Professor Ron Cronovich was a member of the University of Nevada-Las Vegas economics faculty from 1994 to 2008, and a three-time selection as the outstanding teacher of the year in UNLV's college of business. He earned a B.A. in economic theory from American University in 1988, and earned a master's degree and Ph.D. in economics from the University of Michigan. He joined the Carthage faculty in 2008.