The Mises Institute is pleased to announce the addition of nine new Associated Scholars. (The full list can be found here.) Associated scholars are researchers and teachers in the fields of economics, history, political science, and related fields who have contributed to the Mises Institute through our various publications or through our academic conferences and similar events. Many have worked as Summer Fellows at the Mises Institute in the past. We look forward to continued collaboration between the scholars and the Institute.
Chris Calton: Christopher J. Calton is the Research Fellow in Housing and Homelessness at the Independent Institute. He received his Ph.D. in History at the University of Florida, where his research focused on the history of the corporation. Dr. Calton is a contributor to Beyond Homeless: Good Intentions, Bad Outcomes, Transformative Solutions. Dr. Calton is the author of scholarly articles in such journals as The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography and Libertarian Papers, and book reviews in The Independent Review. His popular articles have appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, The Hill, MSN News, The Washington Times, Miami Herald, San Diego Union-Tribune, and others. He has also written extensively for the Mises Wire, and hosted the Historical Controversies podcast.
Fernando Monteiro D’Andrea: Fernando M. D’Andrea, PhD is Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at ERAU’s O’Maley College of Business in Daytona Beach, FL (https://faculty.erau.edu/Fernando.DAndrea) where he teaches Entrepreneurship and Strategy and researches about entrepreneurial uncertainty and the interplay between entrepreneurs and institutions. He is a Senior Fellow at the Mises Institute Brasil (Instagram) and has been a summer research fellow at the Mises Institute in Auburn, AL three times. He is also an associate editor at the (MISES: Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy, Law and Economics).
Peter Jacobsen: Peter Jacobsen is an Associate Teaching Professor of Economics and the Otto Fellow at the University of Kansas. His research is at the intersection of entrepreneurship, development economics, and population economics. He received his Ph.D. in economics from George Mason University, and he has a B.S. in economics from Southeast Missouri State University. He is the winner of the Israel M. Kirzner Award for Outstanding Dissertation from George Mason University and the Class of 1966 Award for Excellence in Teaching from Ottawa University.
Karras Lambert: Karras J. Lambert is Adjunct Faculty at George Mason University and Lecturer with the Universidad de las Hespérides. He earned his PhD in economics from George Mason University in 2023 and was a 2021 Mises Institute Research Fellow in Residence.
Gordon Miller: Dr. Gordon Miller holds a Ph.D. in Entrepreneurship from Baylor University, an M.A. in Economics from Troy University, and a B.S. in Music Education from Troy University. Before joining academia, he worked in human resources and policy research, as well as in activism focused on economic and community development. He primarily teaches in the areas of entrepreneurship and economics. Additionally, he works to expand entrepreneurial opportunities for students at Troy University and throughout the Southeast region of the United States.
George D. R. Pickering: George D. R. Pickering received his doctorate in Economic History from the University of Oxford and specializes in the history of central banking and the business cycle.
Larsen Plyler: Larsen Plyler received his PhD in history from Mississippi State in 2019. He has taught at the high school, college, and graduate school level. He also serves as a Bible teacher in Franklin County, Alabama. He is married to Lydia and together they have four children.
Daniel Sánchez-Piñol: Daniel is a postdoctoral research assistant with the Probasco Distinguished Chair of Free Enterprise at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He earned his Ph.D. in Agricultural and Applied Economics from Texas Tech University, an M.A. in Austrian Economics from King Juan Carlos University, and a B.S. in Economics from Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral.
Joseph Solis-Mullen: Author of The Fake China Threat, The National Debt and You, and Classical Liberalism, Joseph Solis-Mullen is a political scientist, economist, and historian. A graduate of Spring Arbor University, the University of Illinois, and the University of Missouri, he teaches history and politics at Spring Arbor University, economics at Jackson College, and is the Ralph Raico Fellow at the Libertarian Institute. His work has appeared in the Journal of Austrian Economics, Journal of Libertarian Studies, Journal of the American Revolution, and Antiwar.com You can contact him via joseph@libertarianinstitute.org or find him on Twitter @solis_mullen.
