The Visiting Scholar program brings to Furman's campus an economist with notable research achievements in an area of interest to faculty and students.

He or she presents a research seminar to our economics students and professors and lectures in selected classes. Most importantly, the Visiting Scholar reads and critiques the work of our Hollingsworth Undergraduate Research Fellows, who have been working on research projects throughout the previous summer.

This year we are pleased to announce Dr. William Levernier of Georgia Southern University will be our Visiting Scholar.

William Levernier is a Professor of Economics. He earned his Ph.D. in economics from West Virginia University in 1988, his M.A. in economics from the University of Tennessee in 1981, and his BBA in economics from Gonzaga University in 1978. He has been at Georgia Southern since 1989.

His current research focuses on poverty, income inequality, employment fluctuations, sports economics, and sabermetrics. His research has been published in Academy of Information and Management Sciences Journal, Atlantic Economic Journal, Contemporary Economic Policy, Eastern Economic Journal, Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports, Journal of Regional Science, Journal of Urban Economics, Public Choice, The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, The Review of Regional Studies, Social Science Quarterly, Southern Economic Journal, and Urban Studies. He serves on the Editorial Board of International Journal of Information and Operations Management Education and The Review of Regional Studies. Professor Levernier is a member of the American Economic Association, the Southern Economic Association, the Southern Regional Science Association, and the Society for American Baseball Research.