David Shelton was the first Dean of the Joseph M. Bryan School of Business and Economics, serving from its founding in 1969 until 1983. Prior to his appointment as Dean, Shelton was a Professor in the Department of Economics and Business Administration, beginning in 1965 and then serving as the department head in 1967. A […]

The first course in economics at UNCG was offered in 1912 under the newly renamed Department of History and Economics. In 1917, the economics portion of the department was merged with sociology to create the Department of Sociology and Economics. When the Department of Social Sciences was introduced in 1924, economics was taught as a […]