Dr. Josh Hendrickson is Professor and Chair of the Economics Department at the University of Mississippi and a Senior Fellow at the Bitcoin Policy Institute, AIER’s Sound Money Project, and the Mercatus Center. His research spans monetary theory, political economy, and Bitcoin’s role in modern monetary systems, with work published in leading journals such as the Journal of Money, Credit and Banking. Hendrickson also serves on the board of the Mississippi Council on Economic Education and is an active voice in policy discussions on sound money and digital assets.