Faculty Directory
- David Thacher
- Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning
- Joint appointment with Public Policy
- Office: 2208F
- dthacher@umich.edu
- fordschool.umich.edu/faculty/David_Thacher
- http://sitemaker.umich.edu/dthacher
- CV
Teaching Areas:
- Public Management
- Community-based Policing
- Housing Policy

David received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Masters of Urban Planning at the Taubman College. His work examines how empirical research can help us think more clearly about values in public policy - both in general and in the specific areas of housing policy, criminal justice, and public management.
- Peter Allen
- Cathy Antonakos
- María Arquero de Alarcón
- David Bieri
- Jose Fernando Caetano
- Scott Campbell
- Suzanne Lanyi Charles
- Barry N. Checkoway
- Philip D'Anieri
- Lan Deng
- Margaret Dewar
- Eric Dueweke
- Harley Etienne
- Robert Fishman
- Paul Fontaine
- Joe Grengs
- Lesli Hoey
- Jeffrey Kahan
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