Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot to teach at Harvard University in fall
By: USA TODAY
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Former mayor Lori Lightfoot is headed to Boston in the fall to teach at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, she announced Thursday.
"I've always loved teaching, and the opportunity to get back to it is something I am excited about," Lightfoot said on Twitter. "Looking forward to sharing the experiences and perceptions I learned governing through one of the most challenging times in American history."
Lightfoot will be a Richard L. and Ronay A. Menschel Senior Leadership Fellow and will teach a course in the Health, Policy, and Management Department tentatively called "Health Policy and Leadership," said Harvard T.H. Chan School spokesperson Maya Brownstein. She will hold regular office hours to meet with students, faculty and staff during her time on campus, Brownstein said.
In a statement, Michelle Williams, dean of the school of public health, said she was "delighted" to welcome Lightfoot. "As mayor, she showed strong leadership in advocating for health, equity, and dignity for every resident of Chicago, from her successful drive to raise the minimum wage to her declaration of structural racism as a public health crisis to her innovative initiative to bring mental health services to libraries and shelters," Williams said.
Lightfoot won election in a landslide in 2019, becoming Chicago's first Black woman and first openly gay person to serve as mayor. She oversaw the nation's third-largest city amid the COVID-19 pandemic and nationwide racial justice protests.
Opponents criticized Lightfoot for how she handled the pandemic and public safety issues. She lost her bid for reelection after placing third in a February vote, becoming the city's first one-term mayor in 40 years.
Progressive candidate Brandon Johnson, 47, a Cook County Commissioner and union organizer, later beat out the more conservative Paul Vallas, 69, a former city budget director, in a run-off election. Johnson was sworn in as mayor last month.
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This is too damn funny to pass up.
I wonder if she'll teach about how she failed the city of Chicago.
Academia seems to gobble up a whole bunch of failed progressives.
It's like an assembly line of failure to university teaching.
There aren't enough media "expert" positions open to take them all.
The perfect representation of the state of higher education in this country.
Racist who did untold damage to a city and ruined the lives of so many of the lest fortunate people in our society is rewarded with the cushiest of golden parachutes.
Failing UP is the left wing anti-American, racist, Marxist standard.
Teaching at Harvard is not an upgrade from being mayor of Chicago.
Being a cockroach is a step up for her.
She won't have to face tough questions.
But it IS a step up from being a FAILED mayor who resoundingly lost her own primary.
We also have another failing UP progressive Marxist:
In comment 3 , I did not say that Lightfoot received "an upgrade". Failing UP is the exact opposite, John.
Lightfoot failed as mayor, because she wasn't re-elected. Therefore, she failed up by landing a new gig at Harvard Law.
I'm pretty sure you knew all of this before you posted your comment, but I very nicely took the time to show you in case you didn't know.
It is when she failed as miserably as she did as mayor!
That or having to use a periscope to look up to a amoeba.
She should teach about how she flushed an entire city down the toilet.
Yep, just when Chicago thought they could not get anybody worse than Lightfoot, they went and elected Brandon Johnson! I would I say pity them, but they did this to themselves!