Curriculum vitae
A summary. The PDF has the full record, including all presentations and references.
Positions
2026–2027
Senior Economist
White House Council of Economic Advisers
2024–2026
Chief Economist and Director of Research
Cicero Institute
2023–2024
Data Analyst
Sicuro Data Analytics
2022–2023
Researcher
Computational Justice Lab, Claremont Graduate University
2018–2020
Researcher
Advancing Machine and Human Reasoning Lab, University of South Florida
Education
2025
PhD, Economics
Claremont Graduate University
Dissertation: Essays in Applied Economics for Public Policy
2019
PhD, Philosophy
University of South Florida
Dissertation: Reasoning of the Highest: Leibniz and the Moral Quality of Reason
2014
BA, Philosophy
Liberty University
Fields
Primary: applied microeconomics; regulation and institutions; policy
evaluation.
Secondary: public economics; human–AI teaming; history of philosophy.
Publications
Publications are listed by area under Research: economics, AI, and philosophy. Citation metrics are on Google Scholar.
Working papers
- Mission or Margin? An Empirical Analysis of Medicaid Expansion on Hospital Expenditures
- Leases, not Shelters? An Empirical Analysis of Housing First on Homelessness and Crime
- The Agonism Hypothesis for Human-AI Teaming
Selected presentations
Recent talks. The full list back to 2014 is in the PDF.
2026
Modernization Mandates and Bureaucratic Incentives
Public Choice Society Annual Conference
2026
Mission or Margin? An Empirical Analysis of Medicaid Expansion on Hospital Expenditures
Midwest Economics Association Annual Conference · with Victor Kilanko and Elena Gonzalez
2025
An Iridescent Sunset: An Empirical Analysis of Sunset Legislation
Markets & Society; Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management; Southern Economic Association · with Tanner Jones
2024
Guns, Crime, and Heterogeneity: An Empirical Analysis of Right-to-Carry Laws
Public Choice Society Conference · with Anna Kyriazis
2023
Human-AI Teaming: Review of the NAS Report
Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics International · invited talk
2023
Legislating Prison Reduction and Its Effect on Prosecutor Behavior
Public Choice Society Conference · with Gregory DeAngelo, Rainita Narendar, and Minjae Yun
2023
An Adjusting Letter: The Pragmatics of Scripture (Bereschit Rabbah, I.10)
American Academy of Religion, Western Region · student paper award
Fellowships and awards
2023
Student Paper Award and Travel Award
American Academy of Religion, Western Region
2021–2023
Graduate Fellowship and Conference Travel Award (2023)
Claremont Graduate University
2015–2019
Graduate Fellowship and Conference Travel Award (2019)
University of South Florida
2014
Frederick Copleston Award for the History of Philosophy
Liberty University
Service
Referee, Journal of Regulatory Economics.
Teaching
My teaching philosophy and courses taught. Instructor of record at Pitzer College, Oak Valley College, the University of South Florida, and Florida SouthWestern State College.
Contact
- ryan.p.quandt@gmail.com
- Elsewhere
- Google Scholar PhilPapers Substack LinkedIn