PCS Leadership and Staff

W. Mark Crain

President
William E. Simon Professor
Lafayette College
Economics
Easton, PA 18042
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Jennifer Murtazashvili

President-Elect
Director and Professor
University of Pittsburgh
Center for Governance and Markets
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
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Edward Lopez

Executive Director and Past President
Western Carolina University
College of Business
Cullowhee, NC 28723
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Peter Calcagno

Treasurer and Past Director
College of Charleston
Center for Public Choice and Market Process
Charleston, SC 29424
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Georg Vanberg

Secretary and Past President
Duke University
Department of Political Science
Durham, NC 27708
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John Aldrich

Immediate Past President
Pfizer-Pratt University Professor
Duke University
Political Science
Durham, NC 27708
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Melinda Patience

Conference and Database Manager
College of Charleston
Center for Public Choice and Market Process
Charleston, SC 29424
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Past Presidents

Jeffrey Milyo (2026-28; 28-30)
Professor of Political Science
University of Missouri

Bryan McCannon (2022-23*; 23-25; 25-27)
Professor of Economics
Illinois Wesleyan University

Thomas Stratmann (2022-23*; 23-25; 25-27)
Professor of Economics
George Mason University

Niclas Berggren (2025-27; 27-29)
Associate Professor of Economics
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN)
Prague University of Economics and Business

Gary Wagner (2024-26; 26-28)
Professor of Economics
University of Louisiana-Lafayette

Claudia Williamson Kramer (2026-28; 28-30)
Professor of Economics
University of Tennessee Chattanooga

Ryan Yonk (2026-28; 28-30)
Director of Education & Senior Research Fellow
American Institute for Economic Research

John Meadowcroft (2023-25; 25-27)
Reader in Political Economy
Kings College London

Jennifer Murtazashvili (2024-26)
Professor of Political Economy
University of Pittsburgh

Marek Kaminski (2022-24; 24-26)
Associate Professor of Political Science
University of California – Irvine

Caitlin Ainsley (2022-24; 24-26)
Associate Professor of Political Science
University of Washington

Marta Podemska-Mikluch (2023-25)
Associate Professor of Economics
Gustavus Adolphus College

Bonnie Wilson (2018-20*; 20-22; 22-24)
Professor of Economics
St. Louis University

Christian Bjørnskov (2020-22; 22-24)
Professor of Economics
Aarhus University

Daniel Bennett (2018-19*; 19-21; 21-23)
Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship
University of Louisville

Kevin Grier (2018-19; 19-21; 21-23)
Professor of Political Science and Gordon Tullock Professor of Political Economy
Texas Tech University

David Skarbek (2018-2022)
Associate Professor of Political Science
Brown University

Lynne Kiesling (2017-2022)
Research Professor
University of Colorado – Denver

W. Mark Crain (2016-2020)
Simon Chair of Political Economy
Lafayette College

Diana Thomas (2017-2020)
Professor of Economics
Creighton University

Roger Congleton (2016-2018)
Professor of Economics
West Virginia University

Peter T. Calcagno (2012-2018)
Professor of Economics
College of Charleston

Keith Dougherty (2013-2018)
Professor of Political Science
University of Georgia

Joshua C. Hall (2012-2016)
Associate Professor of Economics
West Virginia University

Georg Vanberg (2012-2016)
Professor of Political Science
Duke University

Daniel Sutter (2012-2014)
Professor of Economics
Troy University

(*Indicates partial first term)