Daniel Kreisman

​Daniel Kreisman is an Associate Professor of Economics at Georgia State University. Kreisman previously served as postdoctoral research fellow with the Ford School's Education Policy Initiative. His research addresses topics at the intersection of labor economics, education finance and education policy. Some examples of recent projects include the effect of school funding on student achievement, the value of high school career and technical education (CTE) programs, and why so few students take up income driven student loan repayment plans. He is also the founding director of the Career & Technical Education Policy Exchange (CTEx), a consortium of researchers and state partners working to inform the future of CTE policy with cutting edge research, in the Georgia Policy Labs. He holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy from the University of Chicago and a B.A. in History and Philosophy from Tulane University. Before graduate school, Dan taught high school English in New Orleans.