M. Scott Niederjohn is a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute, and Professor of Economics and Director of the Free Enterprise Center at Concordia University Wisconsin. Scott is a widely known scholar in the areas of economic education and public policy analysis. He has published more than one hundred journal articles, book chapters, monographs, reports and curriculur materials. Scott is also the co-author of three books: Economic Episodes in American History, Second Edition (Wohl Publishing), Economic Episodes in Civics and American Government (Wohl Publishing), and Teachers Can Be Financially Fit: Economists' Advice for Educators (Springer).
Scott received the Wisconsin Governor’s Financial Literacy Award in 2011, 2012, 2015 and 2018. During the fall of 2013, he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to teach at the University of Luxembourg. He serves on the board of the Association of Private Enterprise Education (APEE) and is a fellow of the Badger Institute.
Scott earned undergraduate and master’s degrees from Marquette University and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. He is married to Stephanie and they have four children. They reside in Wauwatosa, WI.
