Former Chicago Mayor LoriLightfoot is heading away from politics and into academics at Harvard, four months after she was ousted as mayor. Lightfoot will be teaching a course on public health and leadership, drawing from experience during the pandemic.
Lightfoot said in a statement that she will be teaching a course on public health and leadership, drawing on her experiences from her role as mayor during the COVID-19 pandemic, which damaged Chicago's economy and sparked an increase in crime that has yet to subside. She lost her bid for reelection to now-Mayor Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas in February.
However, Lightfoot clashed with Gov. J.B. Pritzker over implementing COVID-19 policies for restaurants and bars and battled the Chicago Teachers Union in a push to return to in-person learning. She also faced backlash for keeping the lakefront closed for a long period of time, even when the virus was subsiding in the city.
Teaching graduate students at Harvard “gives me an opportunity to share my perceptions and experiences of the times that we’ve lived through with people who are very committed to the public sector,” she said in an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times. “We believe our students will benefit from her experiences, insights, and knowledge of leadership decision-making,” Andersen continued.
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