Keynotes
Robert Kelchen
Robert Kelchen is a professor of higher education and head of the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. His research interests include higher education finance, accountability policies, and student financial aid. Kelchen is the author of Higher Education Accountability (Johns Hopkins University Press) and regularly publishes in top education journals. He has received the Robert P. Huff Golden Quill Award for excellence in financial aid research from the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators and has been recognized as one of the 50 most influential faculty members in education by Education Week. He is also the data editor for Washington Monthly magazine’s annual college guide and rankings. Kelchen holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and finance from Truman State University, a master’s degree in economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a PhD in educational policy studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Learn more about Robert at his website https://robertkelchen.com
Wendy De La Rosa
Wendy De La Rosa is an Assistant Professor at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. She focuses on using behavioral science to improve consumers' financial well-being. De La Rosa is also the co-creator and host of TED's "Your Money and Your Mind" series, the co-founder of the Common Cents Lab, and a Forbes 30 under 30 Finance honoree. Her award-winning research work has been published in the Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Forbes, Journal for Consumer Research, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Scientific American, PBS Newshour, and TechCrunch, among others. Her TED talks have been viewed over 6.5 million times. Prior to joining Wharton, Wendy received her Ph.D. from Stanford's Graduate School of Business and helped start Google's first behavioral economics unit.
