Josh Dalton

Josh Dalton is an economics educator with more than twenty years of experience across myriad contexts. Though he considers Tucson, AZ his hometown, he and his family currently live in Knoxville, TN where he is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Economics Department at the University of Tennessee.

His research focuses on the way economics is taught and assessed at the collegiate level, with a particular eye toward the economics gender gap and the time allocation of academic economists. Beyond this work he has interests in music, film, literature, and running.

Leading with Logic, How Cadence Connected Economics to the Real World 

For many high school students, economics is something found in a 900-page textbook. It is often seen as a series…

From Curiosity to Calling, Discovering Economics Online

April 21, 2026 When Maya Clark logged into her Economics for Leaders virtual program, she was curious.  By the end of the…

High Schoolers Need Economics, Not Just ‘Financial Literacy’

The Daily Signal April 20, 2026 By Jamie Wagner April is National Financial Literacy Month, when the federal government and…