Jens Ludwig : Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
Duke University (Durham, NC)
Ph.D., Economics, 1994
Rutgers College (New Brunswick, NJ)
B.A., Economics (Minor in Religion), 1990
PRIMARY ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2008-present McCormick Foundation Professor of Social Service Administration, Law, and Public Policy, University of Chicago
2011-present Co-Director, University of Chicago Urban Education Lab
2008-present Director, University of Chicago Crime Lab
2011-2012 Academic Director for Students, Harris School for Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago
2007-08 Professor of Social Service Administration, Law, and Public Policy, University of Chicago
2006-07 Professor of Public Policy, Georgetown University
2006-07 Associate Dean for Public Policy Admissions, Georgetown University
2001-02 Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution
2001-06 Associate Professor of Public Policy, Georgetown University
1997-98 Visiting Scholar, Northwestern University / University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research
1994-2001 Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Georgetown University
OTHER AFFILIATIONS
2012 (June) Visiting Scholar, LIEPP, Sciences Po (Paris)
2010-present Member, MacArthur Foundation Network on Housing and Families with Children
2010-present Member, Board on Children, Youth and Families, Institute of Medicine
2009-present Advisory Board, University of Chicago Population Research Center
2009-present Research Associate, National Opinion Research Center, University of Chicago
2009-present Member, MacArthur Foundation Models for Change Research Initiative
2009-present Co-editor, Journal of Human Resources
2009 Distinguished Editor, NIH Challenge Grant Review Panel
2009-present Advisory Board, International Journal of Conflict and Violence
2009-present Editorial Board, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
2008-present Research Associate, Children’s and Health Programs, National Bureau of Economic Research
2008-2010 Member, MacArthur Foundation Committee on Housing and Families with Children
2008-present National Research Council Committee on Strengthening Benefit-Cost Methodology for the Evaluation of Early Childhood Interventions
2008-present Editorial Board, Criminology
2007-present Co-director, Working Group on Economics of Crime, National Bureau of Economic Research
2006-present Research Fellow, IZA Bonn
2006-present Non-resident Senior Fellow in Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution
2006-present Project Director, Long-Term Evaluation of HUD’s Moving to Opportunity Experiment, National Bureau of Economic Research
2006 Visiting Professor, University of Chicago Law School
2005-present Editorial Board, Journal of Quantitative Criminology
2005-08 Policy Council (elected), Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management.
2005-08 Faculty Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research
2004 Visiting Professor, University of Chicago Law School
2004-present Research Affiliate, National Poverty Center, University of Michigan.
2003-present Editorial Board, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management.
2004-07 Associate, Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University.
2002-03 Children’s Roundtable, The Brookings Institution
2002 National Research Council Committee on Improving Measures of Access to Equal Educational
Opportunity
2001-06 Steering Committee, National Consortium on Violence Research, Carnegie Mellon University.
1998-present Affiliated Expert, Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO SERVICE
2009-10 Member, Urban Policy Initiative committee
2009-10 Faculty appointments committee, Harris School
2009-10 Chair, MPP curriculum committee, Harris School
2009-10 MA curriculum committee, SSA
2009-10 Co-organizer, Harris School Dean’s Challenge
2008-09 Ad hoc promotion committee, Harris School
2008-09 Promotion, Rank and Tenure Committee, SSA.
2008-09 Policy Analysis Curriculum Subcommittee (Chair), SSA.
2008-present Executive Committee, Population Research Center.
2008-09 University of Chicago Board on Computing and Academic Services
2008-09 Promotion, Rank and Tenure Committee, SSA.
2007-08 MA Admissions Committee, SSA.
2007-08 Demography Workshop Organizing Committee.
