Kevin Kuruc is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics and a Research Fellow at the Population Wellbeing Initiative at the University of Texas. He joined Middlebury College in 2025, after spending three years at the University of Texas (as a Research Fellow) and the University of Oklahoma (as an Assistant Professor). He completed his PhD at the University of Texas in 2019 and spent time at the International Monetary Fund during graduate school. 

Kevin’s research interests are in macroeconomics — specifically growth and development — as well as agricultural and environmental economics. His recent projects focus on the interaction of demographic change, technological progress, and sustainability issues. He is also interested in animal welfare and in understanding how insights from economics can be used to improve the lives of animals.