Jonathan Wight
Professor of Economics and International Studies at Robins School of Business
Schools
- Robins School of Business
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Biography
Robins School of Business
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Ethics and Economics
- Economic Development
EDUCATION
B.A., Duke University - 1976
Economics and Public Policy StudiesM.A., Vanderbilt University - 1980
EconomicsPh.D., Vanderbilt University - 1982
Economics
Awards
- Policy Communicators Award 2010, Charles Koch Foundation and APEE, First prize
- In-Character National Prize, Templeton Foundation, For best editorial writing on the human virtues. Co-winner with Douglas Hicks.
- Templeton Award for Best Paper, Journal of Private Enterprise Education, For paper entitled, "Adam Smith and Greed"
- Distinguished Educator Award, University of Richmond
- Outstanding Teaching Award, Robins School of Business, University of Richmond
- Outstanding Service Award, Robins School of Richmond, University of Richmond
- National Danforth Fellow, Danforth Foundation, Awarded to graduate students interested in the ethical foundations of their disciplines.
Professional Experience
Previous positions include:
- Professor of Economics, 2006 -, with joint appointment in global studies, University of Richmond.
- Associate Professor (1988-06) and Assistant Professor (1982-88), University of Richmond.
- Association for Social Economics, President 2013, Pres-Elect 2012, Vice-Pres. 2011, Trustee 2006-2015.
- Co-organizer, ASE Summer School in Social Economics, 2012 and 2015.
- Co-organizer, Workshops on ethics and economics for teachers, '07, '10, '11, '12, '14
- Program Chair, 8 ASE sessions at the ASSA, San Diego, CA, 2013.
- Co-editor, special issue on "Emotions, Natural Selection and Rationality" for the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2011.
- Co-organizer, Liberty Fund colloquium, "Markets, Ethics, and the Evolution of a Moral Society," Indianapolis, January 2010.
- Co-director, Symposium on "Emotions, Natural Selection, and Rationality," University of Richmond, March 2009.
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