Advisory Board Members
About Dennis S. Edwards, Ph.D.
Dennis Edwards, professor of economics, joined the Coastal Carolina University faculty in 2002. He earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Murray State University in 1995 and a master's degree and Ph.D. in economics from Louisiana State University in 1999 and 2002, respectively. Dr. Edwards is currently serving as the chair of the Department of Finance and Economics in the E. Craig Wall Sr. College of Business Administration. Prior to accepting the chair position, he served as interim chair and was a faculty member in the department. Edwards has taught at Louisiana State University, Centre College and Horry Georgetown Technical College, and his teaching interests include U.S. fiscal policy, the Richard Nixon and George W. Bush presidencies, economics and terrorism, and national security. In 2015, he published Principles of Macroeconomics: Theory and Policy, and he has research published in various academic journals and publications. He is a member of several professional associations and organizations and was a finalist for CCU’s Professor of the Year Award in 2012. His areas of expertise include presidential elections, the Electoral College, economics pedagogy, clusters and regional economies, and terrorism.
Contact Dennis Edwards
843-349-2130 | dsedward@coastal.edu