Mises University Faculty and Speakers

The 2025 Mises University faculty are among the finest scholars of Austrian economics and libertarian political theory in the world, under the direction of Joseph Salerno.

Dr. Paul Cwik

Dr. Paul Cwik is a Fellow of the Mises Institute and Professor of Economics and Finance at the University of Mount Olive. 

Dr. Thomas J. DiLorenzo

Thomas DiLorenzo is president of the Mises Institute. He is a former professor of economics at Loyola University Maryland and a longtime member of the senior faculty of the Mises Institute.

Dr. Lucas Engelhardt

Lucas M. Engelhardt, a Fellow of the Mises Institute, is an associate professor of economics at Kent State University’s Stark campus.

Dr. Tate Fegley

Tate Fegley is a Fellow of the Mises Institute, Chair of Business and Economics at Montreat College, and Research Fellow at the Independent Institute.

Dr. David Gordon

David Gordon is Senior Fellow at the Ludwig von Mises Institute, and editor of the Mises Review and the Journal of Libertarian Studies,

Dr. Jeffrey Herbener

Jeffrey Herbener teaches economics at Grove City College and is chairman of the economics department. He is assistant editor of the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics..

Dr. David Howden

David Howden is Chair of the Department of Business and Economics, professor of economics at Saint Louis University at its Madrid campus, and a Fellow of the Mises Institute.

Dr. Karl-Friedrich Israel

Karl-Friedrich Israel is a professor of economics in the department of economics and business at Western Catholic University in Angers, France, and currently runs the Chair for Economic Policy at Saarland University in Germany as a substitute professor. He is a Mises Institute Fellow.

Dr. Peter Klein

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.

Dr. Sandra Klein

Sandy Klein is an Adjunct Professor of Economics at Baylor University’s Hankamer School of Business and a Fellow of the Mises Institute.

Dr. Robert P. Murphy

Robert Murphy is a Senior Fellow at the Mises Institute. He is also host of The Human Action Podcast.

Dr. Jonathan Newman

Jonathan Newman is Henry Hazlitt Research Fellow at the Mises Institute. He also teaches the online Mises Academy course, Lessons for the Young Economist.

Dr. Patrick Newman

Dr. Patrick Newman is a Fellow of the Mises Institute and assistant teaching professor of economics at the University of Tampa.

Dr. Wanjiru Njoya

Wanjiru Njoya is Walter E. Williams Research Fellow at the Mises Institute.

Dr. Shawn Ritenour

Shawn Ritenour, a Senior Fellow of the Mises Institute, teaches economics at Grove City College.

Dr. Joseph Salerno

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.

Dr. Timothy Terrell

Timothy Terrell is T. B. Stackhouse Professor of Economics at Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and a Senior Fellow at the Mises Institute, where he works on the editorial staffs of the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics and the Journal of Libertarian Studies.

Dr. Mark Thornton

Mark Thornton is a Senior Fellow at 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.

Dr. Thomas Woods

Tom Woods is a senior fellow of the Mises Institute.

Speakers

Spencer Morrison

Spencer Morrison is author of Reshore: How Tariffs Will Bring Our Jobs Home + Revive the American Dream.

Murray Sabrin

Murray Sabrin is a Mises Institute Associated Scholar and Emeritus Professor of Finance at Ramapo College of New Jersey.