Brandon J. Sheridan

I am an Associate Professor of Economics in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business at Elon University.

My research spans two parallel tracks. One track explores the intersection of economic growth and international trade, including export margins. I’m keen to understand the heterogeneity in these relationships. For example, in a recent paper we find that increasing export growth leads to an increase in the probability that a country experience a significant acceleration in their economic growth rate, with low-income countries having thhe largest increase in this probability.

My other research track is in economics education. As a professor, I always strive to improve the learning experience for my students. As an economist, I think we have a great toolkit to help us address some of these issues and add to the evidence of what does and does not in the classroom. To that end, I am part of the leadership team for the relatively new Economic Education Network for Experiments. Check it out! We’d love to have you join us!

I currently serve as a CATL Pedagogy Fellow at Elon (2025–2027), where I’m focused on how AI is changing our teaching practice and how students learn.

Outside of academia, I occasionally write about economics at Economics BS on Substack.