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Jordan Hillman has served as a Lecturer in Economics at Metropolitan State University of Denver since Fall 2025. At MSU Denver, he has taught Business and Economic Forecasting online, Econometrics, and Principles of Microeconomics. He brings more than eight years of teaching experience since completing his master’s degree.Over the course of his career, Hillman has taught in a wide range of educational settings, from working with young learners in Vietnam to supporting graduate instruction in Texas and teaching economics at MSU Denver. These varied experiences have shaped his conviction that effective teaching begins with genuine care for students and a deep commitment to the subject matter. He has found that students learn best when they know their instructor is invested not only in the content of the course, but also in their intellectual growth, effort, and long-term success.
His teaching philosophy is rooted in the belief that economics is most meaningful when students can connect theory to the choices, constraints, institutions, and policy questions that shape everyday life.
Degree
PhD in Agricultural and Applied Economics
Texas Tech University
MBA
Loyola University New Orleans
BA in Economics
Loyola University New Orleans
Published Works
- Hillman, D. J. . Did Unilateral No-Fault Divorce Laws Raise Divorce Rates?. Contemporary Economic Policy.
- Hillman, J., E. Block, W. (2014). Poker and gambling: a positive competitive game. Competitiveness Review, 24(5), 433-443. https://doi.org/10.1108/cr-07-2013-0065.
Research Interests
Law and economics; institutional economics; family economics; economic history; political economy
Teaching Interests
Econometrics; Business and Economic Forecasting; Law and Economic; Labor Economics; Industrial Organization and Public Policy; U.S. Economic History