Rate My Professor David Blanchflower

David Blanchflower is the Bruce V. Rauner '78 Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College in the Business & Economics area. He received his B.A. Soc. Sci. (Economics) from the University of Leicester in 1973, Postgraduate Certificate in Education from the University of Birmingham in 1975, M.Sc. (Econ) from the University of Wales in 1981, and Ph.D. from the University of London (Queen Mary College) in 1985. Honorary degrees include D.Litt. from the University of Leicester (2007), D.Sc. from Queen Mary University of London (2009), and D.Litt. from the University of Sussex (2011). Beginning his career as a high school teacher and further education lecturer in the UK, he held positions at the Institute for Employment Research at the University of Warwick, and as Assistant Professor at the University of Surrey (1986-1989). Since joining Dartmouth College as Associate Professor in 1989, he advanced to full Professor in 1993 and assumed the Rauner Professorship in 2001. He chaired the Economics Department from 1998 to 2000 and served as Associate Dean of the Faculty for the Social Sciences from 2000 to 2001. From 2006 to 2009, he was a member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee. Currently, he is also a part-time Professor of Economics at the University of Glasgow.