Nancy Staudt

Nancy Staudt is vice president at RAND and the Frank and Marcia Carlucci Dean at the RAND School of Public Policy, the #10 ranked school in public policy analysis. Staudt is currently leading efforts to expand the school's impact, grow its student body, and strengthen its role in training the next generation of policy leaders.

A nationally recognized scholar in tax, tax policy, and empirical legal studies, Staudt previously served as dean and the Howard and Caroline Cayne Distinguished Professor at Washington University School of Law. Earlier in her career, she held senior academic leadership roles at the University of Southern California, including vice dean at the Gould School of Law and founding codirector of the Schwarzenegger Institute of State and Global Policy.

Staudt is the author or coauthor of numerous books and articles published in leading journals and university presses.

She holds a Ph.D. in public policy from the University of Chicago, a J.D. from the University of Minnesota, and a B.A. from The Ohio State University.