Charity-Joy Acchiardo
Senior Lecturer — Ph.D., George Mason University
Contact
- E-mail: joyofecon@utexas.edu
- Office: TBD
- Office Hours: TBD
- Campus Mail Code: C3100
Biography
Charity-Joy Acchiardo is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of Texas at Austin. She also serves as the Executive Director of the Journal of Economics Teaching. Her work in economic education is multifaceted and includes: Dystopia and Economics: A Guide to Surviving Everything from the Apocalypse to Zombies; “Dismal Dating” a student’s guide to romance using the economic way of thinking; a compilation of entries from Humans of New York that serves as a springboard for economic inquiry; her websites econkahoots.com and econshark.com and many other resources dedicated to making the economics classroom more engaging. Dr. Acchiardo's passion is sharing her joy about economics with others, and she is a frequent speaker, both domestically and internationally, at workshops for educators and students.
