Nathaniel Neligh

Dr. Nathaniel Neligh is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Tennessee Knoxville. His research focuses on Experimental and Behavioral Economics, Micro Theory, Networks, Attention, and Memory. He teaches courses such as Intermediate Microeconomics, Economics of Strategy, and Advanced Microeconomic Theory.

Key research contributions include Experimental Tests of Rational Inattention (with Dean M.), exploring how cognitive limitations affect decision-making, and Rational Memory with Decay, modeling memory dynamics in economic contexts. He has published in top journals like the Journal of Political Economy and Journal of Economic Theory.

Awards include the Paul & Tammy Koonce Business Faculty Fellow (2024-2025). He actively serves as a reviewer for journals like the American Economic Review, Econometrica, and the Journal of Political Economy.

He leads the "Bayes vs Skinner" NSF-funded project on motivated learning under uncertainty and organizes the UTK Economics Summer Mini Seminar.