I am fortunate to serve as the Distinguished Professor of Political Economy at Ball State University and the director of the Institute for the Study of Political Economy. I earned my B.S. and MA in economics from Clemson University and was awarded my PhD in economics from George Mason University. Prior to earning my PhD, I worked in the insurance industry in the United States and Germany. 

Before starting at Ball State University, I taught at the University of Central Arkansas (UCA), St. Mary’s College of California, and the University of South Alabama. While I was at UCA, I was the director of the Arkansas Center for Research in Economics, and I was a visiting scholar in the finance department at National Dong Hua University in Taiwan from 2017-2018. 

My research interests are on state-level regulation impacting health, entrepreneurship, and government finances. I am currently focused on shifting the supply of health care. My publications include Forbes.com, Public Choice, Small Business Economics, Contemporary Economic Policy, Medical Care Research and Review, and the Journal of Rural Health.