Nine professors affiliated with universities across the United States and Canada were recently awarded funding to support faculty research and advance course development.
The Acton Institute Mini-Grants on Free Market Economics program accepts proposals from faculty members at colleges, seminaries, and universities in the United States and Canada in order to promote the scholarship and teaching of market economics. This program allows for collaboration between faculty from different universities and helps future leaders to emerge, strengthening and expanding the existing network of scholars within economics. Entrants may submit proposals in two broad categories: course development and faculty scholarship.
Here is the complete list of the 2022 winners and their specific projects:
Virtue and Markets Undergraduate Colloquium
Jason Jewell, Professor of Humanities and Director of the Center for Great Books & Human Flourishing, Faulkner University
Developing a Course in History of Economic Thought at North Dakota State University
Ray March, Assistant Professor, North Dakota State University
A History of Christian Political Economy
Erik Matson, Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center
Teaching Grassroots Freedom in Guatemala
Russ McCullough, Wayne Angell Chair of Economics and Director, Gwartney Institute, Ottawa University
Economics and the Problem of Polarization
Allen Mendenhall, Executive Director, The Manuel H. Johnson Center and Associate Dean, The Sorrell College of Business, Troy University
Cronyism and Nonmarket Strategy in Lithuania and Romania: A Christian and Economic Perspective
John Parnell, Professor of Management & Eminent Scholar of Business, University of North Alabama
Usury, Dante, and the Birth of Capitalism
Alexander Schmid, Graduate Assistant/Instructor, Louisiana State University
Catholic Social Thought and Healthcare Economics
Michael Szpindor Watson, Assistant Professor of Economics, Belmont Abbey College
Course Revision & Seminar Support in Core Economics
Michael Welker, Professor of Economics and Director of Catholic Management & Entrepreneurship, Franciscan University of Steubenville
The Mini-Grants program forms part of a range of academic scholarships, grants, and awards available from the Acton Institute that support those engaged in serious reflection and research on the relationship between theology, the free market, limited government and the rule of law. Details of these academic grants and scholarships may be found here.