Dr. Daniel Z. Epstein

Dr. Daniel Epstein is an expert in administrative law and regulatory policy. His research focuses on regulatory oversight by the courts and Congress. His publications have appeared in the online sections of the University of Chicago Law Review and the Yale Journal of Regulation and in print in the peer-reviewed Presidential Studies Quarterly, the Pepperdine Law Review, Dickinson Law Review, and the University of North Texas Law Review. He is the author of The Investigative State: Regulatory Oversight in the United States (Palgrave 2023), a book that explores the relationship between legislative delegation to the bureaucracy and congressional oversight.

Dr. Epstein has written for popular publications like the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and the Washington Post. He has testified before Congress and provided expertise, interviews and commentary to media outlets including Fox News, ABC, CBS, NBC and all major print media.

Dr. Epstein has a PhD in Political Science from George Washington University, a JD from Emory Law School, and a BA from Kenyon College. Prior to joining the STU faculty, Epstein worked in venture capital, in the White House, in Congress, and founded and directed a public interest law firm representing entrepreneurs in bet-the-company cases against regulators.