Thomas Shahan Ulen is an American law and economics professor, currently serving as Swanlund Chair Emeritus at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC).
Tom Ulen studied at Dartmouth College, obtaining a Bachelor of Arts in 1968.
After serving in the Peace Corps for two years, he returned to school, receiving a postgraduate degree (Master of Arts) from Oxford University in 1972.
He also holds positions at the UIUC's Department of Economics and at the Institute for Government and Public Affairs.
He is considered one of the greatest minds in his field: "Tom Ulen is one of the great pioneers of law and economics.