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Hesong Yang

Hesong Yang is a Ph.D. student in economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in business administration and management from Shandong University of Finance and Economics, and a master’s in econometrics and quantitative economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Robert Schultz

Robert Schultz is an UX Researcher at SoFi. He holds a bachelor’s in economics from Adrian College, a master’s in economics from Wayne State University, and a master’s in survey methodology from the University of Michigan.

Kreg Steven Brown

Kreg Steven Brown is the former director of economic mobility policy at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. Previously, he was an associate director and senior researcher at the Urban Institute, where his research and policy advising focused on upward mobility, wealth and financial well-being, and racial equity. Brown received his B.A. in sociology from Princeton University. He also holds a M.A. in sociology from Harvard University, where he was a doctoral student fellow in the Multidisciplinary Program in Inequality and Social Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

Gordon B. Dahl

Gordon B. Dahl is a professor of economics at the University of California, San Diego. He received his B.A. from Brigham Young University and his Ph.D. from Princeton University.

Matthew Knepper

Matthew Knepper is an assistant professor of economics in the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia. He received his Ph.D. in economics and his M.A. in economics at University of California, San Diego, and his B.A. in mathematics and economics from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Kevin A. Roberts

Kevin A. Roberts is a Ph.D. candidate in economics at Duke University.