Meet the Faculty: William Evans
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Keough-Hesburgh Professor of Economics and co-founder of the Lab for Economic Opportunities
In 2007, Bill Evans joined the Department of Economics at Notre Dame as the university’s first Keough-Hesburgh Professor. This professorship was designed to attract leading scholars to Notre Dame to contribute to both the academic life as well as the Catholic mission of the university. Evans received his undergraduate degree from Wake Forest University and his Ph.D. in economics from Duke University. His research covers a broad range of areas including health economics and the economics of education. His work has appeared in the top journals in the economics profession, and his research is routinely covered by the popular press. In 2012, Evans and his colleague Jim Sullivan started the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities, a research center devoted to finding evidence-based solutions to poverty. He and his wife Eileen have three boys, Conor (ND 2012), Brendan (ND 2015), and Patrick (ND 2019).
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