Lori Lightfoot has confirmed that she’s poised to teach leadership in the fall at Harvard University after being relieved of her Chicago mayoral duties after only one term.
According to the Daily Mail, Lightfoot, 60, has been praised by Harvard dean, Michelle Williams for her “strong leadership in advocation for health, equity, and dignity for every resident of Chicago” while critics cite civil unrest and skyrocketing crime throughout the city.
Her four-year stint in office was characterized by sharply increasing rates of corruption, battles with police and teachers’ unions, difficulties working with City Council, and all-encompassing public lawlessness.
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Yet the Harvard Chan School of Public Health welcomed Lightfoot to their faculty after she stepped down from office on May 15 as the only mayor to not be re-elected for a second term in 40 years.
Williams applauded “her declaration of structural racism as a public health crisis” and her “innovative initiative to bring mental health services to libraries and shelters.”
Before entering the political scene, Lightfoot was a lawyer with past experience teaching courses on trial advocacy at the University of Chicago and Northwestern law schools.
“I’ve always loved teaching, and the opportunity to get back to it is something I am excited about,” she stated in a recent tweet.
“Looking forward to sharing the experiences and perceptions I learned governing through one of the most challenging times in American history with the @HarvardChanSPH community!”
Lightfoot follows a similar path as widely unpopular mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio, who was also a Harvard instructor after leaving office last year.
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