David Deming (economist)

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David Deming
Dean of Harvard College
Incumbent
Assumed office
July 1, 2025

David J. Deming is an American political scientist and university administrator. He is a professor of public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, [1] professor of education and economics at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and Faculty Co-director of the Project on Workforce at Harvard. [2] [3] His research focuses on the economics of education in general and the impact of education policies on long-run non-test score outcomes. In 2018, David Deming received the David N. Kershaw Award and Prize from the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management for his work in the areas of secondary education, vocational training and skills. [4] On May 13, 2025, Deming was announced as the incoming Dean of Harvard College, succeeding Rakesh Khurana. He began his tenure on July 1, 2025. [5] [6]

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Biography

David Deming earned a B.S. in economics and a B.A. in political science from Ohio State University in 2002, followed by a M.P.P. from UC Berkeley's Goldman School of Public Policy in 2005 and a Ph.D. in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) in 2010. After his Ph.D., Deming joined Carnegie Mellon University as assistant professor of public policy and economics before moving to the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) as assistant and later as associate professor. Since 2016, Deming has been a full professor of both HGSE and HKS. He became director of the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy at HKS in 2019. [7] He is affiliated with the National Bureau of Economic Research, CESifo, and J-PAL, [8] and is a Principal Investigator of the CLIMB Initiative, [9] which seeks to use big data analysis to identify higher education policies and programmes in support of students. In 2020, Deming and his wife Janine Santimauro were named the faculty deans of Kirkland House. [10] He was announced as Dean of Harvard College on May 13, 2025, and announced the same day he would be resigning as dean of Kirkland House. [11]

Research

David Deming's research interests centres on the economics of education, with a focus on early childhood, primary and secondary education as well as the long-term non-test score outcomes of education policies. [12]

Honors

References

  1. ↑ Profile of David Deming on the website of Harvard University. Retrieved July 22nd, 2019.
  2. ↑ Faculty profile of David Deming on the website of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Retrieved July 22nd, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Team | Project on Workforce at Harvard". Project on Workforce. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  4. ↑ Opportunity Insights (November 7th, 2018). David Deming Named Winner of 2018 David N. Kershaw Award and Prize. Retrieved July 22nd, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Danoff Dean of Harvard College – Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences". www.fas.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2025-05-13.
  6. ↑ "David Deming, Kennedy School Professor and Kirkland House Dean, Named Next Dean of Harvard College | News | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2025-05-13.
  7. ↑ Curriculum vitae of David Deming on the website of Harvard University. Retrieved July 22nd, 2019.
  8. ↑ Profile of David Deming on the website of J-PAL. Retrieved July 22nd, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Profile of CLIMB Initiative's team. Retrieved July 22nd, 2019". Archived from the original on 2019-02-17. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
  10. ↑ "College Announces New Faculty Deans in Five Houses | News | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
  11. ↑ "Danoff Dean of Harvard College – Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences". www.fas.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2025-05-13.
  12. ↑ Faculty profile of David Deming on the website of Harvard Graduate School of Education. Retrieved July 22nd, 2019.
  13. ↑ Editors of the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. Retrieved July 22nd, 2019.
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