Mises University Faculty and Speakers
The 2026 Mises University faculty are among the finest scholars of Austrian economics and libertarian political theory in the world, under the direction of Joseph Salerno.
Per Bylund is a Senior Fellow of the Mises Institute and Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Johnny D. Pope Chair in the School of Entrepreneurship in the Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University, and an Associate Fellow of the Ratio Institute in Stockholm. He is instructor of the forthcoming Mises Academy course based on his book, How to Think about the Economy: A Primer.
Paul Cwik is a Fellow of the Mises Institute and Professor of Economics and Finance at the University of Mount Olive.
Jeffery Degner is a Fellow of the Mises Institute and Assistant Professor of Economics at Cornerstone University.
Lucas M. Engelhardt, a Fellow of the Mises Institute, is an associate professor of economics at Kent State University’s Stark campus.
Tate Fegley is a Fellow of the Mises Institute, Chair of Business and Economics at Montreat College, and Research Fellow at the Independent Institute.
David Gordon is Senior Fellow of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, and editor of the Mises Review and the Journal of Libertarian Studies,
Jeffrey Herbener teaches economics at Grove City College and is chairman of the economics department. He is the Peterson-Luddy Chair in Austrian Economics and assistant editor of the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics.
Jörg Guido Hülsmann is a Senior Fellow of the Mises Institute, member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, and a corresponding member of the Pontifical Academy for Life. He is a professor of economics at the University of Angers, where he directs the Master in Law and Finance and codirects the double bachelor program in Law and Economics.
Peter G. Klein is Carl Menger Research Fellow of the Mises Institute, where he serves on the Board of Directors. He is the W. W. Caruth Chair and Professor of Entrepreneurship at Baylor University’s Hankamer School of Business. He is also Academic Director of Baylor’s Baugh Center for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise and Adjunct Professor of Strategy and Management at the Norwegian School of Economics.
Sandy Klein is an Adjunct Professor of Economics at Baylor University’s Hankamer School of Business and a Fellow of the Mises Institute.
Jonathan Newman is Henry Hazlitt Research Fellow at the Mises Institute. He also teaches the online Mises Academy course, Lessons for the Young Economist.
Patrick Newman is Murray N. Rothbard Research Fellow at the Mises Institute and assistant teaching professor of economics at the University of Tampa.
Wanjiru Njoya is Walter E. Williams Research Fellow at the Mises Institute.
Shawn Ritenour, a Senior Fellow of the Mises Institute, teaches economics at Grove City College.
Joseph T. Salerno is professor emeritus of economics in the Lubin School of Business of Pace University in New York City. He is the editor of the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics and the Academic Vice President of the Mises Institute where he serves on the Board of Directors.
Timothy Terrell is T. B. Stackhouse Professor of Economics at Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and a Senior Fellow of the Mises Institute, where he works on the editorial staffs of the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics and the Journal of Libertarian Studies.
Mark Thornton is a Senior Fellow of the Mises Institute and was the Peterson-Luddy Chair in Austrian Economics from 2021-2023. He serves as the Book Review Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics.
Speakers
Ryan McMaken is editor in chief at the Mises Institute and co-host of the Power and Market podcast. He also hosts the Radio Rothbard and Loot and Lobby podcasts.
Connor O’Keeffe writes a weekly column for the Mises Wire, hosts Guns & Butter, a weekly podcast on current trends; and he co-hosts the Power and Market podcast.
Tho Bishop is Director of Outreach at the Mises Institute, and co-host of the Power and Market podcast.
Joshua Mawhorter is assistant editor of Mises.org, and instructor of the forthcoming Mises Academy course, “US Government: An Austro-Libertarian Perspective.”
Larsen Plyler received his PhD in history from Mississippi State University and is an Associated Scholar of the Mises Institute. He is instructor of the forthcoming Mises Academy course, “Early US History to 1877.”
