Celeste Watkins-Hayes

MEMBER SINCE: 2025

History of Employment

Position

Division

Organization

Start

End

Joan and Sanford Weill Dean of Public Policy

Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

University of Michigan

2023

Current

Interim Dean

Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

University of Michigan

2022

2023

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

University of Michigan

2021

2022

Professor of Sociology and African American Studies

Northwestern University

2017

2020

Associate Vice President for Research

Office for Research

Northwestern University

2018

2020

Assistant, Associate Professor of Sociology & African American Studies

Northwestern University

2003

2017

Jean E. Fairfax Collegiate Professor of Public Policy

Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

University of Michigan

2020

Primary Policy Areas

Board Governance, Civic Engagement, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Higher Education, Nonprofit/Philanthropy, Poverty, Social Equity, Social Services

Primary Sector of Expertise

Academic

Primary Functions

Academic Faculty, Academic Administration, Nonprofit / NGO leadership, Organizational Structure/Design/Development, Strategic Planning