Dr. Priya Mukherjee is a development economist, and is currently an assistant professor of economics at William & Mary. Her interests lie in the economics of education and political economy, and she utilizes both field experiments and non-experimental methods in her work. Her current projects are based in India, Indonesia, and Bangladesh, and include studies on the impact of democratization and decentralization, the impact of social identity on education outcomes, and on understanding education markets, and improving state capacity. She received her PhD in Economics from Cornell University in 2015. She also holds a Master of Science in Economics from the London School of Economics in the UK, and a Bachelor in Mathematics (with honors) from the University of Delhi, in India.