About

Betsey Stevenson

Current appointments

Professor of Public Policy (with tenure), Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan — 2019–present
Professor of Economics (by courtesy), University of Michigan — 2019–present
Director, Board of Directors, Lyft, Inc. — 2023–present
Visiting Professor, University of New South Wales — 2024–present
Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research — 2015–present (Faculty Research Fellow 2008–2012)
Member, National Academy of Social Insurance (elected) — 2022–present
Research Fellow, Centre for Economic Policy Research, London — 2016–present
Research Fellow, CESifo Research Network, Munich — 2007–present
Advisory Board Member, Sloan Foundation — 2024–present

Columnist, Bloomberg View (most recently 2023–2024; also 2012, 2015, 2016)
Convener, Obama Foundation — 2022–2023
Economic Advisor, Biden-Harris Transition Agency Review, U.S. Treasury — 2020–2021
Committee on Government Relations, American Economic Association — 2015–2022
Visiting Associate Professor, University of Sydney — 2015–2021
Executive Committee, American Economic Association (elected) — 2018–2021
Research Advisory Board, Committee on Economic Development — 2017–2021
Associate Editor, Journal of Economic Perspectives — 2017–2020
Member, Council of Economic Advisers, Executive Office of the President (Obama) — 2013–2015
Advisor, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity — 2011–2013
Visiting Assistant Professor, Princeton University — 2011–2012
Chief Economist, U.S. Department of Labor — 2010–2011
Board of Directors, American Law and Economics Association — 2010–2013
Assistant Professor, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania — 2004–2012
Senior Consumer Research Advisor, Forrester Research — 2001–2004
Research Assistant, Federal Reserve Board of Governors — 1993–1995

PhD, Economics, Harvard University — 2001 (Advisors: Lawrence Katz, Claudia Goldin, Caroline Hoxby)
MA, Economics, Harvard University — 1999
BA, Economics and Mathematics, Wellesley College — 1993

Presidential Award for Public Engagement, University of Michigan — 2023
Robinhood Foundation Grant, $150,000 — 2022–2023
Faculty Recognition Award, University of Michigan — 2019
John T. Dunlop Outstanding Scholar Award, Labor and Employment Relations Association — 2010 (for outstanding contributions to the field of labor economics)
Sloan Work-Family Career Development Grant — 2009–2011
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship — 1995–1999