Professor of Economics & Director of the Center for Economic Information

Linwood Tauheed is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri – Kansas City, a member of the Graduate Faculty at the University of Missouri – Columbia, and the Director of the UMKC Center for Economic Information. He teaches courses in Institutional Economics, Political Economy of Race, Class, and Gender, Community Economic Development, History of Economic Thought, and a doctoral seminar in Interdisciplinary Research.

He holds an Interdisciplinary PhD in Economics and Social Sciences, an MA in Economics, and a BS in Computer Science/Mathematics (with Highest Academic Rank), all from the University of Missouri – Kansas City.

His primary research interests are in; 1) Economic Methodology where a major project involves the development of ‘Critical Institutionalism’, an interdisciplinary metatheoretical framework for modeling institutional change; 2) Community Economic Development, and 3) Analysis of Education.

He is a past president of the National Economic Association (NEA), which was founded in 1969 as the Caucus of Black Economists. The NEA celebrated its 50th anniversary during the year of his presidency (2000).

He is a past president of The Black Chamber of Commerce of Greater Kansas City and is a recipient of the Black Chamber’s “Small Businessman of the Year” award and the Alpha Phi Alpha “Entrepreneur of the Year” award.

He worked for 25 years as a software developer, including time as a software analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. From 1987-1997 he was founder and CEO of Computer Systems Engineering, a software development and systems integration firm.

He has participated in several Kansas City community economic development projects including the Mayor’s New Tools (WEdevelopment™) Task Force. He served as Vice-chair of the Mayor’s Economic Development and Incentives Task Force, and as Chief Economist for The Prospect Corridor Initiative. He also served as the Chief Administrative Officer for the Kansas City Missouri School District.

Linwood is the father of three, the grandfather of two, and has been a community activist in Kansas City for over 35 years.