Renee Bowen was a National Fellow for the 2013-14 academic year.

She is an assistant professor of economics at the Stanford Graduate School of Business where she teaches The International Economy: Policies and Theory. Her current research examines characteristics of dynamic political institutions that yield compromise. Renee received her PhD in economics from Georgetown University and her BSc in civil engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has been a consultant at the World Bank on international trade policy for sub-Saharan Africa and was an investment banking analyst at J.P. Morgan Securities working with emerging markets.