Dean of Business and McCallum Graduate School

Aaron joined Bentley in 2002 and has served in the Office of the Dean of Business since 2020 as associate, then senior associate dean of business. He previously served as the director of the Honors Program for six years and chair of the Economics Department for two years. His interests in both teaching and research revolve around macroeconomics, with a special emphasis on the role of monetary policy. Aaron co-advised Bentley's highly successful Fed Challenge academic competition team from 2008 to 2019. He regularly teaches macroeconomic theory and monetary economics courses, has three Innovation in Teaching awards, and a Lifetime Teaching Excellence award. His research has been published in journals such as Economic Inquiry, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Applied Economics and the Journal of Macroeconomics. Aaron is the founding editor of Fusio: The Bentley Undergraduate Research Journal. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and economics and master’s and Ph.D. in economics, all from the University of Oregon.