ABOUT NATHAN

Nathan is on the job market in the 2024-25 academic year. His research is primarily focused on the of economics of education, with an emphasis on the role of student aid programs and the structure of the U.S. post-secondary education system in improving students’ access to and success in higher education. He is broadly interested in providing new insights into how policy decisions affect students’ success and well-being from a public finance perspective to better inform policymaking. 

During the 2022-23 academic year, Nathan worked in the Office of the Chief Economist at the U.S. Department of Education. He has also held research fellow positions at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy's Education Policy Initiative (EPI) and at the Youth Policy Lab (YPL) in the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research. 

During his time at the University of Michigan, Nathan has studied local, state, and federal student aid programs in the United States; the impact of high schools' disciplinary climate on students' post-secondary access; students' transfer pathways through higher education; and the demand for college majors. He has also studied the impact of participation in Career and Technical Education and federal policies on the outcomes of students with disabilities in high school. 

He previously worked as a senior research analysis at the W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.  He received his BA in Economics from the University of Michigan.