Cecilia Elena Rouse is a labor economist and public servant specializing in the economics of education. She has taught at Princeton University since 1992, including a nine-year stint as dean of the School of Public and International Affairs and co-founding the Princeton Education Research Section.
In government, Rouse was part of the Council of Economic Advisers in the Obama and Biden administrations and became the first Black American to chair the Council of Economic Advisers upon her confirmation in 2021.
Professional positions
- 2024–present: President, Brookings Institution
- 1992–present: Assistant (1992–1998), associate (1998–2001), full (2001–present), and Theodore A. Wells ’29 (2006–2011) Professor of Economics and Public Affairs and Katzman-Ernst Professor in the Economics of Education (2011–present), Princeton University
- 2021–2023: Chair, Council of Economic Advisers (under President Joe Biden)
- 2009–2011: Member, Council of Economic Advisers (under President Barack Obama)
Notable publications
- Rouse, Cecilia Elena. 2012. “Democratization or Diversion? The Effect of Community Colleges on Educational Attainment.” Journal of Business & Economic Statistics 13(2): 217–224.
- Figlio, David N., and Cecilia Elena Rouse. 2006. “Do Accountability and Voucher Threats Improve Low-Performing Schools?” Journal of Public Economics 90(1–2): 239–255.
- Kane, Thomas J., and Cecilia Elena Rouse. 1999. “The Community College: Educating Students at the Margin Between College and Work.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 13(1): 63–84.
- Rouse, Cecilia Elena. 1998. “Private School Vouchers and Student Achievement: An Evaluation of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program.” Quarterly Journal of Economics 113(2): 553–602.
Degrees
- PhD, economics, Harvard University
- BA, economics, Harvard University
