Todd Pugatch

Todd Pugatch is an Associate Professor of Economics at the State University of New York at Buffalo. His research focuses on understanding the drivers of disparate outcomes in education and rigorously evaluating approaches to improve them. He earned a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Michigan and previously served as a Professor at Oregon State University. He has conducted experimental and quasi-experimental evaluations of teacher salary increases, elimination of school fees, and the expansion of early childhood education in The Gambia; entrepreneurship education for secondary school students in Rwanda; and interventions designed to increase diversity and promote student success in US higher education. His work has been published in Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Human Resources, World Bank Economic Review, Economics of Education Review, Economic Development and Cultural Change, and elsewhere.