Curriculum Vitae

Helen F. Ladd

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Education

PhD	Harvard University	1974
MSc with distinction	London School of Economics	1968
B.A.	Wellesley College	1967

Areas of Interest: School finance
state and local public finance
school choice
teacher labor markets
racial disparities in education

Areas of Research: Education policy, state and local public finance, intergovernmental fiscal relations

Professional Experience / Employment History

Duke University: Edgar T. Thompson Professor of Public Policy Studies and Professor of Economics,

: Professor of Economics, , 1991- present

: Professor of Public Policy Studies, , 1986 - present

University of Cape Town, South Africa: Fulbright Scholar (Lecture/research) Economics Department, , February-July 2002

Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand: Fulbright Scholar (Lecture/research), , February-July 1998

Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cambridge, MA: Senior Fellow, , September 1989-June 1990

Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University: Associate Professor of City and Regional Planning, , July 1981-September 1986

Design School and Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University: Assistant Professor of City and Regional Planning, , 1980-1981

Design School, Harvard University: Assistant Professor of City and Regional Planning, , 1978-1980

Wellesley College: Assistant Professor of Economics, , Fall 1974-1977

: Instructor in Economics, , Spring term 1973

Harvard University: Teaching Fellow, , Academic year 1973-1974

Dartmouth College: Instructor in Economics, , Fall term 1971

Awards, Honors, and Distinctions: Spencer Foundation Invited Lecture, Spencer Foundation Invited Lecture "Holding Schools Accountable Revisited." Award in recognition of excellence in education policy and management given jointly by the Spencer Foundation and the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, November 8, 2007
Richard A. Stubbing Teacher Mentor Award, Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University, May 13, 2006
Raymond Vernon prize, 2004
Aaron B. Wildavsky Award for Lifetime Scholarly Achievement in Public Budgeting, APSA's Association for Budgeting and Financial Management, September, 2003
Edgar T. Thompson Distinguished Professor of Public Policy Studies, Duke University
Steve Gold Award, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, the National Tax Association, and the National Conference of State Legislatures in honor of Steve Gold for work in state and local public finance, October, 2002
Fulbright Grant to South Africa, spring 2002
Fulbright grant to New Zealand, spring 1998
Howard Johnson Teaching Award, Duke University, 1994
Manuel Carballo Award for Excellence in Teaching, John F. Kennedy School of Government, June 1986
Non-Tenure Faculty Fellowship, Bunting Institute, 1981-1983
James L. Barr Memorial Award for Work in Applied Public Economics, 1980
Tax Institute of America Outstanding Dissertation Award, National Tax Association, 1974
Urban Public Finance Fellowship, Harvard Ford Foundation Grant, 1972-1973
Harvard Fellowship, 1969-1971
Edna V. Moffar Fellowship, 1967
Fulbright Grant to London, 1967-1968
Wellesley College Trustee Fellowship, 1967
Phi Beta Kappa (Junior year at Wellesley College), 1966

Publications (listed separately)

Selected Recent Invited Talks: Panelist, National Tax Association Meetings session with previous winners of the NTA dissertation award, Columbus, Ohio, 2007; Presentation of CALDER related research annual research meeting of the Institute of Education Sciences, 2007; Presentation of paper on teacher credentials and student achievement at the high school level, APPAM anuual meetings, Washington, D.C., 2007; Presentation of research on high poverty schools and the distribution of teachers at the Harvard Achievement Gap Initiative Conference, 2007; Presentation on the importance of teacher credentials,, Education Trust, 2007; Presentation on the legacy of Richard Musgrave, Special Plenary Session in Memory of Richard Musgravee. 63rd Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance, University of Warwick, England 27-30, 2007; Seminar presentation of paper on teacher credentials and student achievement at the high school level, Department of Economics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, 2007; Spencer Foundation Lecture, Washington, D.C., 2007; Talk to the Research Advisory Board of the Committee for Economic Development on accountability and teacher labor markets, Washington, D.C., 2007; Two presentations of joint work with Charles Clotfelter and Jacob Vigdor at the first annual public conference sponsored by CALDER, Washington, D.C., 2007; Various presentations and discussions with the media related to chapter with Francisco Riviera-Batiz on education policy in Puerto Rico and San Juan, 2007; Comments on paper by Thomas Nechyba, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cambridge, MA, 2007; Comments on the contributions of Richard Musgrave, National Tax Association May meeting, Washington, D.C., 2007; Seminar at the University of Amsterdam on Teacher Credentials and Student Achievement, 2007; Presentation on high poverty schools and the distribution of teachers and principals, UNC Conference on High Poverty Schooling in American, October 2006; Presentation on charter schools in North Carolina., Charter School Conference at Vanderbilt University, September 2006; Presentation on how and why teacher credentials matter for student achievement, Economics of Education-International Conference, Dijon, France, July, 2006; Presentation on PhD and Undergraduate Programs in Public Policy, Annual Summer APPAM Meeting in Park City, UT, June 2006; Presentation on teacher labor markets in developed countries, Princeton University, April 2006; Lecture on race and charter schools, Brown University, February 2006; Presentation on charter schools, Institute of Education, University of London, England, November 2006; Presentation on how and why teacher credentials matter for student achievement, Labour Economics Seminar, Oxford University, November 2006; Invited Lecture, Askwith Education Forum at Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, Mass., February 2005; Invited lecture on accountability, International Forum on Accountability in Education, Mexico City, October 2005; Keynote presentation: Building Common Ground: Towards A "Sound Basic Education" in NC: Implications for Research & Action, conference, School Finance in an International Prespective, University of North Carolina, April 2005; Monore-Paine Distinguished Lecture, Truman School, University of Missouri, February 2005; Invited expert on charter schools, WUNC, The State of Things radio program, September 2004; Invited public lecture, University of Maryland Baltimore County, November 2004; Presentation, Kaufman Foundation, June 2004; Presentation at Brown vs. Board of Education, Conversations across Generations. Hillside High School, Durham, NC, April 2004; Presentation of policy brief on accountability in North Carolina to the New York Symposium on School Finance and Organizational Structure, New York State, March 2004; Presentation on charter school performance, Committee on Education, National Academy of Sciences, November 2004; Presentation on Elusive Equity, World Bank, October 2004; Acceptance Speech for Wildavsky Award for Lifetime Achievement in Public Finance and Budgeting, Washington, D.C., September, 2003; Presentation on Education and Growth, Committtee on Economic Development,Washington, D.C., October 2003; Presentation to Education Writers' Association on School Finance, Chcago, IL, April, 2003; Speaker - Minnesota Economics Association, Minneapolis, MN, October, 2003; Testimony on school vouchers, hearing on Alternative Schools and Educational Reform in theDistrict of Columbia, Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, U.S. Congress, May, 2003; Respondent, Joseph D. Moore Lecture, N.C.State, October 2003; Presentation to National Academy of Sciences Panel on Education Research, June 2003; Briefing to the U.S.Commission on Civil Rights, June, 2003; Presentation on No Child Left Behind, CED Research Advisory Board, 2003; Keynote speaker, conference for graduate students in economics, three Western Cape universities, April 2002; Presentation of paper on school vouchers, New York Law School, October 2002; School Reform in South Africa, Wellesley College, November 2002; presentation to senior management, Stellenbosch and Cape Town Universities, June 2002; Jerry Miller lecture on school accountability, Maxwell School, Syracuse University, November 2001; Keynote speaker on accountability, North Carolina State Board of Education, September 2001; Presentation on residential mobility programs, John Locke Foundation, April 2001; Presentation on School Choice in New Zealand, MDRC, New York City, March 2001; Presentation, UNESCO seminar, Paris, France, March 2001; Seminar presentation, University of Florida, Department of Economics, November 2001; Seminar presentation, Duke Seminar on Globalization Equity and Democratic Governance, September 2001; Speaker on school choice, Institute of Michigan School Superintendents, June 2001; Presenter and participant in the U.S. Secretary of Education's Forum on Research and Value-Added Assessment Data, Wednesday, December 5, 2000

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