Nancy Qian

Nancy Qian is a Professor at the Kellogg SOM s MEDS Department at Northwestern University. She was born in Shanghai, China, received her Bachelor s Degree from the University of Texas at Austin and a Ph.D. in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on the intersection of development economics, political economy and economic history and has been published in top academic journals such as the American Economic Review, the Quarterly Journal of Economics and the Review of Economic Studies. She has been the recipient of numerous awards such as the Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, and serves in several editorial positions.