Leah Lakdawala is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Wake Forest University. Prior to that, she was an Assistant Professor of Economics at Michigan State University. She specializes in development and labor economics, with a focus on human capital investments and how those investments are influenced by public policy. She received her PhD in Economics from the University of California, San Diego, her MSc in Economics from University College London, and her BSc in International Economics from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.