Jamila Michener, PhD

Jamila Michener is an associate professor of Government and Public Policy at Cornell University. She is also the inaugural director of Cornell’s new Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures. Michener studies poverty, racism, and public policy, with a particular focus on health and housing. She is author of the award-winning book, Fragmented Democracy: Medicaid, Federalism, and Unequal Politics. She is Associate Dean for Public Engagement at the Brooks School of Public Policy, co-director of the Cornell Center for Health Equity, co-director of the Politics of Race, Immigration, Class and Ethnicity (PRICE) research initiative, and board chair of the Cornell Prison Education Program.