Marguerite Roza
Research Professor Director, Edunomics Lab at McCourt School of Public Policy

Biography
McCourt School of Public Policy
Dr. Roza directs a research center focused on education finance called the Edunomics Lab (Edunomicslab.org). Recent research traces the effects of fiscal policies at the federal, state, and district levels for implications on resources at school and classroom levels. Her calculations of dollar implications and cost equivalent tradeoffs have prompted changes in education finance policy at all levels in the education system. She’s led projects on state and school district finance policy, financial equity, pensions, compensation, higher education finance, and other related topics. She served as Senior Economic Advisor to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Her work has been published by the Brookings Institution, Public Budgeting and Finance, Education Next, the Journal of Public Finance and Management, and the Peabody Journal of Education. Dr. Roza is author of the highly regarded education finance book, Educational Economics: Where Do School Funds Go?
Dr. Roza teaches as part of the McCourt School's Certificate in Education Finance, and in programs elsewhere including University of Washington's MEP, Rice University's REEP program, and the Broad Center's Leadership Program.
Education
- University of Washington - Ph.D., Education
- University of Washington - Ph.D., Education
- Duke University - B.S., Mathematics
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