Susan Dynarski

Susan M. Dynarski is the Patricia Albjerg Graham Professor of Education at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education. Prior to joining the faculty at Harvard, Dynarski was professor of economics, education, and public policy at the University of Michigan. She was co-director of the Education Policy Initiative and the Michigan Education Data Center. She is a faculty research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a 2020-22 Carnegie Fellow. She is past president of the Association for Education Finance and Policy, and Midwest Economics Association. Dynarski’s research focuses on reducing inequality in education. She has consulted on education and tax policy with the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, White House, Treasury, and the Department of Education. She has testified to the US Senate Finance and HELP Committees, the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee, and the President’s Commission on Tax Reform.