Dr. McFall is in his second stint with the department, as he was part of the faculty from 2004-2006, and he re-joined the department beginning in 2010. He earned a Ph.D. from North Carolina State University in 2005, where he received a department-level award for his dissertation and a university-level award for his teaching. From 2006-2010, Dr. McFall worked for consulting firms in New York City and College Station, TX, where he advised clients on the economic implications of their legal matters, including one dispute that was heard by the US Supreme Court. Dr. McFall researches household education decisions, the regulation of technology, and the economics of sports.