I'm an instructor of Economics and Business at Metro State University at Denver. I graduated with my Ph.D. in Agricultural and Applied Economics from Texas Tech University, where I was a graduate research associate with the Free Market Institute.

 

I also served as a graduate instructor in the Area of Energy Commerce & Business Economics of the Rawls College of Business. I have also been an instructor of Economics and Business at the Ho Chi Minh University of Technology, and the Saigon Institute of Technology.

 

My research interests center around economics of marriage, law and economics, institutional economics, as well as public choice with a pronounced focus on rational choice theory.

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I have presented my recent research utilizing rational choice theory on bedding ceremonies and adultery trials, delving into the reasons these odd practices persisted throughout history. Additionally, I take an interest in institutional economics and explore the determinants of why countries establish federalist forms of government.

I received my undergraduate degree in Economics as well as my MBA degree from Loyola University New Orleans. I am originally from Brenham, Texas: the home of Blue Bell ice cream, a small town outside of Houston.