ACADEMICS

Faculty

Dr. Kurt Rotthoff-Economics Professor
Kurt Rotthoff is an Assistant Professor at Seton Hall University, which is located in South Orange, NJ (20 kilometers from New York City).  Dr. Rotthoff teaches Money & Banking and Sport Finance to undergraduate students. He teaches Economic and Finance Principles and Sports Finance to MBA students. He holds a B.S. from Westminster College (PA), and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Clemson University (SC) .  His research interests include Financial Economics, and Financial Markets; he has a special interest in Market Efficiency, Tournament Theory and Sport Finance.   His paper entitled "Could Affirmative Action be Efficient in Higher Education?" appeared in the June 2008 issue of Economics Letters and "The Impact of a Professional Sports Franchise on County Employment and Wages" appeared in the November 2009 issue of the International Journal of Sports Finance. Kurt has been involved with AIPES both as a Teaching Assistant and as a Faculty Member.

Dr. Roger Pilon- Government Professor
Roger Pilon is vice president for legal affairs at the Cato Institute where he holds the B. Kenneth Simon Chair in Constitutional Studies. He is the founder and director of Cato's Center for Constitutional Studies and the publisher of the Cato Supreme Court Review. He is also an adjunct professor of government at Georgetown University through The Fund for American Studies. Pilon’s writings have appeared in the nation’s major media and he is a frequent guest on radio and TV. He lectures and debates at universities and law schools across the country and testifies often before Congress. Prior to joining Cato he held five senior posts in the Reagan administration, including at State and Justice. He has taught philosophy and law and was a national fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution. Pilon holds a B.A. from Columbia University, an M.A. and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, and a J.D. from the George Washington University School of Law. In 1989 the Bicentennial Commission presented him with the Benjamin Franklin Award for excellence in writing on the U.S. Constitution. In 2001 Columbia University's School of General Studies awarded him its Alumni Medal of Distinction.