Professor Gale L. Pooley teaches U.S. economic history at Utah Tech University. He has taught economics and statistics at Alfaisal University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Brigham Young University‐​Idaho, Boise State University, and the College of Idaho.

Dr. Pooley earned his BBA in Economics at Boise State University. He did graduate work at Montana State University and completed his PhD at the University of Idaho. His dissertation topic was on the Knowledge Acquisition Preferences of the CEOs of the Inc. 500.