Kevin Shih is currently a faculty member in the Economics Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His research interests lie in understanding the impacts of immigration on the U.S. economy. His current focus is on the rise of international students in U.S. higher education and evaluating its consequences for domestic students. He's a native of Queens, NY, received his B.A. in economics and literature from Claremont McKenna College, and was awarded a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Davis in 2015.