SMART people

What inspires me about SMART:

SMART takes its integrated, systems-level approach to understanding mobility to a whole new level. I believe the interdisciplinary, cross-sector collaborations that SMART supports are the key to developing effective solutions to our modern mobility needs.

Biography:

Elisabeth R. Gerber is Professor of Public Policy at the University of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. Her current research focuses on intergovernmental cooperation, transportation policy, state and local economic policy, land use and economic development, local fiscal capacity, and local political accountability. She has written articles on direct democracy, election reform, primary elections, legislative process, voter behavior, land use policy and political representation, and is the author of The Populist Paradox: Interest Group Influence and the Promise of Direct Legislation (1999), co-author of Stealing the Initiative: How State Government Responds to Direct Democracy (2000), and co-editor of Voting at the Political Fault Line: California's Experiment with the Blanket Primary (2001) and Michigan at the Millennium (2003). She recently completed a five-year term as Director of the Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP), where she headed numerous public service and outreach efforts. Prior to her appointment at the University of Michigan, Professor Gerber was a member of the faculty of the University of California, San Diego and at the California Institute of Technology. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Michigan.

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