Jordan Lofthouse is the associate program director of Academic & Student Programs at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. He is also a senior fellow with the Mercatus Center's F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, as well as a senior research fellow.

Lofthouse received a Ph.D. in economics from George Mason University in 2020. His research interests include environmental economics, Native American economic development, entrepreneurship and disaster recovery.