Background
Schansberg was born in Louisville, Kentucky.
Schansberg was born in Louisville, Kentucky.
He also lived in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, in Malone, New York, and in Fairfax, Virginia, where he attended Chantilly High School and graduated from Robinson Secondary School. He attended George Mason University and graduated in 1986 with a Bachelor in Mathematics and a Bachelor of Science in Economics. He went to Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University and in 1991 earned a Doctor of Philosophy in economics.
Working his way through school, he held jobs at McDonald"s and Safeway. His dissertation was on congressional labor markets, focusing on the determinants of congressional tenure and term limits. After teaching as a visiting professor at Texas Agricultural and Mechanical in 1991-1992, Schansberg returned to Louisville to teach economics at Indiana University Southeast in New Albany, Indiana.
They have four boys – two by adoption and two by pregnancy.
Schansberg was promoted to associate professor in 1997, earned tenure in 1998, and was promoted to professor in 2000. He was also Distinguished Visiting Professor at The King"s College (New York) in New York City in 2005-2006.
He also wrote a layperson"s commentary on the book of Joshua, Inheriting the Promised Land. Along with Kurt Sauder, the Men"s Minister at Southeast Christian Church, he has written a 21-month discipleship curriculum entitled ""Thoroughly Equipped"".
Schansberg administers "District of Columbia" at Southeast to develop lay–leaders and promote making disciple-makers.
Schansberg has taught more than 40 books of the Bible in expository Bible studies since 1991 and led Abundant Life, a Sunday School class at Southeast, from 2000–2008. In April 2008, he was the Libertarian nominee for Congress a second time, winning 3.8% of the vote.
He is also the author or co-author of academic articles for journals such as Regulation, Economics and Politics, Public Choice, Economic Inquiry, Social Science Quarterly, Markets and Morality, and Public Finance Review. In both races, Schansberg emphasized fiscal conservatism, bringing troops home from Iraq, reducing or eliminating payroll taxes, reforming Social Security, and eliminating subsidies for corporations and Planned Parenthood.
He has been a member of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee, and coordinator of Economics, Finance and Statistics within the School of Business.