Kenneth G. Elzinga is the Robert C. Taylor Chair in Economics at the University of Virginia. He was the first recipient of the Cavaliers’ Distinguished Teaching Professorship at the University, a recipient of the Alumni Association’s Distinguished Professor Award, the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Outstanding Faculty Award, as well as awards in education from the Kenan and Templeton foundations. In 1992, he was given the Thomas Jefferson Award, the highest honor the University of Virginia accords its faculty. 

Mr. Elzinga’s major research interest is antitrust economics, especially pricing strategy and market definition. He has been an economics consultant on several precedent-setting antitrust cases, including three that were decided by the Supreme Court: Matsushita, Brooke Group, and Leegin. The author of more than a hundred and ten academic publications, he is also known for three mystery novels, co-authored with William Breit (under the pen name Marshall Jevons) where the protagonist employs economic analysis to solve the crime. The novels have been used in classrooms across the country to illustrate introductory economic principles, and have been translated into seven languages.