Credential Program Faculty Spotlight: Sample Class with Benjamin Krause

Thu., March 05, 2026 | 12:00 PM — 1:00 PM
Sponsored By: Office of Admissions

Enhance your portfolio and strengthen your skills with our Credential Programs taught by leading faculty at the University of Chicago. Whether you are preparing for graduate school or seeking professional advancement, the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy Credential Programs prepare you with tangible skills you can use immediately.

In this session, hear from the Harris Credential Programs faculty members and experience the learning approach. The session is open to all interested participants.

Speaker: Benjamin Krause
Benjamin Krause, Executive Director at the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics, is an economist, social sector leader, international development professional, and humanitarian emergency responder. For more than two decades, he has been identifying and implementing impactful programming with marginalized communities and local governments across more than 30 low- and middle-income countries as well as in the US. Ben has a record of launching, rapidly building, and strategically leading highly collaborative, diverse, and dynamic organizations. He focuses on designing and writing causally-identified, policy-relevant research and then crafting and implementing evidence-based policy.