He has been a member of the Department of Economics since 2002. His fields of expertise are Time Series Econometrics, Monetary Economics, and Industrial Organization.

Dr. Potts teaches classes in Principles of Macroeconomics, Principles of Microeconomics, the Economics of Sports, Monetary Economics, Industrial Organization, Macroeconomic Analysis, and Managerial Economics. He has been published in the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, the Atlantic Economic Journal, the New York Economic Review, and the Southwestern Journal of Economics, among others. Dr. Potts serves his department, college, and University by chairing both the department and college-wide Outcomes Assessment Committees and by serving on the University-Wide Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. He is also a member of the University Senate and the College of Humanities and Social Sciences Research Committee.