Ariel Kalil (born July 18, 1969) is a behavioral economist and developmental psychologist at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, currently serving as the director of the Center for Human Potential and Public Policy.
Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Slate, and The Washington Post.
[2][3][4] Along with the Harris School's former dean Susan Mayer, Kalil is the co-director of the Behavioral Insights in Parenting Lab.
She then completed her Ph.D. in developmental psychology from the University of Michigan in 1996, followed by a postdoc at the same institution.
[10] She was previously a board member of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics while at Michigan.