Dr. Rajeev Darolia holds the Wendell H. Ford Professorship of Public Policy (as of January 2021) and is Associate Professor of Public Policy and Economics at the University of Kentucky. He also serves as the Associate Director of Martin School of Public Policy, and as the Director of Graduate Studies for the PhD and Master of Public Administration programs. Dr. Darolia is a Visiting Scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, a Research Fellow at the IZA Institute of Labor Economics, a Research Affiliate at the U.K. Center for Poverty Research, and a 2018 National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow. He serves as an Associate Editor for Education Finance & Policy, is past Associate Editor of the Review of Higher Education, and is on the editorial boards of the Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Journal of Higher Education, and Educational Researcher. His research relates to questions on how public policy affects economic mobility and financial security, with a primary focus on education policy and the economics of education.