Mark C. Schug is Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee and former Director of the UW-Milwaukee Center for Economic Education. Professor Schug taught for 36 years at the middle school, high school, and university levels.  A widely recognized scholar, he has written and edited over 200 articles, books, and national curriculum materials.  He has been the guest co-editor of nine issues of Social Education, the flagship journal of the National Council for the Social Studies.  His latest books are Teaching Economics in Troubled times published by Routledge Press and co-edited with William C. Wood of James Madison University and Economic Episodes in American History published by Wohl Publishing and co-authored with William C. Wood.

Professor Schug earned a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota.  He has received national awards for leadership, service, and research in economic education, including the Governor’s Financial Literacy Award in 2011.  He serves on the board of the Business and Economics Academy of Milwaukee (BEAM).