Educational Background: Ph.D. University of Massachusetts- Amherst (1999), M.A and B.A. University of Manitoba, Canada

Recent Research:  Professor Kristjanson-Gural's recent publications provide an alternative interpretation of how demand conditions are integrated into Marxian theories of values and prices; how money acts to express the value of commodities in a labor-value framework, and how Marx's dialectical methodology allows new contingencies to be incorporated into the labor value analysis.  His work is published in Rethinking Marxism, Research in Political Economy, Historical Materialism and Marx, Engels, Marximus Forshung.

Recent Activities:  Professor Kristjanson-Gural is currently Senior Fellow of the Social Justice College at Bucknell as well as editor of Spilling Ink (www.spillingink.net) which features popular writing in support of social justice.

Classes Offered:  ECON 358, Marxian Economics;  ECON 258, Intermediate Political Economy, ECON 280, Political Economy of Media and Advertising; CAPS 407, Classical Marxism, ECON 103, Principles in Economics; FOUN 091, Change the World.