Dr. Jeffrey M. Wooldridge is a University Distinguished Professor of Economics at Michigan State University, where Jeff has taught since 1991. Jeff got his B.A. with majors in computer science and economics from the University of California, Berkeley, and received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, San Diego.

From 1986 to 1991, he served as an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Professor Wooldridge has published more than 70 articles in internationally recognized journals, as well as several chapters in well-respected books. Dr. Wooldridge’s work has earned numerous awards, including the Plura Scripsit award from Econometric Theory, the Sir Richard Stone prize from the Journal of Applied Econometrics, the Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, and three graduate teacher-of-the-year awards from MIT.