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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)


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)

http://studentsforliberty.org/college/journal/

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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


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


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


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.

http://www.bastiatsociety.org/

http://www.apee.org/


http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/journals.htm?id=jepp


http://www.ramapo.edu/eea/

http://historyofeconomics.org/

https://www.montpelerin.org/montpelerin/index.html

http://www.southerneconomic.org/

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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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http://ijspp.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.274/prod.57

http://www.templeton.org/what-we-fund/grants/the-seven-fund-enterprise-based-solutions-to-poverty

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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.

http://www.westga.edu/~bquest/2005/pedagogy5.htm

http://www.jeandfe.org/

http://www.mtsu.edu/~jee/issues_2001fall.html

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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.

http://eh.net/book_reviews/economics-enough-how-run-economy-if-future-matters

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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

http://www.aworldconnected.org/

http://www.iliberty.org/

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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.



2012-13. Granted approximately $14,500 – Seminar held at Clemson University, Clemson,

South Carolina.

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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 “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 “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).



approximately $14,500 – Seminar held at Florida Gulf Cost University, Fort Myers, Florida.


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.



approximately $25,000.



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 “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


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


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


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


“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


“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


“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


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 2007 – Cancun, Mexico


Association of Private Enterprise Education, April 2005 – Orlando, Florida

Southern Finance Association, November 2004 – Naples, Florida


Southern Finance Association, November 2003 – Charleston, South Carolina

http://www.westga.edu/~bquest/board.html

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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

http://www.moralityofprofit.com/

http://itech.fgcu.edu/faculty/bhobbs/The%20morality%20of%20profit%20-%20Final.pdf

http://www.sevenfund.org/morality-of-profit/

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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


(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


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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


Associates Program Kickoff (first 2 days of the 2008-2009 class)

June 2008


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


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


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


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


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


Socialism and Economic Policy - Discussion Leader

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February 2013 - Louisville, Kentucky


Socialism and Economic Policy - Director


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



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



Clemson University

June 2011 – Presented “Teaching the History of Capitalism”


The Anti-capitalist Mentality - Director


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February 2011 - Fort Myers, Florida

Market-Based Management (MBM) University

July 2010 – Wichita, Kansas



Clemson University

June 2011 – Presenter “Teaching Ayn Rand’s ‘What is Capitalism?’”


The Anti-capitalist Mentality – Discussion Leader



March 2010 - Louisville, Kentucky



Clemson University

June 2009 – Presenter on “First Year Programs” Panel

Henry Hazlitt and Economic Freedom

Participant

The Liberty Fund

September 2008 – Denver, Colorado


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


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


February 2007 – Washington, DC

Economic Liberty and “The Commanding Heights”


The Liberty Fund

June 2006 – Park City, Utah

Public Finance and Public Choice: Two Contrasting Visions of the State


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


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 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)


Principles of Macroeconomics and Principles of Macroeconomics


June – July 2014


Principles of Macroeconomics and Issues in the Morality of Capitalism


June – July 2013


on Environmentalism - Costa Rica

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July 2012

Professor of Management

Undergraduate Organizational Behavior and Graduate Strategy


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


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

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