James Kenneth Galbraith
Galbraith@mail.utexas.edu
Current Position: Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr. Chair
in Government/ Business Relations, Lyndon B. Johnson School
of Public Affairs, and Professor, Department of Government,
The University of Texas at Austin.
Experience: Chair, LBJ School Budget Council, 2002-2004.
Director, Ph.D. program in Public Policy, 1995-1997; Professor,
LBJ School of Public Affairs, 1990-2002, Associate Professor,
1986 - 1990; Visiting Associate 1985-86.
Visiting Scholar, The Brookings Institution, 1985.
Executive Director, Joint Economic Committee, Congress of
the United States, 1981 - 1982; Deputy Director, 1983 - 1984.
Economist, Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs,
United States House of Representatives, 1975-76 and 1977-80.
Visiting Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of
Maryland, 1979-1980.
Teaching Fields: Macroeconomics; Inequality;
Economic Development; Social Science Research Paradigms; History
of Economic Thought; Microeconomic Policy Analysis.
Research Fields: Inequality; Macroeconomic
policy; Comparative economic and development policy;
Economics of Peace and Security.
Degrees:
Ph.D., Yale University, May 1981
M. Phil., Yale University, May 1978
M.A., Yale University, December 1977
A.B., Magna Cum Laude, Harvard University, June 1974.
Awards:
Carnegie Scholars Program, 2003-2004.
Fulbright Distinguished Lecturer, China, Summer 2001.
Marshall Scholar, King's College, University of Cambridge,
England, 1974-75.
Texas Excellence in Teaching Award, 1990.
Outside Affiliations: Senior Scholar, Levy
Economics Institute; Chair, Board of Directors, Economists for Peace
and Security; Honoray Vice President, Americans for Democratic
Action. Nonresident Fellow, Center for Global Development. Associate
Member, Cambridge Center for Economic and Public Policy, University
of Cambridge.
