John Kruggel, MA

Kruggel was named director of the James Madison University Center for Economic Education in July 2022. In 2024, the center was honored with the Albert Beekhuis Award for outstanding performance and excellence by the national Council for Economic Education.

Kruggel was associate director of the program from 2018-2022, when he also served as a master teacher for the national Council for Economic Education.

Kruggel served on the National Advisory Committee for the Council for Economic Education in fall 2023 and on the Executive Committee for the National Association of Economic Educators (NAEE) in fall 2022. In 2023 he was honored with the NAEE Rising Star Award.

He has a master's degree in economics from the University of Delaware and a bachelor's degree in secondary education and teaching from Purdue University.