Robert Gmeiner, Ph.D.
About Me
I am an assistant professor of financial economics at Methodist University in Fayetteville, North Carolina and an externally-affiliated scholar at The Sunwater Institute, a think near Washington, D.C. I strive to link my research into the "big picture" and answer broad, interesting, and important questions for the good of society. As for teaching, I thoroughly enjoy it and it is one of the pleasures of my current position at Methodist University. See my research and teaching pages for more.
I earned my Ph.D. at Florida State University, studying under Dr. Randall Holcombe. Prior to graduate school, I earned an undergraduate degree in economics and Russian at Wake Forest University, served as a missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Russian Far East.
When I am not doing research or teaching, you can find me with my delightful family.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Economics, 2018
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
Dissertation Chairman: Dr. Randall Holcombe
Dissertation Title: Domestic Effects of Federal Regulation of Oil and Gas Industries
Master of Science, Economics, 2016
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
Bachelor of Arts, Economics and Russian, 2012
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
summa cum laude
Academic Employment
Kennesaw State University
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics, 2019 - current
Kennesaw, Georgia
The Sunwater Institute
Scholar (external), 2018 - current
North Bethesda, Maryland
Volunteer Service
Missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2009-2011
Russian Far East (Artyom, Khabarovsk, Nakhodka, Ussuriysk, Vladivostok, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk)
Awards, Honors, and Fellowships
Phi Beta Kappa
Delta of North Carolina at Wake Forest University, 2012
Omicron Delta Kappa
Florida State University, 2018
Charles E. Rockwood Award for Most Outstanding Teaching Assistant
Florida State University Department of Economics, 2016
Adam Smith Fellowship
Mercatus Center at George Mason University, 2016-17
Koch Doctoral Fellowship
Florida State University Department of Economics, 2014-18