, includingserving as President of Michigan Future, Inc. aneconomic development organization. He is also thefounder of University Preparatory Academy, a charterschool in Detroit. Doug was an undergraduateat the University of Michigan and received hisM.P.A. from Princeton University.Craig Ruff is Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy. He isPresident and CEO of Public Sector Consultants, aLansing, Michigan firm specializing in health, education,economic, environmental, and technology policy.Prior to joining the firm, he served for elevenyears in the executive office of the governor, workingprimarily on human services issues. Craig chairs theMichigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairsand the Partnership for Learning. He is a member ofmany other civic and charitable boards as well. Atthe Ford School, he teaches courses on state politicsand policies. Craig received his A.B. and his M.P.P.from the University of Michigan.DelbancoMorseRezmierskiRossRuffF ORD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY