Vicki Bogan

Vicki L. Bogan is an Economics professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. She was previously the Geller Family Professor of Applied Economics and Policy in the SC Johnson College of Business at Cornell University. Dr. Bogan was the founder and director of Cornell University’s Institute for Behavioral and Household Finance and she is a founding co-editor of the academic journal, Financial Planning Review. She also served as the Chair of the Academic Research Council for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

Her research interests are in the areas of household finance, behavioral finance, inequality, and applied microeconomics. Dr. Bogan’s impactful research has been published in leading economics and finance journals and she has testified before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services on the gamification of finance. Further, she is frequently quoted and cited in various media outlets including Barrons.com, Bloomberg.com, CNBC.com, Forbes.com, MarketWatch, NPR’s Marketplace Tech, PsychologyToday.com, USA Today, U.S. News & World Report, Wall Street Journal.com, and Yahoo! Money. Dr. Bogan was also featured in the Netflix documentary, “Eat the Rich: The GameStop Saga.”

Bogan has received two outstanding educator awards from Cornell University and the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. Dr. Bogan holds a Sc.B. in Applied Mathematics and Economics from Brown University, an MBA in Finance and Strategic Management from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, an M.A. in Economics from Brown University, and a Ph.D. in Economics from Brown University. She also has held visiting fellow appointments at Princeton University and Yale University.