James Feigenbaum is a visiting professor for 2008-09 at the Huntsman School of
Business. He has been teaching at the University of Pittsburgh since 2003 teaching
classes on macroeconomics and mathematical methods for economic analysis. He has dual
majors at the bachelor's, master's and doctorate levels in economics and
physics, most recently completing his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Iowa in
2003. His research revolves around understanding the observed hump in lifecycle profiles
of household consumption.