BIO

Jim Leady brings expertise in the areas of agent-based simulations and experimental economics to the intermediate economics courses he teaches for undergraduate students. He advises the undergraduate Finance Club and mentors through programs at Notre Dame and South Bend schools. He also serves as a reader and exam developer for the College Board’s AP Economics examinations and as a text reviewer for Pearson/Addison-Wesley and Worth publishers.

Prior to joining Mendoza in 2006, Leady taught courses in public finance, labor economics, game theory, intermediate microeconomics, and principles of economics at Centre College in Danville, KY and at Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor, MI. Leady earned a Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Michigan as well as an M.A. in Economics and a certificate of graduate studies in Complex Systems. He completed a B.S. in Economics from the United States Military Academy and served in the Active Army and Army Reserve for 15 years.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Agent-Based Economics
• Experimental Economics

EDUCATION

• Ph D, University of Michigan
• Certificate of Graduate Studies, University of Michigan
• MA, University of Michigan
• BS, United States Military Academy

TEACHING

• Macroeconomic Analysis
• Managerial Economics
• Macroeconomic Theory and Policy