New academic publication strengthens the University’s intellectual community, supports faculty scholarship, and advances Northwood’s role as a leading voice in free enterprise, business, and the pursuit of truth.
Northwood University has launched the first edition of Emporos, a new academic publication designed to promote, share, and support faculty research while strengthening scholarly engagement across the university.
The inaugural volume, published in 2026, features faculty working papers, known as research notes, as well as edited transcripts of public lectures delivered at Northwood. Together, the pieces reflect Northwood’s commitment to rigorous inquiry, meaningful dialogue, and the ideas that advance free enterprise and human flourishing.
“Emporos is a deliberate effort to share work openly, invite scrutiny, and improve it through engagement,” said Dr. Gabriel Benzecry, editor of the first volume and the David E. Fry Professor of Free Market Economics at Northwood University. “This publication gives our academic community a new way to support research in development while contributing to conversations that matter far beyond campus.”
The first edition includes three lecture series entries and five research notes. The lecture series features contributions about political economy, poverty and inclusive growth, and the reforms entrepreneurs seek from today’s policymakers from Daniel J. Smith, Michael Tanner, and Don Gottwald, a Northwood alumnus and entrepreneur, investor, and corporate board member.
The research notes include work from Northwood faculty members Dr. Alex Tokarev, Dr. Dale Matcheck, Dr. David J. Bazzetta, Dr. Scott N. Warner, and Dr. Dale Moler. Their pieces address topics ranging from minimum wage policy and green jobs to whistleblowing, compassionate leadership in the classroom, and golf in postwar America.
Each piece reflects a broader goal of Emporos: to provide a forum where preliminary academic work can be circulated, discussed and strengthened before potential publication in external venues.
“This is exactly the kind of scholarly activity that strengthens Northwood’s academic culture,” said Northwood Economics Chair Dr. Dale Matcheck, who is an associate editor of Emporos. “Faculty research improves when it is read, discussed and challenged. Emporos creates a thoughtful space for that process while highlighting the intellectual life already present at Northwood.”
The publication also reinforces Northwood’s standing as America’s Free Enterprise University. As Northwood continues to advance its mission through teaching, research, public lectures and thought leadership, Emporos provides another platform for faculty and invited speakers to explore the principles of free enterprise, entrepreneurship, leadership and responsible citizenship.
The inaugural issue will circulate throughout the 2026-27 academic year and is intended to invite feedback from the broader Northwood academic community.
“Northwood is dedicated not only to preparing students for successful careers, but to engaging seriously with the ideas that shape business, society and human progress,” Benzecry said. “Emporos reflects that mission by bringing research, teaching and public dialogue together in one publication.”
