Office:
105A Business Building
Murray, KY 42071

E-mail:
jim.mccoy@murraystate.edu

Phone: (270)809-3444

Fax: (270)809-3565

Dr. McCoy received his B.A. in Economics in 1978 from Xavier University and his Ph.D. in International Economics and Economic Development in 1986 from the University of North Carolina. He has presented and published numerous papers involving economic impact statements, international firm location decisions, and economic education issues, in both national and international journals. Dr. McCoy has also directed and worked on several state and federal grants. He has been both a Murray State Presidential Research Fellow and recipient of the Murray State Board of Regents Award for Teaching Excellence.

In addition to Associate Provost for Research, Innovation, and Global Affairs and Distinguished Professor of Economics, Dr. McCoy has served in several other administrative roles at Murray State University. He is currently the Director of the Center for International Business Education and the Executive Director of the Bureau of Business and Economic Research. He also served as the collegiate AACSB coordinator, the Academic Director of the Telecommunications Systems Management Program in the College of Business and Public Affairs, and the Executive Director of the On-line Business and Telecommunications Systems Management Programs.

Dr. McCoy’s international experience includes teaching International Trade and Finance, International Business, Economic Development, and International Economic Relations on the undergraduate as well as graduate level in a variety of countries including Belize, Finland, Jamaica (as a Fulbright Scholar), Austria, Hong Kong, Australia, Poland, and Cyprus.