Steven Payson

At Johns Hopkins, Steven Payson serves as a Program Coordinator and lecturer for the MS in Financial Economics program where he draws on more than 33 years of experience as a full-time economist in the U.S. federal government

Payson has served as a senior economic advisor and supervisory economist at the following departments or agencies: Labor (Bureau of International Affairs and Mine Safety and Health Administration), Homeland Security (Immigration and Customs Enforcement under the Biden Administration), Interior (Bureaus of Indian Affairs and Safety and Environmental Enforcement), Commerce (Bureau of Economic Analysis), Agriculture, and the National Science Foundation. Prior to joining the federal government, he worked as an economic consultant for over seven years at the Inter-American Development Bank and ICF, Inc.

Payson has authored eight books and several journal articles on measurement issues in economics, scientific integrity in the profession, the economics of science and technology, and public economics. He served as the President of the Society of Government Economists in 2009-10, and he founded and directed the 501(c)3 nonprofit organization Association for Integrity and Responsible Leadership in Economics and Associated Professions.

Payson received a doctorate in economics from Columbia University, an MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics, and a BA in Mathematics and Biopsychology from Wesleyan University.