Luke Shaefer, Trina Shanks, Kristin Seefeldt, Mat Despard, and Adrienne Lapidos Pilot Summer Youth Employment Program

September 8, 2017

Associate Professors Luke Shaefer and Trina Shanks, Assistant Professors Kristin Seefeldt and Mat Despard, and LEO Adjunct Lecturer Adrienne Lapidos piloted Summer17, a summer youth employment program in Washtenaw County which pairs county youth ages 16-24 with U-M faculty and staff to help them gain work experience, mentorship and life skills training. The program is part of the University's Poverty Solutions initiative and was featured in The University Record.

In this story

  • Adrienne L. Lapidos
    Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry
  • H. Luke Shaefer
    Hermann and Amalie Kohn Professor of Social Justice and Social Policy, Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R Ford School of Public Policy, Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work, Center Director, Poverty Solutions, Faculty Associate, Survey Research Center and Faculty Associate, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research
  • Trina R. Shanks
    Director, School of Social Work Community Engagement, Harold R. Johnson Collegiate Professor of Social Work and Faculty Associate, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research
  • Kristin S. Seefeldt
    Director, Poverty Solutions, Associate Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R Ford School of Public Policy and Faculty Associate, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research