Levi Russell
Associate Teaching Professor, Brandmeyer Center for Applied Economics
University of Kansas
Levi A. Russell is associate teaching professor in the School of Business at the University of Kansas and an academic affiliate of the International Center for Law & Economics.
His research focuses on political economy, public choice, risk, and applied economics, including energy finance and the economic implications of social institutions.
Russell previously served as the Gwartney Institute Professor of Economic Education and Research at Ottawa University. Before that, he was assistant professor and extension economist at Texas A&M University and assistant professor and extension livestock economist at the University of Georgia. Earlier, he worked as a graduate research assistant at Kansas State University.
He also serves as chairman and fellow in economics at the Leonine Institute for Catholic Social Teaching.
He earned a Ph.D. in economics and a bachelor’s from Kansas State University.
