Timothy A Wunder(Vita)
Department of Economics University of Texas, Arlington. Arlington TX.76019 Phone: Home (817) 807-3469 Office (817) 272-3257. E-mail:
Professional Positions:
-University of Texas Arlington.Clinical Assistant Professor (2009 – Present)
-University of Texas Arlington. Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics. (2007 – 2009)
-Valparaiso University.Assistant Professor of Economics. (2003 - 2007)
-University of Denver.Temporary Visiting Instructor. (2002 - 2003)
-Artifact Entertainment. Chief Economic Consultant. (2001 - 2002)
-Colorado State University. Temporary Instructor. (2000 - 2002)
-Colorado State University. Teaching Assistant. (1996 - 2000)
Research:
Journal articles:
-“Income Distribution and Consumption Driven Growth: How Consumption Behaviors of the Top Two Income Quintiles Help to Explain the Economy.” (Forthcoming) Journal of Economic Issues
-“Fact Based Economic Education”Journal of Economic Issues Co-author Thomas Kemp, Scott England. Volume 43(2) pp. 467-476. June 2009.
-“Mainstream Amnesia: Why Evolutionary Ideas in the Mainstream Are Not Being Recognized for What They Are and How Institutional Economics Can Benefit.” Journal of Economic IssuesVolume 43(1) pp. 269-278. March 2009.
-“Institutionalism and the State: Founding Views Reexamined,” Forum for Social Economics. Co-author Thomas Kemp. Volume 37(1) pp. 27-42. Spring 2008.
-“Simulating Inequality and Social Order in the Classroom: A Macroeconomic Game,”Review of Social Economy.Co-author Thomas Kemp. Volume 65(4) pp. 425-43. December 2007.
-“Toward an Evolutionary Economics: The 'Theory of the Individual' in Thorstein Veblen and Joseph Schumpeter,” Journal of Economic Issues. Issue 41(3) pp. 827-39. September 2007.
Book Chapters:
-“A History of Economic Methodology” 21st Century Economics: A Reference Handbook.Rhona, Free C. (ed). New York, NY:Sage book publishers. 2010 (Peer reviewed)
-“Toward an Evolutionary Economics: The ‘Theory of the Individual’ in Thorstein Veblen and Joseph Schumpeter,” Reprinted as a book chapter in Evolutionary Economics Kumark, Ravi. Krishna, Jain B. and Puranam, Kishore (eds.) Hyderabad: Icfai University Press, 2008. (Reprint)
Other Publications:
-Book Review of Individuals and Identity in Economics.Journal of Economic Issues.Volume 45(4) December 2011.
-Book Review of Debt, Innovations, and Deflation: The Theories of Veblen, Fisher, Schumpeter, and MinskyJournal of Economic IssuesVolume 45(3) September 2011
-Book Review of Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior by Ori and Rom Brafman. Volume 43(2) June 2009.
-Book Review ofPredictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape our Decisions by Dan Ariely. Journal of Economic Issues Volume 43(1) March 2009.
-Book Review of Thorstein Veblen and the Enrichment of Evolutionary Naturalism by Rick Tilman. The Review of Politics Volume 70(4) fall 2008.
-Book Review of DigitalMatters: The Theory and Culture of the Matrix by Paul A. Taylor and Jan L. I. Harris. Review of Social Economy. Volume 65(4) pp. 493-496. December 2007.
-Book Review of Organizing America: Wealth, Power, and the Origins of Corporate Capitalism by Charles Perrow. Journal of Economic Issues.Volume 39(4) pp. 1075-1077. December 2005
-"Simulating the Market Economy in the Classroom: Macroeconomic Development with Governance and Planning." Association for Institutional Thought Web-site. Teaching Institutionalism section. November 2004 (Co-authored with Thomas Kemp.)
Current projects:
-“Distance Education in University Economics.”
-“Evaluating introductory economics texts with respect to coverage on common economic misperceptions.”
-“Teaching Income Distribution in Introductory Economics.” (Revised and Resubmitted to Forum for Social Economics.)
Recent Presentations:
-The Consumption Cycle. To be presented at the AEA meeting in Chicago
-But that is Unfair Professor: Using a grade structure to help students understand income quintiles.Given at the WSSA conference in Salt Lake City UT, April 2011.
-Economic Myths Just the Facts:What Introductory Economics Students Know and How to Demonstrate the Macro Economy. Given at Texas Christian University for the economics department seminar series. November 2009.
-Mainstream Amnesia. Given at the WSSA conference in Albuquerque NM, May 2009.
-Fact Based Economics.Given at the ASSA conference. San Francisco, CA, January 2009.
-Some Social Factors Involved With Individual Success.Given at the AFIT conference.Denver, CO, April 2008.
-A Comparison of Theoretical Frameworks of the Firm. Given at the AFIT conference.Phoenix, AZ, April 2006.
-John B Davis' 'Theory of the Individual' Applied: Two Case Studies; Thorstein Veblen and Joseph Schumpeter. Given at the AFIT conference.Albuquerque, NM, April 2005.
-Veblen and Schumpeter: A New View on Individuality. Presented for California State University at Fresno Economics Colloquium Series. Fresno, CA, February 2005.
-The Race Game:Simulating Economic Institutional Impacts on Racial Achievement. Presented for Martin Luther King Day at Valparaiso University. Valparaiso, IN, January 2005.
-The Race Game:Simulating Economic Institutional Impacts on Racial Achievement. Presented at Thomas Jefferson Middle School. Valparaiso, IN, March 2005.
-An Institutional Business Cycle Explanation of the Current Downturn. Given at the AFIT conference.Salt Lake City, UT, April 2004.
-Veblen and Schumpeter’s Thoughts on the Source of Profit and the Current Economic Recession.Given at the AFIT conference.Las Vegas, NE, April 2003.
-Implications of Veblen's Economic Sociology. Given at the AFIT Conference.Albuquerque, NM, April 2002.
-Max Weber and the Concept of Economic Progress. Given at the AFEE / ASE session. Atlanta, GA, January 2002.
Proffessional Experience:
Teaching Experience:
-University of TexasArlington(2007 – Present):
-I have a 4/4 load at UTA. I currently teach Introduction to Microeconomics, Introduction to Macroeconomics, Environmental Economics, Managerial Economics, Comparative Economic Systems and Economic Analysis for the MBA program.
-My teaching evaluations have consistently been some of the highest in the department, and college.
-ValparaisoUniversity (2003 - 2007):
-The policy of VU for the Department of Economics was that professors would teach a 3/4 load. This policy was instituted in the 2004-2005 school year. In the academic year 2003-2004 the teaching load was a 4/4.
-While at ValparaisoUniversity I instructed the following economics courses: The Economics of Race and Gender, The Economics of Health, Education, and Welfare, The History of Economic Thought, International Economics, Intermediate Macro, Introductory Micro and Introductory Macro.
-In the 2004-2005 academic year, as a service to the department, I instructed in the university's freshman seminar on the liberal arts. This class was based around a multidisciplinary approach that introduced freshmen to the concept of a liberal arts education through the use of intensive reading, writing, and discussion. This class was supposed to allow for a teaching load reduction, due to the intensive amount of work, but budgetary concerns eliminated that reduction in my case and the course load was equivalent to a 4/4 load or higher.
-The written student responses to my instruction have been consistently excellent.
-The written student responses in my freshmen seminar were some of the highest ever received at the University. The assistant dean in charge of the program also gave high praise.
-University of Denver (2002 - 2003):
-The policy of the University of Denver was that instructors would teach a 2/2/2 load during the quarter-based system. I instructed a 2/2/3 load due to the needs of the department.
-While at the University of Denver I instructed: The Economics of Wealth and Poverty, International Economics, Intermediate Micro-Economics, and Technology and the Economy.
-My student evaluations at the University of Denver were above the university and department averages.
-ColoradoStateUniversity (1996 - 2002):
-During the first two years as a teaching assistant at CSU I was assisting other instructors with grading and with teaching recitation sections of larger lecture hall introductory courses.
-During the second two years as a teaching assistant at CSU I was responsible for teaching my own classes at a teaching load of 1/2.
-As a temporary instructor at CSU I was responsible for teaching my own classes at a 2/2 load.
-In my entire tenure at CSU I taught the following classes: Introductory Micro and Macro, Money and Banking, Managerial Economics, Comparative Economic Systems, International Economics, Intermediate Macro Economics, and the History of Economic Thought.
-My student evaluations and my departmental evaluations on my teaching were at or above average for all the courses I was involved in.
Academic and Professional Service:
-University of Texas at Arlington Department of Economics Graduate Advisor. (2011 - present) In charge of making recommendations for admission to the UTA Masters of Economics program. Responsible for approving courses of study for Masters Candidates.
-University of Texas at Arlington Department of Economics Scholarship Committee. (2011 – present) Sit on the committee that advises and decides on the awarding of department funds towards scholarships at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The committee makes the recommendations on who will receive scholarships from the department.
-Web Editor for Association for Evolutionary Economics.(2009 – present) Designing and maintaining the website for this international organization of professional economics.
-University of Texas at Arlington: Proofer for Pearson Publishing. (2008). I have been proofing the test bank and some chapters of the new Case/Fair/Oster text.
-ValparaisoUniversity: Curriculum Committee Member. (2005 - 2007): This committee served to approve changes to the curriculum of any department within the college of liberal arts.
-ValparaisoUniversity: Planning Committee for the “Peace and Justice Symposium.” (2005 - 2006): This committee served to present a symposium that dealt with issues on peace and justice in the world today.
-ValparaisoUniversity: Creating Departmental Plan for Self-Assessment. (2004 - 2007): ValparaisoUniversity instituted a policy requiring that all departments make a yearly assessment of the success they were having at achieving their educational goals. It was my responsibility to create the assessment policies of the economics department and to get those policies approved by the university assessment committee.
-ValparaisoUniversity: Redesigning and Updating the Departmental Web-Site. (2003 - 2007): The department's web-site is the first contact that most outsiders get of the department. I helped to completely redesign the web-site to fit into the standard form used by the university. I was also responsible for continued updates of information on the web-site.
-Artifact Entertainment: Chief Economic Consultant. (2001 - 2002): I served as the chief economic consultant for a multi-million dollar computer gaming project called Horizons. I was awarded this position in a nationwide candidate search held in 2001. I created the economy for an online role-playing game and was responsible for creating the mathematical equations used by the computer to calculate prices and to measure the flows of material throughout a virtual world. I also created the institutional framework for the economy.
-ColoradoStateUniversity: Graduate Faculty Liaison at CSU. (2001 - 2002): I represented the graduate student interests in a non-voting position during faculty meetings. I also served as a source of information to the graduate student body with respect to the policies of the faculty.
Professional Societies:
-Member of Association for Evolutionary Economics.
-Member of Association for Institutional Thought.
-Member of Association for Social Economics.
Education:
-Ph.D. In Economics, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO, 80523 (2003)
-M.A. In Economics, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO, 80523 (1998)
-B.A. In Economics, WesternWashingtonUniversity, BellinghamWA, 98225 (1993)