Rate My Professor Daniel Kreisman

Daniel Kreisman is an Associate Professor of Economics at Georgia State University’s Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. He holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy from the University of Chicago (2012), a Master of Public Policy from the Harris School of Public Policy (2007), and a B.A. in History and Philosophy from Tulane University (2000). Before pursuing graduate studies, Kreisman taught high school English in New Orleans. After completing his doctorate, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy from 2012 to 2014. He joined Georgia State as an Assistant Professor in 2014, advancing to Associate Professor in 2020. Kreisman is the founding Director of the Career and Technical Education Policy Exchange (CTEx) within Georgia Policy Labs since 2017, Co-Director of the Metro-Atlanta Policy Lab for Education (MAPLE), an IZA Research Fellow since 2018, and affiliated faculty at the University of Milan.

Kreisman’s research lies at the intersection of labor economics, education finance, and education policy. His studies explore the impacts of school funding on achievement, the benefits of concentrated high school career and technical education (CTE), and factors influencing student loan repayment choices. He has authored or co-authored influential papers in top journals such as the Journal of Public Economics, Education Finance and Policy, Journal of Political Economy, and Review of Economics and Statistics. Key publications include “Designed to Fail: Effects of the Default Option and Information Complexity on Student Loan Repayment” with Cox and Dynarski (Journal of Public Economics, 2020), “Vocational and Career Tech Education in American High Schools: The Value of Depth Over Breadth” with Stange (Education Finance and Policy, 2020), “Distinctively Black Names and Educational Outcomes” with Smith (Journal of Political Economy, 2023), and “Loopholes and the Incidence of Public Services: Evidence from Funding Career & Technical Education” with Goldring, Jacob, and Ricks (Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2026). His work has attracted substantial grants, including $3.8 million from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation for CTEx. Kreisman has received fellowships such as the Institute of Education Sciences Pre-Doctoral Fellowship (2007–2012) and the American Educational Research Association Dissertation Grant (2011/12). He referees for leading journals, chairs dissertation committees, and contributes to policy through CTEx collaborations with multiple states.