Noah Trudeau, PhD, is a research fellow at the Archbridge Institute and co-author of the State Occupational Licensing Index. He is an assistant professor of economics in the Sheilds School of Business at Saint Francis University and a research affiliate with the Knee Center for the Study of Occupational Regulation at West Virginia University. His research specializes in occupational regulation, with a specific focus on the intersection of economic history and the study of barriers created through regulatory action. He earned his Ph.D. in economics from West Virginia University.