Dr. Robert Tatum is the Cary Caperton Owen Distinguished Professor of Economics and Director of the University Honors Program at the University of North Carolina Asheville, a public liberal arts and sciences university. He earned his PhD in Economics from Indiana University in 2005 and has served on the UNC Asheville faculty since 2004.

Initially trained in international and development macroeconomics, Rob’s early research was supported in part by a 2007 U.S. Fulbright-Hays Award to Brazil. Over time, his scholarship has moved toward theology-informed economic policymaking, with work published in journals such as Faith and Economics, Journal of Markets & Morality, and Journal of Economics, Theology, and Religion.

Rob is the Chair of KLC’s Economics Research Hub. Along with KLC, he considers one of his intellectual homes to be the Cambridge-based Association for Christian Economics. His current research explores the theological and economic dimensions of globalization, inequality, and sustainable growth.