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2026 FMI Ph.D. Fellow Graduates

The Free Market Institute celebrates the graduation of two FMI Ph.D. Fellows, João Pedro Bastos and Adam Swisher, who earned their doctoral degrees in Agricultural and Applied Economics from the Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources at Texas Tech University in May 2026. Both have accepted tenure-track faculty positions in economics beginning in the fall.

Dr. JP Bastos
João Pedro Bastos will join the
University of Austin as Assistant
Professor of Economics in the
Center for Economics, Politics,
and History.

Dr. Adam Swisher
Adam Swisher will join the Florida
Southern College Barney Barnett
School of Business and Free
Enterprise
as Assistant Professor
of Economics.

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