Ben Bernanke Professor  Bernanke  received  his B.A.  in  economics  from  Harvard University  in  1975  and  his  Ph.D. in economics from MIT in 1979. He   taught   at   the   Stanford Graduate   School   of   Business from 1979 to 1985 and moved to Princeto   University   in   1985, where he was named the Howard Harrison  and  Gabrielle  Snyder Beck   Professor   of   Economics and  Public  Affairs  and  where  he served as chair of the Economics Department. Professor Bernanke is currently a Distinguished Fellow in Residence with the Economic Studies  Program  at  the  Brookings  Institution.Professor  Bernanke  was  sworn  in  on  February  1,  2006,  as chair  and  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Governors  of  the  Federal Reserve  System;  his  second  term  expired  January  31,  2014. Professor  Bernanke  also  served  as  chair  of  the  Federal  Open Market  Committee,  the  Feds  principal  monetary  policymaking body.  Professor  Bernanke  was  also  chair  of  the  Presidents Council of Economic Advisers from June 2005 to January 2006.Professor  Bernankes  intermediate  textbook,  with  Andrew Abel  and  Dean  Croushore, Macroeconomics,  Ninth  Edition (Addison-Wesley,  2017),  is  a  best  seller  in  its  field.  He  has authored  numerous  scholarly  publications  in  macroeconomics, macroeconomic  history,  and  finance.  He  has  done  significant research  on  the  causes  of  the  Great  Depression,  the  role  of financial  markets  and  institutions  in  the  business  cycle,  and measurement of the effects of monetary policy on the economy.Professor Bernanke has held a Guggenheim Fellowship and a  Sloan  Fellowship,  and  he  is  a  Fellow  of  the  Econometric Society and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He served  as  the  director  of  the  Monetary  Economics  Program  of the  National  Bureau  of  Economic  Research  (NBER)  and  as  a member of the NBERs Business Cycle Dating Committee. From 2001  to  2004  he  served  as  editor  of  the American Economic Review, and as president of the American Economic Association in  2019.  Professor  Bernankes  work  with  civic  and  professional groups  includes  having  served  two  terms  as  a  member  of  the Montgomery  Township  (New  Jersey)  Board  of Education. Read More Read Less