Paul is pursuing a Ph.D. in Economics at Colorado State University with research interests in the history of economic thought, economic anthropology and economic development. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Philosophy from Westminster University in Salt Lake City. There he worked as research assistant to Dr. Michael Popich in the Philosophy Department studying the epistemology of social sciences and developed several of the interests he is currently pursuing. Studying under doctors John Watkins and Georgiana Donavan he also discovered his passion for teaching as an assistant in Economics and Classical Latin Literature courses. After graduating he worked in electoral politics, outdoor behavioral health and as a highschool mathematics teacher at Colorado Timberline Academy. Now, he continues to enjoy teaching now as a graduate assistant in undergraduate Micro and Macro principles courses.