"Public Choice and the Modern Welfare State, On the Growth of Government in the Twentieth Century." William Shughart, Laura Razzolini, and Michael Reksulak, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2012 (expected).
with Roger Congleton, Alberto Batinti, Youngshin Kim, Rinaldo Pietrantonio
Alma College’s membership in Phi Beta Kappa is an indication of excellence within the liberal arts. Only 10 percent of colleges and universities in the United States share this distinction. The Phi Beta Kappa Society is the nation’s oldest and most prestigious undergraduate honors organization.
Austin Mitchell
Graduation: 2007
Major: Elementary Education
Having long admired his mother’s work as an elementary teacher, it’s no wonder Austin Mitchell ’07 followed in her footsteps.
The fourth-grade math teacher recently was selected as one of 1,100 teachers across the nation to receive surprise donations of school supplies from Office Max and Food Lion Grocery Stores.
Nominated by the principal of his Virginia elementary school for “going beyond the call of duty,” Mitchell says the education faculty members at Alma College, including Peggy Thelen, Janet Navarro and Mark Seals, are a big part of the teacher he is today.
