Personal

I live in Ann Arbor, Michigan along with my lovely and talented wife, Jenna (who by the way has just completed a fabulous book called The Robust Federation), our two sons Orrie and Cooper, and a 12 year old Great Pyrenees, Zozobra. Prior to becoming parents, Jenna and I led a relaxed, diverse life. I was an avid basketball player. Jenna rode horses. We owned acreage and raised cattle (nine!), surfed (not on the farm), hiked, did yoga, swam, took road trips, cooked, ate at nice restaurants, snorkeled, saw movies, went to concerts, and read fiction without pictures.

Now that I am a father, my life has changed. When not making designer eyegwear from Lego (see right), riding bikes, losing to my sons at Bas-Ket and mancala, eeking out victories at table hockey, making swords and bows and arrows out of found sticks, walking the dog, or mowing the lawn, I can be found either in the kitchen (cutting apples and cheese in the shape of swords and pick up trucks while making green chile mango chicken enchiladas) or down in the basement on my Concept II rower, on which I have yet to break the 37 minute barrier for 10K (but I'm close)

Early in the morning, I can be seen either walking my dog or chipping a little white ball back and forth over the greens of local golf courses. I'm doing my best to amass skills for my likely 2015 acceptance as a member at Radrick Farms Golf Course. In the afternoons, I can often be found coaching children's sports. After what could only be called a spectacular debut as an assistant T-ball coach (Go Red Hawks!), I have coached kindergarten soccer and K-1 basketball at the YMCA. In the evenings, I can be found sitting at the knee of my younger son Cooper learning "facts" about dinosaurs. (did you know that T Rex's arms were too short to reach their mouths?) or grading Orrie's self created math homeworks (apples fall close to trees).

These familiy activities provide a welcome respite from administrative duties at the University, which include having to attend meetings to decide when to have meetings. At these meetings, the powers that be attempt to shorten my lifespan with trans fat laden foods.


Is This The Scott Page I Know?

Scott Page is a common name, so you might be wondering if I am the Scott Page that you know or used to know. Other Scott Page's lead fascinating fulfilling lives as well. One was a producer of Wheel of Fortune!

This Scott Page grew up in Yankee Springs, Michigan on Gun Lake, and used to pump gas and dip ice cream cones at Page's Resort. This Scott Page used to have really big hair, so big in fact that during his fourth grade picture session the photographer found a six inch stick caught in his 'fro from recess. This Scott Page attended Middleville-Thornapple Kellogg High School played basketball, sang poorly in musicals, wrote for the school paper (only to get punished for an unfortunate cartoon regarding the school administration), and got rid of the politically offensive "slave day" only to see it resurrected a year later.

This Scott Page was an undergrad at Michigan, majored in math, led walking tours, and was elected MSA president. This Scott Page taught math at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, dressed as a box of Junior Mints for Madison's annual Halloween party, helped unionize the teaching assistants and failed to win an intramural basketball championship. This Scott Page taught statistics and decision theory at Kellogg Graduate School of Management, finally won an intramural basketball championship (though not it the open division), and appeared on late night "you too can be a volunteer for Chicago public schools commercials".

This Scott Page taught at Caltech dominated the undergrads at basketball (for the most part), and avoided being the victim of any demeaning stacks. Though he did participate in more than a few. This Scott Page also gave those half serious talks on the economic impact of the Tournament of Roses. And finally, prior to coming to Michigan, this Scott Page taught game theory courses at the University of Iowa.

Education:

BA Mathematics University of Michigan,1985.

MA Mathematics University of Wisconsin, 1988.

MS Business, J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, 1990

PHD Managerial Economics & Decisions Sciences, J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University1993.

Advisor: Stan Reiter
Committee: Roger Myerson, Mark Satterthwaite, and Matthew Jackson.

Employment History

California Institute of Technology:
Assistant professor of economics 1993-1997

University of California - Los Angeles:
Visiting professor of economics 1995

University of Iowa:
Associate professor of economics 1997-1999

University of Michigan:
Associate professor of complex systems, political science, and economics 200-2003.

Santa Fe Institute
External Faculty 1999-2005, 2006 - Present