Timothy A. Canova

Timothy A. Canova is a Professor of Law and Public Finance at Nova Southeastern University's Shepard Broad College of Law. His expertise bridges legal scholarship, economic policy, and public finance, with a focus on systemic financial risks and regulatory frameworks.

• Education: J.D., cum laude, Georgetown University Law Center (1988); A.B., Franklin & Marshall College; Master’s diploma in graduate legal studies, University of Stockholm (Swedish Institute Visiting Scholar).

Canova's research explores intersections of law, economics, and history, emphasizing critiques of financial deregulation, central banking, and campaign finance reform. His work has been published in leading journals such as the Harvard Law & Policy Review and UC Davis Law Review, and he actively engages in public policy debates, including testimony before the U.S. Civil Rights Commission on voter disenfranchisement in Florida.

His most recent scholarship analyzes global austerity, central bank independence, and pandemic-related economic policies. Collaborations include working with Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz and other prominent economists on Federal Reserve reform.

• Scientific awards include the Betty Hutton Williams Professorship and appointment to Senator Bernie Sanders’ Federal Reserve Reform Advisory Committee.
• Professional affiliations span teaching roles at Chapman University, University of New Mexico, University of Miami, and University of Arizona.

Canova's advocacy extends beyond academia, notably through a landmark 2016 congressional campaign challenging Democratic National Committee leadership, highlighting issues of electoral integrity and campaign finance transparency.