Don Mathews, Ph.D.

Dr. Don Mathews is Director of the Reg Murphy Center for Economic and Policy Studies and Professor of Economics in the School of Business and Public Management at the College of Coastal Georgia. Dr. Mathews received his Ph.D. in Economics from Georgia State University, his MA in Economics from DePaul University, and his BA in Economics from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. He has been with the College of Coastal Georgia since 1993. Dr. Mathews has authored more than 30 published articles and essays. His work has appeared in both professional economics journals and general audience venues. He has also recently written four reports on the economy of the South Georgia Coast for the Reg Murphy Center. His current academic research is in the history of economic ideas. Dr. Mathews' first love is teaching. He regularly teaches International Economics, Macroeconomics, and the Economics of Work and Pay. In 1997 he was chosen Professor of the Year at the College of Coastal Georgia.