Cecilia Rouse

Cecilia Elena Rouse (/ˈraʊs/ ROWSS; born December 18, 1963) is an American economist and dean of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.[2] Joe Biden nominated Rouse to be chair of the Council of Economic Advisers in November 2020.[3]

Cecilia Rouse
Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers
Nominee
Assuming office
TBD
PresidentJoe Biden
SucceedingTyler Goodspeed (acting)
Dean of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs
Assumed office
September 1, 2012
Preceded byAnne Case (acting)
Member of the Council of Economic Advisers
In office
2009–2011
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byDonald B. Marron Jr.
Succeeded byKatharine Abraham
Personal details
Born
Cecilia Elena Rouse

(1963-12-18) December 18, 1963
Walnut Creek, California, U.S.
Spouse(s)Ford Morrison
EducationHarvard University (BA, MA, PhD)
Academic career
InstitutionPrinceton University
FieldEconomics
Doctoral
advisor		Lawrence F. Katz
Claudia Goldin[1]

Early life and education

Rouse grew up in Del Mar, California and graduated from Torrey Pines High School in 1981.[4] She has two siblings: Forest Rouse, a physicist; and Carolyn Rouse, an anthropologist and professor at Princeton University. Her father is a research physicist who received his PhD from the California Institute of Technology in 1956. Her mother worked as a school psychologist.

Rouse received a Bachelor of Arts in economics from Harvard University in 1986 and a PhD in economics in 1992.[2][5]

Career

After earning her doctorate, Rouse joined the faculty at Princeton University.

Rouse served as a member of President Barack Obama's Council of Economic Advisers from 2009 to 2011.[6] Prior to serving in the Obama Administration, Rouse served in the National Economic Council under President Bill Clinton from 1998 to 1999.[6]

Rouse is the dean of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and the Lawrence and Shirley Katzman and Lewis and Anna Ernst Professor in the Economics of Education.[7] She is the founding director of the Princeton University Education Research Section, is a member of the National Academy of Education and a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research.[7] Her primary research interests are in labor economics[8] with a focus on the economics of education.[9] Rouse has served as an editor of the Journal of Labor Economics and as a senior editor of The Future of Children.[7] She is a member of the board of directors of MDRC, and a director of the T. Rowe Price Equity Mutual Funds and an advisory board member of the T. Rowe Price Fixed Income Mutual Funds.[7]

President Joe Biden has nominated Rouse to become Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers.[10] She appeared before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on January 28, 2021.[11]

Personal life

She has two daughters. Her husband is Ford Morrison, son of author Toni Morrison.[12]

Selected publications

References
  1. Amy Guan (May 25, 2011). "Cecilia Rouse: Economist". The Harvard Crimson.
  2. Tankersley, Jim; Smialek, Jeanna (December 2, 2020). "Biden's New Top Economist Has a Longtime Focus on Workers". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  3. "Economy Nominees and Appointees". President-Elect Joe Biden. November 30, 2020. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  4. Associated Press (December 1, 2020). "Del Mar native nominated for post in Biden administration". Del Mar Times. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  5. "Cecilia Rouse". Blavatnik School of Government. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  6. "Former Members of the Council". Obama White House. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  7. "Dean Cecilia Rouse to be nominated chair of Council of Economic Advisers by President-Elect Biden". Princeton University. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  8. Davidson, Kate; Thomas, Ken (November 30, 2020). "Joe Biden Fills Out His Economic Team". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  9. Siegel, Rachel (January 19, 2021). "Meet the economist charged with keeping Biden's promises to women and people of color". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  10. Thomas, Ken (November 29, 2020). "WSJ News Exclusive | Biden to Name Rouse, Tanden to Economic Team". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
  11. "Nomination Hearing | United States Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs". www.banking.senate.gov. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  12. "Cecilia Rouse named Wilson School dean". January 21, 2016.
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