Tanya Byker (she/hers) is an Associate Professor of Economics at Middlebury College. Her research falls in the areas of Labor and Development Economics under the umbrella of Economics and Gender. She is particularly interested in how the policy environment people face shapes or constrains their behavior. The policy contexts she has examined span paid leave, reproductive health, and most recently the environment. Byker earned a Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Economics and Philosophy from Swarthmore College in 1994. In 2014, she earned a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Economics from the University of Michigan.