Kathryn Blanchard

I am a Senior Researcher at the Strada Education Foundation in Washington, DC. My research interests are in the economics of education and how higher education policies impact student outcomes. I previously worked in the Office of the Chief Economist at the U.S. Department of Education and as an Evaluation and Research Summer Fellow at the U.S. Department of Labor's Chief Evaluation Office. 

I received my PhD in economics from George Washington University in 2025. I received  my M.S. in Economics from George Washington University in 2021 and my Honors B.S. in Mathematics and Economics from the University of Delaware in 2017.