Clarification on Ben Powell's new faculty post

Some individuals got the wrong impression on my post on Ben's movement from SJSU to the Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University.  Ben is NOT leaving academics.  In fact, the opposite is true.  He is now teaching in a PhD program.  Beacon Hill Institute is a public policy "think tank" located at Suffolk and Ben will be a fellow there as well.   But his post is an academic tenure track professorship in the economics department.

Ben's move from SJSU to Suffolk adds to the number of GMU graduates currently teaching in PhD programs.  Counting only graduates since 2000, the number is now 2 overseas and 4 domestic (UC-Santa Cruz, WVU, GMU, and Suffolk).  During the period from 1983-2000, the number of GMU graduates that obtained faculty positions at PhD granting institutions was limited to 4 (NYU, U Conn, and Oaklahoma (2)) to the best of my knowledge.

Comments

[Overseas-guy]

"... the number is now 2 overseas"

Where?

[Peter Boettke]

Australia --- Monash University, and New Zealand --- Canterbury. But I also forget to list a student who is at U of Penn in their PPE program.

[Overseas-guy]

Thanks, greatly appreciated.

[Overseas-guy]

Are you talking about Keith Jakee?

He is now at the WHC.

http://www.fau.edu/divdept/honcol/faculty_KeithJakee.htm

[Peter Boettke]

No, I forgot about Keith because he was older (roughly my era). I am talking about Matt Dobra, who teaches public economics and public finance courses at Monash. And Keith is now teaching in the US anyway.