NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Southern Economic Association has chosen Stephen G. Buckles, senior lecturer in economics at Vanderbilt University, as the recipient of the Kenneth G. Elzinga Distinguished Teaching Award for his outstanding contributions to economics education.
The award will be presented at the 76th Annual Meeting of the SEA, to take place Nov. 18-21 in Charleston, S.C.
Buckles, a Vanderbilt faculty member since 1994, is a past president of the National Council of Economics Education. He received his Ph.D. from Vanderbilt and previously taught at the University of Missouri, Columbia.
The award is named for Ken Elzinga, Robert C. Taylor Professor of Economics at the University of Virginia, who is widely recognized as one of the most accomplished, effective, and influential educators in the economics profession during a distinguished teaching and research career at the University of Virginia that has spanned over 35 years.
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