David (dnlang86@stanford.edu) is a doctoral student in the Economics of Education program and an IES Fellow. He graduated from UCLA in 2008 with a B.A. in Economics & a B.S. in Actuarial Mathematics. Prior to his doctoral studies, David worked for five years as a research analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. His research interests include higher education, online education, and quantitative methods in education research. At Stanford, David also obtained a master’s degree in Management Science and Engineering.