Biography & Professional Activities
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Biography
I was born 3/26/61 in a suburb of San Diego California. I
attended
school primarily in Texas and graduated from Mt. Pleasant High School
in
1979. I started my undergraduated education at the
University
of Texas at Arlington and finished my BA in
Economics at Western Kentucky University in 1983. From 1983-86
I pursued my Ph.D. in economics at George Mason
University in Fairfax Virginia and was able to benefit from working
at the Center for Study of Public Choice directed by 1986 Nobel Prize
winner James Buchanan. My close work there with leaders in the
field such as Robert Tollision, Mark Crain, and Bill Shughart along
with course work under Gordon Tullock, Kevin Grier, and others had a
huge impact on my development as an economist. I received my
Ph.D. in May 1986
and began as an Assistant Professor at WKU in the
fall of 1986 working up to appointment as Distinguished University
Professor in 2003. In December of 1987, I married Julia
Gary of Bowling Green, and together we have two wonderful daughters:
Merritt
(1992) and Dana (1996).
Contact Information
Department of Economics; Western Kentucky
University
Bowling Green, KY 42101; E-mail:
brian.goff@wku.edu
Phone: 270-745-3855; Fax:
270-745-3190