Rajeev Darolia, PhD is the Wendell H. Ford Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Public Policy and Economics at the University of Kentucky.
He previously served as Chief Economist and a Senior Advisor at the US Department of Education. Darolia is also a Visiting Scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, a Research Fellow at the IZA Institute of Labor Economics, and a Senior Fellow at the PEER Center. He routinely advises federal, state, and local policymakers, as well as private and nonprofit organizations on regulatory, policy, and financial topics.
Professor Darolia teaches classes in causal research methods and program evaluation. His research interests include questions about how public policy affects postsecondary educational decisions and outcomes and more broadly, economic mobility and financial security. He serves as a Co-Editor for the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management.
Dr. Darolia received a PhD in Public Policy from George Washington University where he was recognized with the Outstanding Dissertation Award from the Association for Education Finance and Policy. He also holds a master’s degree in economics and a bachelor’s degree in finance.
When not inverting matrices, Professor Darolia is probably serving as saucier for his 9- and 11-year old chefs de cuisine.