Daniel Shoag

Daniel Shoag serves as Associate Dean for Research and Visiting Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, while concurrently holding an appointment as Associate Professor of Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and affiliation with the Taubman Center for State and Local Government.

Education:

• PhD in Economics, Harvard University
• Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Harvard University

His research centers on state and local government finance, labor market signaling mechanisms, and urban-regional economic dynamics, with publications featured in major academic journals and prominent media outlets including The New York Times, Bloomberg, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal.

Awards and recognitions:

• Forbes 30 Under 30 (2012)
• Rising New Scholar, Stanford University Center on Poverty and Inequality

Research funding secured from:

• U.S. Department of Transportation
• Russell Sage Foundation
• Laura and John Arnold Foundation

Shoag co-founded and co-chairs Boston's 200+ participant HumTech conference on humanitarian technology and serves as co-editor of its peer-reviewed annual proceedings volume.