12 Facts About Susan Dynarski

Susan Marie Dynarski is an American economist who is currently professor of education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Susan Dynarski is a faculty research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Susan Dynarski then worked as a union organizer for six years, engaged in successful certification campaigns for clerical and technical employees at Harvard University and the University of Minnesota, before returning to Harvard for a Master of Public Policy degree and then earning a Ph.

Susan Dynarski began her academic career as an assistant and associate professor at the Kennedy School at Harvard University.

Susan Dynarski has been a visiting fellow at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and a visiting faculty member at Princeton University.

Susan Dynarski's research focuses on the impact of financial aid on college students and their families, improving the design of such programs to achieve the greatest benefit to students at the lowest cost to taxpayers, the effectiveness of charter schools, and the impact of price on private school attendance decisions.

Susan Dynarski has held editorial positions at American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, The Journal of Labor Economics and Education Finance and Policy.

Susan Dynarski has been a board member of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, and is past president of the Association for Education Finance and Policy and Midwest Economics Association.

Susan Dynarski has been awarded the "Public Service Matters" award from the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration for her work on college affordability and student debt, the Robert P Huff Golden Quill Award from the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators for her research on student aid, and the Spencer Foundation Award for her research on education policy.

Susan Dynarski has testified before the US Senate Finance Committee, the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, the House Ways and Means Committee, the United States House Committee on Education and Labor, and the President's Advisory Panel for Federal Tax Reform.

Susan Dynarski has advised the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the White House, the United States Department of the Treasury, the United States Department of Education, and the Council of Economic Advisers on potential student aid reforms.

Susan Dynarski is a contributing columnist for The New York Times.