Joshua Goodman

I’m a professor at Boston University, jointly appointed at Wheelock College of Education & Human Development and at the Department of Economics. I work as an applied microeconomist on labor economics and education policy. My overarching goal is to provide rigorous quantitative evidence that illuminates how schools and labor markets work, particularly with respect to postsecondary issues, STEM coursework, the COVID-19 pandemic, and environmental issues. My work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed outlets, cited in multiple White House reports, and featured by the New York Times, the Washington Post, and National Public Radio. I serve as co-editor of the Journal of Human Resources (JHR) and am an NBER Research Associate. Much of my policy-related work is done as a faculty affiliate of the Wheelock Education Policy Center (WEPC). Prior to starting my PhD, I was a public high school math teacher in Watertown, Mass. In 2022-23, I served as a senior economist on the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers, where I worked on both K-12 and postsecondary education policy.