“Class Act of 2004,” honored by Money Magazine for work on auto lending discrimination, January 2005

Moskowitz Prize Honorable Mention for outstanding research in the field of socially responsible investing, 2004

Dean’s Award for Research Productivity, Owen Graduate School, 2003

Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence, Owen Graduate School, 1994 and 2001

Invited Speaker, Kennedy-Owen Economics Symposium, University of the South, October 1996 (lectures on law and economics of the environment and tort law)

Alternate Faculty, Richard D. Irwin/Beta Gamma Sigma National Seminar, Oct. 1991

Cash award for work on Fuel Economy Advertising Guidelines, FTC (1985)

William Larimer Mellon Ph.D. Fellowship (1980-83)

Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society (1992)

National Political Science Honor Society (1978)

 

Justin Potter Professor of American Competitive Enterprise, Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University
 

Visiting and Honorary Professor, Department of Economics, University of York, UK, 2007-2009; Visiting Professor of Criminal Justice Economics, Centre for Criminal Justice Economics and Psychology, University of York, UK, 2001-2006

 

Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University, 2006-date

Senior Fellow and Member of Executive Committee, Center for the Americas, Vanderbilt University, 2005-2008

 

Senior Associate Dean, Owen Graduate School, Vanderbilt University, 2003-2005

 

Co-Director, Vanderbilt Center for Environmental Management Studies, 1993-date

 

Scholar in Residence, Centre for Advanced Studies, Norwegian Academy of Sciences, Oslo, Norway, 1994

 

Senior Fellow, Center for Crime and Justice Policy, Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies, Vanderbilt University, 1993-1996

 

Senior Research Economist, U.S. Sentencing Commission, Washington, D.C. 1986

 

Economist, Division of Consumer Protection, Bureau of Economics, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D.C., 1984-1985

 

Economist, Economic Analysis Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., 1978-1980

 

Research Assistant, Public Affairs Division, Office of Revenue Sharing, U.S. Department of Treasury, Washington, D.C., 1977-1978

 

Research Assistant, Office of the Secretary of the Treasury, U.S. Department of Treasury, Washington, D.C., 1976-1977

 

Staff Assistant, U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs, Washington, D.C., 1975