Robert Tollison - Professional Life

Professional Life

Tollison's first academic position as a Ph.D. was at Cornell University, where he would teach from 1969 until 1973. He then took a job at Texas A&M University where he became the economics department head after a little more than a year. He held this position with Texas A&M until 1977 when, after having spent a year as a visiting professor at the University of Miami's law school, Tollison accepted a new post at Virginia Tech as professor in that school's economics department. Tollison left VT in 1981 to work in various roles with the Federal Trade Commission until 1983.

After leaving the FTC, Tollison returned to academia, eventually teaching at Clemson University, George Mason University, the University of Mississippi, Arizona State University, and Florida State University. He is currently on the editorial boards for the Journal of Sports Economics, Constitutional Political Economy, and Public Choice. He is on the board of advisors for the Independent Institute.

He is currently Professor of Economics and BB&T Senior Fellow at Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina.