Deputy Director, Center for Policy Research
Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy
University at Albany
135 Western Avenue
Albany, NY 12222
boydd@rockinst.org

Ph.D., Managerial Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Curriculum Vitae 
Expertise: state fiscal policy/health, teacher quality, achievement, teacher labor market choices

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Biography

Donald J. Boyd is Deputy Director of the Center for Policy Research at SUNY, Albany, where his work includes research on teacher labor markets and school district finances. Dr. Boyd is a part of the CALDER New York team. He is also Senior Fellow at the Rockefeller Institute of Government, the public policy research arm of the State University of New York and the former director of State and Local Government Finance research group.

Dr. Boyd has over two decades of experience analyzing state and local fiscal issues, and has written or co-authored many research publications examining the relationships between teacher preparation, student academic performance and teacher labor market choices as well as the fiscal climate in the 50 states.

Dr. Boyd's previous positions include director of the economic and revenue staff for the New York State Division of the Budget and director of the tax staff for the New York State Assembly Ways and Means Committee. He received his Ph.D. in Managerial Economics from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York.