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Richard Mueller is a professor in the Department of Economics and Academic Director of the Lethbridge Research Data Centre. Dr. Mueller holds a B.A. (Honours) and an M.A. from the University of Calgary, and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. He began his career at the University of Maine before joining the University of Lethbridge in 2000. He was seconded to Statistics Canada from 2009 through 2011 and was chair of the Department of Economics between 2014 and 2018. Dr. Mueller has a wide range of interests related to education and labour market policy and has taught and given presentations in Europe, Asia, the U.S., Australia, the Middle East, and Latin America. His research has been published in various economics, Canadian Studies and higher education journals, several edited volumes and reports, and highlighted by a number of media outlets.