Current Faculty Research Fellows

Jennifer Baker, Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy
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Research Area: virtue ethics, ancient ethical theories

Calvin Blackwell, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
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Research Area: experimental economics, asset markets, public finance

Gregory Caskey, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Economics, The Citadel
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Research Area: applied microeconomics, economic development, political economy

Hollis France, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Political Science
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Research Area: diverse and social economies as alternative development models

Beatriz Maldonado, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Economics
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Research Area: international political economy and development

William McCorkle, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Teacher Education
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Research Area: immigration beliefs among educators, experiences of asylum seekers at the Mexican-U.S. border, relationship between beliefs in free markets and immigration

Chris Mothorpe, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Economics
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Research Area: urban and real estate economics focusing on the evaluation of amenities and public goods

Rene Mueller, Ph.D.
Professor of International Marketing
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Research Area: national identity, cross cultural marketing, global diversity, ethnocentrism, international business, entrepreneurship education

Jordan Ragusa, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Political Science
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Research Area: political parties, polarization, Congresss, and elections

Russell Sobel, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics & Entrepreneurship, The Citadel
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Research Area: economic policy and entrepreneurship

Michelle Vachris, Ph.D.
Professor of Management, Business, & Economics; Virginia Wesleyan University
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Research Area: public choice, governing knowledge commons, economics in literature

Douglas Walker, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
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Research Area: economic and social impacts of legalized gambling, relationships between casinos and tourism sectors