Jack Soper, Ph.D.

Professor of Economics
John J. Kahl, Sr. Chair in Entrepreneurship
Department of Economics and Finance

Ph.D. University of Massachusetts
M.A. University of Massachusetts
A.B. Tufts University

Dr. Jack Soper served as director of the Cleveland Center for Economic Education. He has taught at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, The University of Michigan, Central Michigan University, the University of Missouri-Columbia, and Northern Illinois University. He has also served as senior economist and program director for the Joint Council on Economic Education in New York, and as executive director of the Illinois Council on Economic Education.

He is the author of two books, over 50 articles in professional journals, and five national test instruments in economics and entrepreneurship. His publications have appeared in The Journal of Political Economy, The American Economic Review Papers & Proceedings, The Southern Economic Journal, The Journal of Economic Education, Business Economics, The Journal of Private Enterprise, and Managerial Finance, among others. He is the recipient of five national awards for excellence in the teaching of economics and private enterprise. In 1994-95, he received two national awards for excellence in research in economics and private enterprise education, awarded by the Association of Private Enterprise Education. In May 1995, he was elected Vice President of The Society of Economics Educators. He also served that organization as its President in 1996-97.


Email:jsoper@jcu.edu