Cecilia Rouse

Dean, Woodrow Wilson School

Princeton University

Cecilia Rouse is the dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Lawrence and Shirley Katzman and Lewis and Anna Ernst Professor in the Economics of Education at Princeton University. She is the founding director of the Princeton University Education Research Section, a member of the National Academy of Education, and a member of the board of directors of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Her primary research interests are in labor economics with a focus on the economics of education.

I am intrigued by the challenge of combining what we’ve learned through experience and research to come up with promising strategies for improving the lives of the far too many who live with far too little.

Cecilia Rouse