Brian O’Roark received his Ph.D. in economics from George Mason University. He is the author of dozens of scholarly articles in areas such as public finance, the economics of information security, and economic education. He serves as an associate editor for the Journal of Economics Teaching, and is the editor of the Economics and Popular Culture Series for Routledge Press. In 2020, Brian will be a regular presenter at the Smithsonian Association in Washington, DC discussing economics and pop-culture. He has won the Mid-Atlantic Association of Colleges of Business Administration Innovative Teaching Award and a Best in Class Teaching Award from the National Economic Teaching Association. At Robert Morris University he has won the Undergraduate Teaching Innovation Award and the President’s Award for Outstanding Teaching. His first textbook, Essentials of Economics, is available from WW Norton Publishers, and his book, Why Superman Doesn't Take Over the World: What Superheroes Can Tell Us About Economics, is available on Amazon.