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Bradley K. Hobbs, Ph.D.
Florida Gulf Coast University
Office: 10501 FGCU Boulevard South, Fort Myers, FL 33965-6565
University Office: (239) 590-7162
Home: 18131 Parkridge Court, Fort Myers, FL 33908-4664
Home: (239) 437-6017
Cell: (239) 218-3615
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
Education:
Ph.D., Economics, Florida State University
Conferred in December 1991
Fields of Specialization:
International Trade and Finance, Labor Economics, History of Economic Thought
Dissertation Topic "An Hedonic Price Model of Nursing Homes in the State of Florida"
Master of Science in Economics, Florida State University, 1987
Bachelor of Arts in History, Florida State University, 1983
(Emphasis in Latin American History)
Academic and Research Appointments:
Clemson University
Hayek Visiting Scholar at the Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism
Academic Year 2012-2013 (August 15, 2012 - May 15, 2013)
Florida Gulf Coast University
4) BB&T Distinguished Professor of Free Enterprise, 2009 - present
3) Full Professor of Finance & Economics, 2007 - 2008
2) Associate Professor of Finance & Economics, 2002 – 2007
1) Hired as: Associate Professor of Economics with Joint Appointment in the
College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Business, 1997 - 2002
I filled the first position in Economics at Florida Gulf Coast University in a Joint-
Appointment between the College of Business and the College of Arts and Sciences.
This included being responsible for developing new interdisciplinary courses in the social
sciences: Issues in Politics and Economics (Fall 1997) and The Senior Seminar in the
Social Sciences (Spring 1999). Furthermore, I was responsible for teaching undergraduate
courses within the field of Economics for both the College of Business and the College of
Arts and Sciences.
Beginning in August of 1999 my teaching assignment was moved, in its entirety, to the
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Department of Finance in the College of Business. Responsible for teaching
undergraduate courses within the field of Finance: Financial Management (Intermediate
Corporate Finance), Capital and Money Markets (undergraduate), Capital and Money
Markets (graduate.) Ongoing economics assignments include: Intermediate Price Theory,
Economics of Strategy (Executive MBA) and Foundations of Economics (Regular MBA).
Joint Appointment dropped by Florida Gulf Coast University in Academic Year 2002-
2003 – assigned solely to the College of Business. In 2005 the Economics Department
moved from the College of Arts and Sciences to the College of Business. Primary
teaching assignments switched to: Intermediate Price Theory, Money and Capital
Markets, and Economics of Strategy (Executive MBA) and Foundations of Economics
(MBA).
I was promoted to full professor in the Finance Department. In the fall of 2009 I was
named the BB&T Distinguished Professor of Free Enterprise and my position was
moved to the Economics and Finance Department. Duties include: managing the BB&T
Free Enterprise Speaker Series (fall and spring lectures), community activities promoting
free enterprise, administering grants, coordinating and managing employees, and teaching
ECP 3009 – Moral Foundations & Capitalism at least once each academic year.
Founding Faculty Advisor of Journal of Liberty and Society (a research journal designed
for undergraduate students.) 2009 – 2012.
FGCU Teaching Record:
Undergraduate Finance and Business Courses
Intermediate Corporate Finance
Business Finance (Introductory Corporate Finance)
Money and Capital Markets
Organizational Behavior (Copenhagen Business School)
Undergraduate Economics Courses
Survey of Economics (introductory for non-majors)
Principles of Macroeconomics
Principles of Microeconomics
Intermediate Price Theory
Managerial Economics
International Trade and Finance
Adam Smith (Directed Individual Study)
History of Economic Thought (Clemson University)
Interdisciplinary Courses
The Moral Foundations of Capitalism (BB&T Professorship Course)
Spontaneous Order: Taxis & Cosmos (Honor’s Seminar)
Issues in Economics and Politics
Across the Great Divide – A summer travel course on and in the American West
Masters of Business Administration - Finance
Money and Capital Markets
Leadership Development (Copenhagen Business School)
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Masters of Business Administration – Economics
Foundations of Economics
Foundations of Economics – Distance Version
Executive Masters of Business Administration (EMBA)
Managerial Economics – The Economics of Strategy
The American Economy - Short course for EMBA Students (University of
Wurzburg)
Managerial Finance (Distance course)
Director - The Center for Economic Education
Florida Gulf Coast University
Founding Director of the Center for Economic Education at Florida Gulf Coast
University. Work with the National Council on Economic Education and the Florida
Council on Economic Education to disseminate teaching programs for K-12 teachers.
Develop community relationships among teachers, the university, and the business
community. Coordinate and conduct workshops for teachers in the five-county service
area. Oversee the Teacher Ambassador Program selection and grants. Incorporate
distance technologies for delivery of information concerning the Center and some content
delivery.
August 1997 – August 2002
Adjunct Graduate Professor - University of California at Davis
Graduate professor status granted for use in Foundation for Teaching Economics courses
during summer of 2001.
April 2001 – present
Bellarmine College
Associate Professor of Economics, Fall 1995 – July 1997
(Tenure and Promotion granted for Academic Year 1995-1996)
Assistant Professor of Economics, 1988- Spring 1995
Responsible for developing and teaching undergraduate courses within the field of
Economics, Masters in Business Administration graduate courses, Executive Masters of
Business Administration and Masters of Arts in Liberal Studies.
Faculty Advisor and Founder of Issues in Political Economy (a research journal designed
for undergraduate students.) Served as Founding and Executive Editor of Issues in
Political Economy from 1989-1997. Journal was moved to Mary Washington College
(Baltimore, Maryland) and Elon College (Elon, North Carolina) in the fall of 1997.
August 1988 - July 1997
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Courses Taught:
Undergraduate Economics
Principles of Macroeconomics
Principles of Microeconomics
Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
International Trade and Finance
Health Care Economics
Interdisciplinary Courses
Environmental Issues: Biological, Economic, and Philosophical Perspectives
Commerce and Culture - A History of Trade
Honors Seminar
The History of International Trade
Masters of Business Administration
Basic Economics
Managerial Economics
International Trade and Finance
Health Care Economics
Transitioning Economies in Eastern Europe (Overseas Course)
Executive Masters of Business Administration (EMBA)
The Economics of Strategy
Masters of Arts in Liberal Studies
Commerce and Culture - A History of Trade
Research Associate/Project Manager - Statistics and Labor Economics
Economic Research Services, Inc.
Performed Project Manager duties for discrimination cases. Tasks included the
supervision of building and maintaining complex databases. I prepared computerized
statistical analysis of and specialized research in areas of labor economics and
demographics. I performed statistical analyses of hiring, promotion, and dismissal of
employees to be used in legal determinations of liability along with net present value
analysis for economic damages. Daily use of: Perkin-Elmer mainframe system, personal
computers, Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), Lotus, Supercalc, assorted
word processors and utilities software. I introduced desktop use of personal computers to
the firm in 1987. Organized data control, hardware, peripheral configuration for personal
computers training employees in use of assorted software systems and statistical
techniques.
March 1986 - July 1988
June 1985 - September 1985 (Research Assistant - Summer Employment)
Graduate Instructor
Florida State University, Department of Economics
Courses taught include Principles of the National Economy, and Introduction to Price
Theory. Research Assistant and grader for Engineering Economics, Intermediate Price
Theory and Intermediate Macroeconomics.
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August 1982 - December 1985 (Academic Years)
Research Assistant
Florida Public Service Commission, Research Department
Produced Economic Impact Statements for proposed regulatory changes vetted before the
Commission. Calculated Cost/Benefit analyses and developed the computerization of
Summary Statistics of Florida's Publicly-Owned Electrical Utilities. Trained employees
in use of software systems.
June 1983 - September 1983 (Summer Employment)
June 1984 - September 1984 (Summer Employment)
Professional Memberships and Activities:
The Bastiat Society - Advisory Board (June 2012 – present)
Past President of the Association of Private Enterprise Education (2012-2013)
Past Vice-President of the Association of Private Enterprise Education (2011-2012)
Editorial Board - Journal of Entrepreneurship & Public Policy (2010 - present)
Association of Private Enterprise Education (Board of Directors, 2005 – 2014)
Eastern Economic Association (Member of Program Committee from 1995-1997)
History of Economics Society
Mont Pelerin Society (2010 - present)
Southern Economic Association
Professional Educational Memberships:
Delta Sigma Pi – Business Honor Society (honorary)
Omicron Delta Epsilon – The International Economics Honor Society (honorary)
Sigma Beta Delta – Business Honor Society
Publications: Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles and Book Chapter
“Dispelling the Pessimistic Bias” Sole author. Journal of Economics and Finance Education. Vol.
13, No. 2, Winter 2014: pp. 16-32.
“The Quality of Governance and Entrepreneurial Activity in U.S. States” with Mushfiq
Swaleheen Entrepreneurial Action, Public Policy, and Economics Outcomes (Series: New
Thinking in Political Economy, Editor - Peter Boettke.) Robert F. Salvino Jr., Michael T. Tasto,
and Gregory M. Randolph, Editors. Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, Cheltenham, UK, 2014,
pp. 83-99.
“Arthur M. Okun” and “Okun’s Law” (Sole Authored) in “An Encyclopedia of Keynesian
Economics" Thomas Cate, Editor; Geoff Harcourt and David C. Colander, Associate Editors.
Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, Cheltenham, UK, 2013, pp. 530.
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“Economic Freedom, Entrepreneurial Activity, and the Service Sector” with Stephen F.
Gohmann and Myra McCrickard. Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, Vol. 2, No. 2,
2013.
"The Conservative Ecologist and Free Market Environmentalism: Classical Liberalism Politically
Reasserted" with Edward T. Wimberley. The International Journal of Sustainability Policy and
Practice. Vol. 8, Issue 4, 2013: 29-45.
“Protectionism and Property Rights: Coasian Bargaining and Debt-for-Nature Swaps” Sole
Author. Economic Affairs, (Journal of the Institute for Economic Affairs,) Vol. 32, No. 2, June
2012.
“The Future of Free Enterprise Leadership in Academe - A Survey” Clark, J.R., Ashley S.
Harrison, Bradley K. Hobbs. Journal of Private Enterprise Education. Vol. 27, No. 2, Spring
2012: 121-143.
”My Father’s Drugstore” Sole author. “Morality and Profit” Second Place Essay Award Winner.
To be published by S.E.VEN Fund, Cambridge, MA with grant support from the John Templeton
Foundation. (Planned book has not been published as of 02/15/15. Grant ended 2012).
“The Current State of Leadership in Classical Liberalism, Private Enterprise, and
Entrepreneurship in Academe” Clark, J.R.; Ashley S. Harrison, Bradley K. Hobbs. Journal of
Private Enterprise Education Vol. 26, No. 2, Spring, 2011: 15-46.
"Effectively Integrating Team-Based Research Projects in Money and Banking and Financial
Markets Courses" with Daniel Borgia. Journal of Instructional Techniques in Finance , Vol. 2,
No. 1, Spring/Fall 2010.
“Attraction & Retention of Faculty in a Non-Tenure Granting Environment,”
Bradley K. Hobbs, H. Shelton Weeks, and Larry Fogelberg. The Journal of Economics and
Finance Education Vol.8, Issue 2, Winter 2009: pp. 1-16.
“Economic Freedom and Service Industry Growth in the United States” with Stephen F.
Gohmann and Myra McCrickard. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. Vol. 32, Issue 5,
September 2008: pp. 855-874.
“The Experience of Fulbright Scholars from Business Disciplines” with Dan Borgia and H.
Shelton Weeks. The Journal of Economics and Finance Education, Vol. 6, No. 2, Winter 2007:
pp. 15-26.
“Share Price and Trading Volume Reactions of US-Listed Foreign Banks to the Financial
Securities Modernization Act of 1999” with Carl Pacini and William Hillison. Research in
Finance, Vol. 23, 2007: pp. 127 – 159.
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"The Total Economic Costs of Finance Faculty Replacement" with H. Shelton Weeks and J.
Howard Finch. Journal of College Teaching & Learning. Vol. 3, No. 5, May 2006: pp. 29 – 34.
“Human Capital Indicators and Academic Success in Executive MBA Programs: A multi-
program comparison” with Daniel M. Gropper. Journal of Executive Education. Vol. 4, Issue 1,
2005: pp. 43 - 54.
“Debt-for-Nature Swaps: The Case for Property Rights” (Sole Authored) Laissez-Faire, Number
22-23, March – September, 2005: pp. 74-83.
“Distance Delivery in Accounting: Faculty Perspectives” with Christine Andrews, Joseph
Farinella, and H. Shelton Weeks. Business Quest: A Journal of Applied Topics in Business and
Economics. http://www.westga.edu/~bquest/2005/pedagogy5.htm
“Quality of Care and Nursing Home Cost-Efficiency Research” with Randy Anderson, James
Webb and H. Shelton Weeks. The Journal of Real Estate Literature. Volume 13, Number 3,
2005: pp. 325-336.
“Estimating the Mark-to-Market Premium Required to Fill Vacant Business School Faculty
Lines: The Case of Finance” with J. Howard Finch and H. Shelton Weeks. Journal of Education
for Business, Volume 80, Number 5, May/June 2005: pp. 253-258.
“Managing Pressure Ulcers through a Turn Team Nursing Program” (Sole Authored) The Journal
of Gerontological Nursing, Volume 30, Number 11, November, 2004: pp. 46-51.
“Distance Delivery in Economics: Faculty Perspectives” with Joseph Farinella and H. Shelton
Weeks. Journal of Economics and Finance Education, Volume 3, Number 1, Summer, 2004.
http://www.jeandfe.org/
“Nursing Home Quality, Chain Affiliation, Profit Status, and Performance” with Randy
Anderson, H. Shelton Weeks, and James Webb, Journal of Real Estate Research, Volume 25,
Number 1-2003, 43-60. Reprinted with permission of ARES in The Johns Hopkins/National
Investment Council 2003 Senior Housing & Care Journal, Volume 11, Number 1, pp. 3-18.
“The Cost of Hiring: The Market for New Finance Faculty” with Howard Finch and H. Shelton
Weeks, Journal of Accounting and Finance Research, Volume 10, Number 3, Summer II, 2002.
”Debt-for-Nature Swaps and the Coase Theorem” The Journal for Economic Educators. (Sole
Authored) Fall 2001, Vol. 4, No. 3. http://www.mtsu.edu/~jee/issues_2001fall.html
“Distance Education: The Faculty Perspective” with Joseph Farinella and H. Shelton Weeks.
Financial Practice and Education, Volume 10, Number 1, Spring/Summer 2000: pp. 184 – 194.
“Cutting the Diamond of Comparative Advantage” with Gerald J. Segal The Journal of
Economics and Economic Education Research, Volume 1, Spring 2000, pp. 53-60.
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“Arthur M. Okun” and “Okun’s Law”. “An Encyclopedia of Keynesian Economics" Thomas
Cate, Editor; Geoff Harcourt and David C. Colander, Associate Editors. Edgar Elgar Publishing
Limited, Cheltenham, UK, 1997, pp. 490 – 493.
"1993/1994 Cumulative Supplement to Economic/Hedonic Damages" with Stan V. Smith:
Chapter 5 "Household Services."
"1993/1994 Cumulative Supplement to Economic/Hedonic Damages" with Stan V. Smith:
Chapter 6 "Medical Care and Institutional Care Costs"
"Current Readings in International Economics," Global Business Education, Vol.1, No. 3,
September 1993, Baker University Press, Kansas. pp. 9-10.
Published Proceedings
"Distance Delivery and Flex-Time Learning: Using the Internet as a Mode of Delivery.” Co-
authored with Daniel J. Borgia and H. Shelton Weeks. Papers and Proceedings, Academy of
Economics and Finance, Volume 22, Montgomery, Alabama, 1998. pp. 362-370.
"Distance Delivery of the Finance Curriculum" Co-authored with Joseph Farinella and H.
Shelton Weeks. Collected Papers, American Academy of Accounting and Finance, Annual
Meeting 1998, Brookhaven, Mississippi, 1998. pp. 146-150.
“Finance Student Perceptions and Attitudes About Distance & Flex-Time Learning
Effectiveness” Co-authored with Daniel Borgia, Gerald J. Siegel and H. Shelton Weeks.
Proceedings of the Academy of Educational Leadership, Volume 4, Number 1, 1999.
Published Book Reviews
The Adam Smith Review. Review of Adam Smith – A primer, by Eamonn Butler. Institute of
Economic Affairs, London. 2007. Accepted September 2014 and forthcoming.
EH.net Review of The Economics of Enough: How to Run the Economy as if The Future Matters by Diane Coyle.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2011. 346 pages, ISBN: 978–0–691–14518–1.
<http://eh.net/book_reviews/economics-enough-how-run-economy-if-future-matters>
Journal of the History of Economic Thought. Review of John Kenneth Galbraith, by James
Ronald Stanfield. St. Martin’s Press, New York, 1998. pp. 115-117.
Eastern Economic Journal. Book Review of Addiction: Entries and Exits, by Jon Elster. Eastern
Economic Journal, Winter 2002, Vol. 28, Number 1, pp. 148-150.
Publications: Non-Peer Reviewed
“Debt Addiction Threatens the Social Order and the Economy” Sole Author. The Journal of the
James Madison Institute, Winter-Spring, 2014.
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“The Quest for Honesty in Academe” Sole Author. The Journal of the James Madison Institute,
Summer-Fall, 2011.
Website Materials for the Institute for Humane Studies, George Mason University
“Creative Destruction” on www.aworldconnected.org and www.iliberty.org
Ideas on Liberty, The Foundation for Economic Education
Web publication of teaching plans for high school teachers linked to Ideas on Liberty articles,
October 2001 – July 2002
Florida Trend – The Magazine of Florida Business,
Web publication of teaching plans for K-12 teachers linked to magazine articles
Web sources for Economics Information linked to story “Economic Yearbook 2001”,
April 2001.
Monopoly Theory linked to story “Beer Bully”, February 2001.
Regulation and Distribution Economics linked to story “Turbo Charging Transmission”,
August 2000.
Environmental Economics linked to cover story “Swamped!” May 2000.
Current Research Activities
Articles Under Review at Peer-Reviewed Journals
“Utopia and Freedom: Lessons from “The Giver” (Sole Authored.) Conditional Acceptance at
Journal of Private Enterprise Education. Letter available.
Books or Book Chapters Currently Under Review
Working Papers
Level 1: Paper written.
"The Physiocrats: Friends or Foes of Liberty?" with Nikolai Wenzel
Level 2: Data collection and Literature Review Stage
Production in Higher Education: A Comparison of Faculty, Staff and Administration with
Musfiq Swaleheen (Florida Gulf Coast University)
“Community Associations and the Effects of By-Laws “ with Tim Allen
“MSA Economic Freedom and Competition between Local Governments" Adam Millsap and
Dean Stansel
Level 3: Longer-Term Projects
“An Index of Corruption by State in the US” with Musfiq Swaleheen (Florida Gulf Coast
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University) and Steve Gohmann (University of Louisville).
Grant Activity Research Grants – Awarded
Co-Principal with J.R. Clark, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga “The Current State of
Leadership in Classical Liberalism, Private Enterprise and Entrepreneurship in Academe”
Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation, Washington DC, Summer 2008.
Principal “An Empirical Analysis of Tennessee Assisted Living Facilities” Internal Grant
Program, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, Florida Gulf Coast University, Summer
2003.
Principal “Moral Hazard in Debt for Nature Swaps: The Case for Property Rights” Florida Gulf
Coast University Faculty Senate, Professional Development Fund Grant, Spring 2003.
Principal “The Transactions Costs of Faculty Turnover: AACSB Finance Departments” Summer
Research Grant Program, College of Business, Florida Gulf Coast University, Summer 2001.
Principal “Managing Decubiti: Implications for Costs and Quality“ Summer Research Grant
Program, College of Business, Florida Gulf Coast University, Summer 2000.
Principal, "Associating Learning Styles with Success in the Principles of Economics." Ball State
University, EconomicsAmerica, Center for Economic Education, 1996-1997.
Collegium Summer Stipend Award for Research in Nursing Homes - Internal Grant Bellarmine
College. Summer 1992.
Presentation, Assessment and Other Grants
Principal “Undergraduate Education at Florida Gulf Coast University” Undergraduate Grant
Program, APGAR Foundation, Inc. Academic Year 2014-15. Granted $25,000 in February 2014.
Principal “Undergraduate Reading Seminar: Hayek's The Fatal Conceit and Mises's Economic
Policy” Undergraduate Grant Program, Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation, Academic Year
2013-14. Granted approximately $14,500 – Seminar held at University of Louisville, Louisville,
Kentucky.
Principal “Undergraduate Reading Seminar: Hayek's The Fatal Conceit and Mises's Economic
Policy” Undergraduate Grant Program, Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation, Academic Year
2012-13. Granted approximately $14,500 – Seminar held at Clemson University, Clemson,
South Carolina.
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Principal “Undergraduate Reading Seminar: Hayek's The Fatal Conceit and Mises's Economic
Policy” Undergraduate Grant Program, Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation, Academic Year
2012-13. Granted approximately $14,500 – Seminar held at University of Louisville, Louisville,
Kentucky.
Principal “Undergraduate Reading Seminar on Ludwig von Mises” Undergraduate Grant
Program, Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation, Academic Year 2011-12. Granted
approximately $14,500 – Seminar held at University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky.
Principal “Undergraduate Reading Seminar on Ludwig von Mises” Undergraduate Grant
Program, Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation, Academic Year 2011-12. Granted
approximately $14,500 – Seminar held at University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky.
Principal “The Quality of Governance and Entrepreneurial Activity in U.S. States” with Mushfiq
Swaleheen (Florida Gulf Coast University). Annual Meeting of the Association of Private
Enterprise Education, April 2012 - Las Vegas, Nevada. Presented at the APEE meetings in April
2012 (Travel Grant from the FGCU Foundation procured in April 2012).
Principal “Undergraduate Reading Seminar on Ludwig von Mises” Undergraduate Grant
Program, Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation, Academic Year 2011-12. Granted
approximately $14,500 – Seminar held at University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky.
Principal “IQ and the Economic Growth of U.S. States” with Garett Jones and Rik Hafer.
Annual Meeting of the Association of Private Enterprise Education, April 2011 - Nassau, Grand
Bahamas. Presented at the APEE meetings in April 2011 (Travel Grant from the FGCU
Foundation procured in February 2011).
Principal “Undergraduate Reading Seminar on Ludwig von Mises” Undergraduate Grant
Program, Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation, Academic Year 2010-11. Granted
approximately $14,500 – Seminar held at Florida Gulf Cost University, Fort Myers, Florida.
Principal “Undergraduate Education at Florida Gulf Coast University” Undergraduate Grant
Program, APGAR Foundation, Inc. Academic Year 2010-11. Applied for approximately
$25,000 in February 2011. Granted $12,500 for student activities in AY 2011-2012.
Principal “Undergraduate Education at Florida Gulf Coast University” Undergraduate Grant
Program, Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation, Academic Year 2010-11. Granted
approximately $25,000.
Principal “Undergraduate Reading Seminar on Ludwig von Mises” Undergraduate Grant
Program, Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation, Academic Year 2009-10. Granted
approximately $14,500 – Seminar held at the University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky.
Principal. Liberty Fund - Book Placement Program. Grant of entire publication list to date of
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Liberty Fund Press to Florida Gulf Coast University (approximately 380 volumes). Lutgert
College of Business. July 2009.
Principal “Undergraduate Education at Florida Gulf Coast University” Undergraduate Grant
Program, Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation, Academic Year 2009-10. Granted
approximately $20,000.
Principal “Undergraduate Education at Florida Gulf Coast University” Undergraduate Grant
Program, Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation, Academic Year 2008-09. Granted
approximately $20,000.
Principal “An Index of Economic Freedom at the Metro Level” with Stephan Gohmann and Dean
Stansel. Annual Meeting of the Association of Private Enterprise Education, April 2009 -
Guatemala City, Guatemala. Presented at the APEE meetings in April 2009 (Travel Grant from
the FGCU Foundation procured in February 2009).
Principal, “The Moral Foundations of Capitalism” BB&T Bank Charitable Trust. Distinguished
Professor of Free Enterprise Economics at FGCU, Charlotte, NC. $600,000 plus state matching
funds raised. Spring/Summer 2008.
Principal “Economic Freedom and Entrepreneurial Activity at the Local Level” with Stephan
Gohmann and Dean Stansel. Annual Meeting of the Association of Private Enterprise Education,
April 2008 - Las Vegas, Nevada. Presented at the APEE meetings in April 2008 (Travel Grant
from the FGCU Foundation procured in February 2008).
Principal “Productive versus Unproductive Entrepreneurship: Who’s up to what?” with Stephen
Gohmann and Myra McCrickard. Annual Meeting of the Association of Private Enterprise
Education, April 2008 - Las Vegas, Nevada. Presented at the APEE meetings in April 2008
(Travel Grant from the FGCU Foundation procured in February 2008).
Principal “Economic Freedom and Service Industry Business: Further Investigations” with
Stephen Gohmann. Annual Meeting of the Association of Private Enterprise Education, April
2007 - Cancun. Mexico. Presented at the APEE meetings in April 2007 (Travel Grant from the
FGCU Foundation procured in February 2007).
Principal Teaching Economics Using the Book of the Month Club” Annual Meeting of the
Association of Private Enterprise Education, April 2007 - Cancun. Mexico. Presented at the
APEE meetings in April 2007 (Travel Grant from the FGCU Foundation procured in February
2007).
Principal “Are All Industries Created Equal? Economic Freedom and Business Growth in the
Service Industries” with Stephen Gohmann and Myra McCrickard. Annual Meeting of the
Association of Private Enterprise Education, April 2006 - Las Vegas, Nevada. Presented at the
APEE meetings in April 2006 (Travel Grant from the FGCU Foundation procured in February
2006).
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Principal, “Utopia and Freedom: Lessons from The Giver” presented in April 2004 at the annual
meetings of the Association of Private Enterprise Education – Orlando, Florida (Travel Grant
from the FGCU Foundation procured in February 2004).
Principal “Moral Hazard in Debt-for-Nature Swaps: The Case for Property Rights” presented in
April 2003 at the annual meetings of the Association of Private Enterprise Education - Las
Vegas, Nevada (Travel Grant from the FGCU Foundation procured in January 2003).
Principal, National Council on Economic Education,
Mathematics and Economics, New York, NY. Spring 2002.
NASDAQ Teaching Awards, New York, NY. Spring 2001.
Focus: Economies in Transition, New York, NY. Spring 2001.
Virtual Economics Program, New York, NY. Summer 2000.
International Economics Program, New York, NY. Spring 1999.
Principal, National Council on Economic Education and Bank of America Foundation,
Financial Fitness for Life, New York, NY. Spring 2002.
Principal, Center for Economic Education at Florida Gulf Coast University.
Florida Council on Economic Education, Tampa, Florida, 1997-1998, 1998-1999, 1999-2000,
2000-2001.
Project Evaluation Consultant for the Calvin K. Kazanjian Economics Foundation. Project:
Evaluation Report to funding agency for a new on-line undergraduate economics journal
University Avenue - An Undergraduate Journal of Economics for Illinois Weslyan University
and the University of Southern Illinois. (Work done at FGCU. For editorship on Issues in
Political Economy – An Undergraduate Journal of Economics at Bellarmine College.)
Principal Humanities Advisor, "Seeds of Change," Smithsonian Museum Traveling Exhibit
funded by the Kentucky Humanities Council. Exhibit brought to campus for Masters of Liberal
Arts course "Commerce and Culture." Fall 1994.
Principal Humanities Advisor, "Exploring Seeds of Change: Teacher In-service," Kentucky
Humanities Council. Fall 1994 and Spring 1995.
Research Grants – Denied: Florida Gulf Coast University
Principal “Undergraduate Education at Florida Gulf Coast University” Undergraduate Grant
Program, APGAR Foundation, Inc. Academic Year 2010-11. Unsuccessful application for
approximately $40,000 in February 2010.
Study and Report Measuring Taxpayer Return on Investment in Public Libraries in Florida.
(Response to RFR3# 914-190-08-04-01). Department of State, Bureau of Departmental
Services, 107 West Gaines Street, Room 266, Collins Building, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250
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Professional Presentations Invited Presentations:
“The Evolution of Historical Living Standards”
Invited Speaker for Regional Students for Liberty Meeting
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida (October 2014)
“Using Atlas Shrugged in the Classroom”
Sixth Annual BB&T Foundation Programs Conference
Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina (May 2011)
“A Generalist’s Approach for Teaching the Principles”
or “Do we really believe that undergraduates are just rookie graduate students? “
Worth Publishing Teaching Conference
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida (February 2011)
Teaching Rand’s “What is Capitalism?” Co-present with Gregory Salmieri at UNC Chapel Hill
Fifth Annual BB&T Foundation Programs Conference (2010)
Clemson University, South Carolina
Teaching the Morality of Capitalism: The First Year
Fourth Annual BB&T Foundation Programs Conference (2009)
Clemson University, South Carolina
“Actualizing Caplan - Developing Historical Perspectives on Human Progress”
Keynote Guest Speaker: University of Kentucky Seminar
March 2010 – Lexington, Kentucky
"Environmental Examples -- Tools for Teaching Economics."
Panel Discussion for the Free Market Environmentalism Roundtable
Association of Private Enterprise Education
April 2005 – Orlando, Florida
Tennessee Economics Association Annual Meetings
Keynote Guest Speaker: Technology and Distance Learning at FGCU
University of Tennessee at Martin
April 1999 - Martin, Tennessee
Technical Innovations in Business Education Conference
McIntire School of Commerce, University of Virginia.
Distance Delivery: Finance Faculty Perspectives
Co-authored with Drs. Joseph A. Farinella (presenter) and H. Shelton Weeks. Presented in April,
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1999 - Charlottesville, Virginia
Professional Presentations: (By self or co-authors)
“Hayek and the Physiocrats” with Nicolai Wenzel. Annual Meeting of the Association of Private
Enterprise Education, April 2013 - Maui, Hawaii. Presented at the APEE meetings in April 2013
(Travel Grant from the FGCU Foundation procured in April 2013).
"Industrial Structure and Economic Freedom" with Stephan Gohmann. Annual Meeting of the
Public Choice Society, March 2013 - New Orleans, Louisiana.
"The Conservative Ecologist and Free Market Environmentalism: Classical Liberalism Politically
Reasserted," 8th International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social
Sustainability, January, 2012 - Vancouver, Canada (by co-author Terry Wimberley.)
“Economic Freedom and Job Growth in Service Industries – 5 Digit NAICS Codes” with
Stephan Gohmann. Annual Meeting of the Southern Economic Association, November, 2009 –
San Antonio, Texas.
Principal “An Index of Economic Freedom at the Metro Level” with Stephan Gohmann and Dean
Stansel. Annual Meeting of the Association of Private Enterprise Education, April 2009 -
Guatemala City, Guatemala. Presented at the APEE meetings in April 2009 (Travel Grant from
the FGCU Foundation procured in February 2009).
“Economic Freedom and Entrepreneurial Activity at the Local Level” with Stephan Gohmann
and Dean Stansel. Annual Meeting of the Association of Private Enterprise Education, April
2008 - Las Vegas, Nevada. Presented at the APEE meetings in April 2008 (Travel Grant from
the FGCU Foundation procured in February 2008).
“Productive versus Unproductive Entrepreneurship: Who’s up to what?” with Stephen Gohmann
and Myra McCrickard. Annual Meeting of the Association of Private Enterprise Education,
April 2008 - Las Vegas, Nevada. Presented at the APEE meetings in April 2008 (Travel Grant
from the FGCU Foundation procured in February 2008).
“Economic Freedom and Service Industry Business: Further Investigations” with Stephen
Gohmann. Annual Meeting of the Association of Private Enterprise Education, April 2007 -
Cancun. Mexico. Presented at the APEE meetings in April 2007 (Travel Grant from the FGCU
Foundation procured in February 2007).
Teaching Economics Using the Book of the Month Club” Annual Meeting of the Association of
Private Enterprise Education, April 2007 - Cancun. Mexico. Presented at the APEE meetings in
April 2007 (Travel Grant from the FGCU Foundation procured in February 2007).
“Are All Industries Created Equal? Economic Freedom and Business Growth in the
Service Industries” with Stephen Gohmann and Myra McCrickard. Annual Meeting of the
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Association of Private Enterprise Education, April 2006 - Las Vegas, Nevada. Presented at the
APEE meetings in April 2006 (Travel Grant from the FGCU Foundation procured in February
2006).
“Utopia and Freedom: Lessons from The Giver” Annual Meeting of the Association of Private
Enterprise Education, April 2005 - Orlando, Florida (Travel Grant from the FGCU Foundation
procured in January 2005).
“Examining the Relative Efficiencies of Rural and Urban Nursing Home Facilities” Annual
Meeting of the American Real Estate Society, April 2004 – Captiva Island, Florida (Travel Grant
from the FGCU Foundation procured in January 2004).
“An Empirical Analysis of the Efficiency of Tennessee Assisted Living Facilities” Annual
Meetings of the Southern Finance Association, November 2003 – Charleston, South Carolina.
“The Experience of Fulbright Scholars from Business Disciplines: 1998 - 2003” Annual
Meetings of the Southern Finance Association, November 2003 – Charleston, South Carolina.
"Share Price and Trading Volume Reactions of U.S.-Listed Foreign Banks to the Financial
Services Modernization Act of 1999", Southeast Regional Meeting, American Accounting
Association, Lexington, Kentucky, April 1-3.
“Profit Status, Chain Affiliation, Quality of Care, and Location Density: A Parametric and Non-
Parametric Examination of Nursing Home Efficiency” Annual Meetings of the Southern Finance
Association, November 2003 – Charleston, South Carolina.
“Moral Hazard in Debt-for-Nature Swaps: The Case for Property Rights” Annual Meeting of the
Association of Private Enterprise Education, April 2003 - Las Vegas, Nevada (Travel Grant from
the FGCU Foundation procured in January 2003).
“The Costs of Turnover among Finance Faculty in AACSB Schools” (Empirical Estimates)
Annual Meetings of the Southern Finance Association, November 2002 - Key West, Florida.
“Nursing Home Quality, Chain Affiliation and Performance” Annual Meeting of
the American Real Estate Society, April 2002 – Naples, Florida
“The Cost of Hiring: The Market for New Finance Faculty” Annual Meeting of American
Academy of Accounting and Finance, December 2002 - New Orleans, Louisiana.
“Nursing Home Chains vs. Non-chains: An Empirical Analysis,” Annual Meeting of the
American Real Estate Society, April 2001 – Coeur D’Alene, Idaho
“Faculty Attitudes toward Distance Learning in the Economics Profession,” Annual Meeting of
the Eastern Economics Association, February 2001 – New York, New York
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“CEO Ownership and Value Added,” Annual Meeting of the Southern Finance Association,
November 2000 – Savannah, Georgia
“Distance Learning and Suggestions for Future Research on Business Faculty Perceptions,”
Annual Meeting of the ABE, November 2000 – Bermuda
"Distance Delivery of the Finance Curriculum,” Annual Meeting of the American Academy of
Accounting and Finance, December 1998 - New Orleans, Louisiana
"The Attraction and Retention of Faculty in a Non-Tenure Environment," Annual Meeting of the
Western Economic Association, July 1998 – Lake Tahoe, Nevada
"Defining Economics," Annual Meeting of the Eastern Economic Association, March 1998 -
New York, New York
"A Survey of Student Attitudes toward Distance Learning and Flex Time," Annual Meeting of
the Mid-South Finance Association, February 1998 – Montgomery, Alabama
"Further Uses of Cost-Benefit Analysis in Forensic Economics,” Annual Meeting of the Southern
Economic Association, November 1997 – Atlanta, Georgia
"How the Forensic Economist Can Use Cost-Benefit Analysis,” Annual Meeting of the Southern
Economic Association, November 1995 - New Orleans, Louisiana
"Accounting for Uncertainty When Forecasting Future Economic Losses," Annual Meeting of the
Southern Economic Association, November 1994 - Orlando, Florida
"Debt-for-Nature Swaps and the Coase Theorem.” Annual Meeting of the Southern Economic
Association, November 1993 - New Orleans, Louisiana
“The Effects of Turn Team Nursing on Geriatric Patients,” Annual Meeting of the Eastern
Economic Association, March 1993 - Washington, D.C.
"The Expert Witness and the Certainty of Uncertainty,” Annual Meeting of the Southern
Economic Association, November 1991 - Nashville, Tennessee
"Measuring Quality of Care in Nursing Homes,” Annual Meeting of the Eastern Economic
Association, March 1989 - Baltimore, Maryland
Reviewer for Publications:
Reviewer for Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice
2012 – current
Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy
September 2010 – current
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Reviewer for Mercatus Center, George Mason University
Freedom in the Fifty States: An Index of Personal; and Economic Freedom by William P. Ruger
and Jason Sorens
September 2008
Reviewer for The Journal of Private Enterprise
May 2006 through present
Reviewer for Business Quest: A Journal of Applied Topics in Business and Economics
(B>Quest) http://www.westga.edu/~bquest/board.html
May 2006 through present
Reviewer of Content Materials and Video – Intermediate Microeconomics, Thinkwell
Publishing, Austin, Texas. March 2001.
Reviewer of Textbook - Health Care Economics
April, 1996
Reviewer for the Kentucky Journal of Economics and Business
1988 through 1997
Reviewer for the Journal of Forensic Economics
1992 through 1998
Reviewer for The Gerontologist
1997 through 2008
Discussant/Reviewer/Chair Duties - Meetings:
Association of Private Enterprise Education, April 2014 – Las Vegas, Nevada
Association of Private Enterprise Education, April 2013 – Maui, Hawaii
Association of Private Enterprise Education, April 2012 - Las Vegas, Nevada
Southern Economics Association, November 2011- Washington, DC
Association of Private Enterprise Education, April 2011 - Bahamas
Southern Economics Association, November 2010- Atlanta, Georgia
Association of Private Enterprise Education, April 2010 - Las Vegas, Nevada
Southern Economics Association, November 2009- San Antonio, Texas
Association of Private Enterprise Education, April 2009 – Guatemala City, Guatemala
Association of Private Enterprise Education, April 2008 – Las Vegas, Nevada
Association of Private Enterprise Education, April 2007 – Cancun, Mexico
Association of Private Enterprise Education, April 2006 – Las Vegas, Nevada
Association of Private Enterprise Education, April 2005 – Orlando, Florida
Southern Finance Association, November 2004 – Naples, Florida
Association of Private Enterprise Education, April 2003 – Las Vegas, Nevada
Southern Finance Association, November 2003 – Charleston, South Carolina
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Southern Finance Association, November 2002 – Key West, Florida
Eastern Economic Association, February 2001 - New York, New York
Southern Finance Association, November 2000 - Savannah, Georgia
Southern Finance Association, November 1998 - Key West, Florida
Southern Economic Association, November 1996 - Washington, DC
Southern Economic Association, November 1995 - New Orleans, Louisiana
Southern Economic Association, November 1994 - Orlando, Florida
Eastern Economic Association, March 1994 - Boston, Massachusetts
Southern Economic Association, November 1993 - New Orleans, Louisiana
Eastern Economic Association, March 1993 - Washington, DC
Eastern Economic Association, March 1990 - Cincinnati, Ohio
Expert Services to Community: Florida Gulf Coast University Gulfshore Business Magazine – International exchange rates and fuel prices – March, 2006
WGCU Public Radio – Economic effects of Hurricane Charley on the region – September 2004
Southwest Florida Business Magazine – Article Source, March 2001 and April 2001.
Fort Myers News Press, WINK 2 TV, WGCU Public Radio – Ongoing source for numerous
articles on the national and local economy. – 1999 - current
Awards/Honors/Recognition’s The Morality of Profit Essay Contest – Second Place Award
“My Father’s Drugstore” Print http://www.sevenfund.org/morality-of-profit/
Sponsored by The S.E.VEN Fund (August 2010)
Over 2200 essays from 88 countries with 20 judges.
James Madison Institute – State Public Policy organization
JMI Scholar - Appointed to the JMI Research Advisory Council
May, 2009 - current
Board of Directors Service - National
Association of Private Enterprise Education (APEE)
Executive Committee
April 2006 through April 2010 term
Board of Directors Service – Regional/State
Girl Scouts of Gulf Coast Florida, Inc.
Sarasota, Florida
Member of Board Search Committee - March 2003 through March 2006
Member of Board of Directors - April 1999 through April 2003 (one reappointment)
Appointed Member of the Executive Committee - 2000-2001
Member Finance Committee - April 2000 – April 2003
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Kentucky Wildlife Federation Foundation
January 1993 to August 1997
Teaching Awards and Recognition:
Founding Faculty Advisor for Students for Liberty Academic Journal
Journal of Liberty & Society
Named Chairman of the Faculty Committee in August 2009
2008 Acton Foundation Excellence in Entrepreneurship Education Award
Acton Foundation for Entrepreneurial Excellence
Austin, Texas
(National / Student Nomination)
Senior Faculty Teaching Award for 2003-2004
Florida Gulf Coast University
(One Award Annually, Institution-wide, Student Nomination – Faculty Committee)
Nominee for the 2002-2003 Senior Faculty Teaching Award - Florida Gulf Coast University
Nominee for the 1997-1998 Senior Faculty Teaching Award - Florida Gulf Coast University
(Institution-wide/ Student Nomination – Faculty Committee)
(I chose not to go through the extensive application process after being nominated both years.)
Bellarmine College Women's Council, 1993 Instructional Development Award (Institution-wide)
(Awarded for developing an undergraduate research journal: Issues in Political Economy - The
Bellarmine College Student Journal of Economics)
International Awards and Recognitions
Prague, Czech Republic (General Meeting) September 2012
Membership Conferred - Mont Pelerin Society, 2010 General Meeting
Invited Guest of the following Mont Pelerin Society Meetings
Sydney, Australia (General Meeting) in October 2010 – Nominated for Full Membership
Stockholm, Sweden (Regional Meeting) in August 2009
Tokyo, Japan (General Meeting) in September 2008
Guatemala City, Guatemala (General Meeting) in November 2006
Invited Teaching Faculty
The Foundation for Economic Education
Freedom Academy II – Estes Park, CO (July 18-23, 2011)
The Scientific and Economic Analysis of Environmental Issues: An Institute for Teachers
on Environmentalism
Sponsoring Organization: Probasco Chair of Free Enterprise
The Scientific and Economic Analysis of Environmental Issues: An Institute for Teachers
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on Environmentalism, Lecturer on Environmentalism through an Economics Lens and
Debt-for-Nature Swaps
Koch Associates Program in Market-Based Management
Sponsoring Organization:
Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Lecturer on Virtue and Talents (Law, Legislation and Liberty; The Constitution of
Liberty; Accounting Fraud at World Com)
December 2008
Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Associates Program Kickoff (first 2 days of the 2008-2009 class)
June 2008
Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Lecturer on Structure and Change in Economic History, Douglass C. North
July 2007
The Environment and the Economy
Sponsoring Organizations:
The Foundation for Teaching Economics (Davis, California) and the
Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) (Bozeman, Montana)
Sponsor: HSBC Bank, USA . (F) forthcoming
March 2014 – Tidewater, Virginia; March 2013 – Tidewater, Virginia; December 2011 – Tucson, Arizona;
November 2011 – Kona, Hawaii; August 2011 – San Antonio, Texas; April 2010 – Scottsdale, Arizona;
March 2010 – Tidewater, Virginia; February 2009 – Nashville, Tennessee; September 2008 - Salt Lake
City, Utah; August 2008 – Sedona, Arizona; September 2007 – Austin, Texas; July 2007 – Breckinridge,
Colorado; June 2007 – St. Charles, Illinois; March 2007 – Caguas, Puerto Rico; March 2007 – Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania; November 2006 – Hilton Head, South Carolina; July 2006 - Breckinridge, Colorado
June 2006 – Saint Charles, Illinois; May 2006 – Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; August 2005 – Killington,
Vermont; July 2005 – Breckinridge, Colorado
The Right Start
Sponsoring Organization:
The Foundation for Teaching Economics (F) forthcoming October 2013 - Boise, Idaho; February 2011 - Franklin, Tennessee; April 2010 – Scottsdale, Arizona;
January 2010 – Lynchburg, Virginia; November 2008 – Fairfax, Virginia; October 2007 – Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania; October 2006 – Nashville, Tennessee; June 2003 – Tampa, Florida; June 2002 – Dearborn,
Michigan
Economics for Leaders
Sponsoring Organization:
The Foundation for Teaching Economics (Davis, California) June 2002 – Emory University: Atlanta, Georgia
July 2001 – Wooster College: Wooster, Ohio
July 2001 – Loyola - Mary Mount University: Los Angeles, California
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Global e-learning Program
SMPU – St. Galens, Switzerland
Economics Modules and Corporate Finance Modules
Annually or semi-annually since 2002, Program ended in 2014.
University of Würzburg - Summer Program
Florida Gulf Coast University
The American Economy
July, 2003 through 2012
National and International Conferences
Young Professional Seminar - Discussion Leader
Advanced Topics in Liberty - Economic Crisis and Freedom
The Institute for Humane Studies/ Liberty Fund
May 2015 – Washington, DC
Undergraduate Reading Seminar
Liberalism: The Classical Tradition and The Fatal Conceit – Discussion Leader
Funded by Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
The University of Louisville
February 2015 - Louisville, Kentucky
Undergraduate Reading Seminar
Liberalism: The Classical Tradition and The Fatal Conceit –Director
Funded by Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
The Eleutheria Institute
March 2014- Fort Myers, Florida
"Wealth, Liberty, and Morality"
The Liberty Fund
October 2013 – Hermosa Beach, California
Undergraduate Reading Seminar on Hayek and Mises – The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of
Socialism and Liberalism: The Classical Tradition - Discussion Leader
Funded by Charles Koch Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
June 2013 - Atlanta, Georgia
"Kirzner's Competition and Entrepreneurship at Forty"
Director
The Liberty Fund
April 2013 – Maui, Hawaii
Undergraduate Reading Seminar on Hayek and Mises – The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of
Socialism and Economic Policy - Discussion Leader
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Funded by Charles Koch Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
The University of Louisville
February 2013 - Louisville, Kentucky
Undergraduate Reading Seminar on Hayek and Mises – The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of
Socialism and Economic Policy - Director
Funded by Charles Koch Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Clemson University
January 2013 - Clemson, South Carolina
Academic Entrepreneur Workshop
Participant
Funded by The Institute for Humane Studies (Washington, D.C.)
November 2012 - Washington, D.C.
“Governmental Growth and the Free Society in Richard Epstein’s Design for Liberty”
Participant
The Liberty Fund
July 2012 – Indianapolis, Indiana
The Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism
7th Annual BB&T Foundation Programs Conference
Clemson University
June 2012 – Presenter “Teaching Methods in Economic Education”
Undergraduate Reading Seminar on Ludwig von Mises – Liberalism: The Classical Tradition and
The Anti-capitalist Mentality – Discussion Leader
Funded by Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
The University of Louisville
November 2011 - Louisville, Kentucky
Economic Crisis and Freedom
Discussion Leader – National Journalists Seminar - Advanced Topics in Liberty
The Institute for Humane Studies
September 2011 – Washington, DC
The Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism
6th Annual BB&T Foundation Programs Conference
Clemson University
June 2011 – Presented “Teaching the History of Capitalism”
Undergraduate Reading Seminar on Ludwig von Mises – Liberalism: The Classical Tradition and
The Anti-capitalist Mentality - Director
Funded by Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
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Florida Gulf Coast University
February 2011 - Fort Myers, Florida
Market-Based Management (MBM) University
July 2010 – Wichita, Kansas
The Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism
5th Annual BB&T Foundation Programs Conference
Clemson University
June 2011 – Presenter “Teaching Ayn Rand’s ‘What is Capitalism?’”
Undergraduate Reading Seminar on Ludwig von Mises – Liberalism: The Classical Tradition and
The Anti-capitalist Mentality – Discussion Leader
Funded by Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
The University of Louisville
March 2010 - Louisville, Kentucky
The Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism
4th Annual BB&T Foundation Programs Conference
Clemson University
June 2009 – Presenter on “First Year Programs” Panel
Henry Hazlitt and Economic Freedom
Participant
The Liberty Fund
September 2008 – Denver, Colorado
The Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism
3rd Annual BB&T Foundation Programs Conference
Clemson University
June 2008
Liberty in Late Scholastic Thought
Participant
The Liberty Fund
May 2008 – Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Economics of a Free People from Smith to Friedman
Discussion Leader – Graduate Student Seminar in Advanced Topics in Liberty
The Institute for Humane Studies
September 2007 – Washington, DC
Economic Liberty and “The Commanding Heights”
Director and Discussion Leader
The Liberty Fund
August 2007 – Indianapolis, Indiana
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Economics of a Free People from Smith to Friedman
Discussion Leader – Graduate Student Seminar in Advanced Topics in Liberty
The Institute for Humane Studies
February 2007 – Washington, DC
Economic Liberty and “The Commanding Heights”
Director and Discussion Leader
The Liberty Fund
June 2006 – Park City, Utah
Public Finance and Public Choice: Two Contrasting Visions of the State
Director and Discussion Leader
The Liberty Fund
January 2005 – Santa Monica, California
Adam Smith: The Theory of Moral Sentiments, Lectures on Jurisprudence, Wealth of Nations,
Essays on Philosophical Subjects, Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres
(Week-long Colloquium for Graduate Students and Young Professors)
Discussion Leader
The Liberty Fund
August 2004 – Holland, Michigan
Introduction to IMPLAN Workshop; Stillwater, Minnesota, July 2004
Public Finance and Public Choice: Two Contrasting Visions of the State
Discussion Leader
The Liberty Fund
November 2003 – Santa Monica, California
The Role of Rights, Liberty, and Property in an Economic System
Discussion Leader
The Liberty Fund
May 2002 - Wilmington, North Carolina
Socratic Seminar for Liberty Fund Discussion Leaders
The Liberty Fund
October 2001 – Indianapolis, Indiana
The Role of Rights, Liberty, and Property in an Economic System
Discussion Leader
The Liberty Fund
May 2001 - Wilmington, North Carolina
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The Evolution of Property Rights in the American West
The Liberty Fund
October 2000 – Bozeman, Montana
The Role of Rights, Liberty, and Property in an Economic System
The Liberty Fund
January 2000 - Charleston, South Carolina
Adam Smith's System of Ordered Liberty
The Liberty Fund
October 1997 - Flat Rock, North Carolina
Leadership in Higher Education
Bellarmine College Roundtable
Sponsor: Pew Charitable Trust
Spring 1997 - Louisville, Kentucky
American Association of Higher Education (AAHE)
AAHE Summer Quality Academy: Organizing for Learning
Sponsor: AAHE and Bellarmine College
July 1996 - Breckenridge, Colorado
Lilly Endowment Workshop on the Liberal Arts at The Colorado College
Sponsor: The Lilly Endowment
June 1994 - Colorado Springs, Colorado
Association of American Colleges and Universities: Creating Vitality in General Education
Programs
Sponsor: The Lilly Endowment
April 1994 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Challenges to Unity: The European Community in 1994
Sponsor: The Center for European Studies and the Knight Foundation
January 1994 - Maastricht, Netherlands and Brussels, Belgium
Austrian Economics Seminar
Sponsor: The Foundation for Economic Education
June 1993 – Irvington-on-Hudson, New York
American Economic Association - Joint Council on Economic Education
Teacher Training Workshop
Sponsor: The Lilly Foundation
May 1992 - Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
"Reforming the Major"
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Association of American Colleges
Sponsor: Bellarmine College
March 1992 - Chicago, Illinois
Seminar on Experimental Economics
Sponsor: The National Science Foundation, Vernon Smith
August 1991 - University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
Banking Seminar for College Faculty
Sponsor: The Graduate School of Banking
August 1989 - University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
Other Professional Conferences Attended:
Creative Teaching Ideas for Your Basic Economics Course
Stavros Center for Economic Education at University of South Florida (USF) or Florida State
University (FSU)
January 2007 at USF, February 2009 at USF, February 2010 at FSU
National Council on Economic Education – Annual Meetings
October 1998
Ball State University - Teaching the Principles of Economics
April 1993; April 1991; April 1989
Louisville Federal Reserve Board
1995; 1993; 1991
International Experience:
Professor of Economics
Principles of Macroeconomics and Principles of Macroeconomics
Copenhagen Business School - Summer International Program
June – July 2015 (F)
Professor of Economics
Principles of Macroeconomics and Principles of Macroeconomics
Copenhagen Business School - Summer International Program
June – July 2014
Professor of Economics
Principles of Macroeconomics and Issues in the Morality of Capitalism
Copenhagen Business School - Summer International Program
June – July 2013
The Scientific and Economic Analysis of Environmental Issues: An Institute for Teachers
on Environmentalism - Costa Rica
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July 2012
Professor of Management
Undergraduate Organizational Behavior and Graduate Strategy
Copenhagen Business School - Summer International Program
June – July 2009
Distance Learning Module in Basic Finance
SMPU – St. Galen, Switzerland.
June and November 2008, 2009, 2010
FGCU and College of Business Representative
Trade Exchange Program and the “Second Circle Model”
Warsaw and Gdansk, Poland
October 2004
Distance Learning Module in Basic Economics
SMPU – St. Galen, Switzerland.
February 2002, 2003
Professor of Economics
Economic Transitions - MBA course
Prague, Czech Republic
July 1994
Conference Attendee
Challenges to Unity: The European Community in 1994
Sponsor: The Center for European Studies and the Knight Foundation
January 1994 - Maastricht, Netherlands and Brussels, Belgium
Foreign Exchange Student (Undergraduate)
San Jose, Costa Rica
June-July, 1982
Community Service:
Project Oversight/ Executive Editor - The Economic Impact of the Arts in Collier County
United Arts Council of Collier County
Spring 1999
Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast Florida, Inc.
Member of Board Search Committee - March 2003 through 2005
Member of Board of Directors - April 1999 through April 2003 (one reappointment)
Appointed Member of the Executive Committee - 2000-2001
Member Finance Committee - April 2000 – April 2003
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Finance Chairman
National Wild Turkey Federation
Ft. Myers Chapter, 1998 – 2003, 2005
Board of Directors, Scholarship Committee Chair
Kentucky Wildlife Federation Foundation
January 1993 to August 1997
Consulting:
Florida Gulf Coast University, Economic Impact Statement for FGCU, Co-author: Carol
Sweeney. Published in 2006: Soaring To New Heights: The Economic Impact of Florida
Gulf Coast University on Southwest Florida, 2003-2004.
US Sugar, Clewiston, Florida – Principles of Microeconomics Course (Fall 2003.)
Author: Teaching Corner for Ideas on Liberty. The Foundation for Economic Education,
Irvington-on-Hudson, New York. (October, November, December 2001.)
Subject Matter Expert for development of Intermediate Price Theory. Thinkwell, Inc., Austin,
Texas, 2001.
Project Supervision for Collier County Government. Estimated Economic Impacts of the
Immokalee Motorsports Park, Naples, Florida, 2000.
Lee County Alliance for the Arts. Economic Impact Statement for Lee County Non-Profits.
Fort Myers, Florida, 2000.
Lehigh Corporation, Ft. Myers, Florida – Comment on Environmental Impact Statement:
Lehigh Acres (Cost-Benefit Analyses) Fall 1999
Tom Smoot III, Attorney at Law (Forensic Economics) Ongoing 1999
Capital Asset Management Corporation – Board of Directors (Investments) September, 1995
to Fall 1999
Stevenson and Company (Economics Forecast and Appliance Sales Forecasts for General
Electric Incorporated) Fall 1995 through December 1996
General Electric Incorporated, Research Department (Economics Forecast and Appliance
Sales Forecasts) Summer 1995 through Fall 1995
Humana, Incorporated (Teaching Presentations) 1994
Academy for Health Care Marketing Professionals (Teaching Presentations) 1994
Visiting Nurse Association of Louisville – (Health Care Research) 1993
St. Anthony's Hospital of Louisville – (Health Care Research) 1993
Hirn, Doheny, Reed, and Harper, Attorneys at Law – (Forensic Economics) 1997
Sally Lambert, Esquire – (Forensic Economics) 1995