Bradley K. Hobbs, Ph.D. Florida Gulf Coast University Office: 10501 .

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Bradley K. Hobbs, Ph.D.Florida Gulf Coast UniversityOffice: 10501 FGCU Boulevard South, Fort Myers, FL 33965-6565University Office: (239) 590-7162Home: 18131 Parkridge Court, Fort Myers, FL 33908-4664Home: (239) 437-6017Cell: (239) 218-3615E-mail: bhobbs@fgcu.edu; bradleykhobbs@gmail.comEducation:Ph.D., Economics, Florida State UniversityConferred in December 1991Fields of Specialization:International Trade and Finance, Labor Economics, History of Economic ThoughtDissertation Topic "An Hedonic Price Model of Nursing Homes in the State of Florida"Master of Science in Economics, Florida State University, 1987Bachelor of Arts in History, Florida State University, 1983(Emphasis in Latin American History)Academic and Research Appointments:Clemson UniversityHayek Visiting Scholar at the Clemson Institute for the Study of CapitalismAcademic Year 2012-2013 (August 15, 2012 - May 15, 2013)Florida Gulf Coast University4) BB&T Distinguished Professor of Free Enterprise, 2009 - present3) Full Professor of Finance & Economics, 2007 - 20082) Associate Professor of Finance & Economics, 2002 – 20071) Hired as: Associate Professor of Economics with Joint Appointment in theCollege of Arts and Sciences and the College of Business, 1997 - 2002I filled the first position in Economics at Florida Gulf Coast University in a JointAppointment between the College of Business and the College of Arts and Sciences.This included being responsible for developing new interdisciplinary courses in the socialsciences: Issues in Politics and Economics (Fall 1997) and The Senior Seminar in theSocial Sciences (Spring 1999). Furthermore, I was responsible for teaching undergraduatecourses within the field of Economics for both the College of Business and the College ofArts and Sciences.Beginning in August of 1999 my teaching assignment was moved, in its entirety, to the6/12/15page 1

Department of Finance in the College of Business. Responsible for teachingundergraduate courses within the field of Finance: Financial Management (IntermediateCorporate Finance), Capital and Money Markets (undergraduate), Capital and MoneyMarkets (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 20022003 – assigned solely to the College of Business. In 2005 the Economics Departmentmoved from the College of Arts and Sciences to the College of Business. Primaryteaching assignments switched to: Intermediate Price Theory, Money and CapitalMarkets, 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 wasnamed the BB&T Distinguished Professor of Free Enterprise and my position wasmoved to the Economics and Finance Department. Duties include: managing the BB&TFree Enterprise Speaker Series (fall and spring lectures), community activities promotingfree enterprise, administering grants, coordinating and managing employees, and teachingECP 3009 – Moral Foundations & Capitalism at least once each academic year.Founding Faculty Advisor of Journal of Liberty and Society (a research journal designedfor undergraduate students.) 2009 – 2012.FGCU Teaching Record:Undergraduate Finance and Business CoursesIntermediate Corporate FinanceBusiness Finance (Introductory Corporate Finance)Money and Capital MarketsOrganizational Behavior (Copenhagen Business School)Undergraduate Economics CoursesSurvey of Economics (introductory for non-majors)Principles of MacroeconomicsPrinciples of MicroeconomicsIntermediate Price TheoryManagerial EconomicsInternational Trade and FinanceAdam Smith (Directed Individual Study)History of Economic Thought (Clemson University)Interdisciplinary CoursesThe Moral Foundations of Capitalism (BB&T Professorship Course)Spontaneous Order: Taxis & Cosmos (Honor’s Seminar)Issues in Economics and PoliticsAcross the Great Divide – A summer travel course on and in the American WestMasters of Business Administration - FinanceMoney and Capital MarketsLeadership Development (Copenhagen Business School)6/12/15page 2

Masters of Business Administration – EconomicsFoundations of EconomicsFoundations of Economics – Distance VersionExecutive Masters of Business Administration (EMBA)Managerial Economics – The Economics of StrategyThe American Economy - Short course for EMBA Students (University ofWurzburg)Managerial Finance (Distance course)Director - The Center for Economic EducationFlorida Gulf Coast UniversityFounding Director of the Center for Economic Education at Florida Gulf CoastUniversity. Work with the National Council on Economic Education and the FloridaCouncil on Economic Education to disseminate teaching programs for K-12 teachers.Develop community relationships among teachers, the university, and the businesscommunity. Coordinate and conduct workshops for teachers in the five-county servicearea. Oversee the Teacher Ambassador Program selection and grants. Incorporatedistance technologies for delivery of information concerning the Center and some contentdelivery.August 1997 – August 2002Adjunct Graduate Professor - University of California at DavisGraduate professor status granted for use in Foundation for Teaching Economics coursesduring summer of 2001.April 2001 – presentBellarmine CollegeAssociate Professor of Economics, Fall 1995 – July 1997(Tenure and Promotion granted for Academic Year 1995-1996)Assistant Professor of Economics, 1988- Spring 1995Responsible for developing and teaching undergraduate courses within the field ofEconomics, Masters in Business Administration graduate courses, Executive Masters ofBusiness Administration and Masters of Arts in Liberal Studies.Faculty Advisor and Founder of Issues in Political Economy (a research journal designedfor undergraduate students.) Served as Founding and Executive Editor of Issues inPolitical 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 19976/12/15page 3

Courses Taught:Undergraduate EconomicsPrinciples of MacroeconomicsPrinciples of MicroeconomicsIntermediate Microeconomic TheoryInternational Trade and FinanceHealth Care EconomicsInterdisciplinary CoursesEnvironmental Issues: Biological, Economic, and Philosophical PerspectivesCommerce and Culture - A History of TradeHonors SeminarThe History of International TradeMasters of Business AdministrationBasic EconomicsManagerial EconomicsInternational Trade and FinanceHealth Care EconomicsTransitioning Economies in Eastern Europe (Overseas Course)Executive Masters of Business Administration (EMBA)The Economics of StrategyMasters of Arts in Liberal StudiesCommerce and Culture - A History of TradeResearch Associate/Project Manager - Statistics and Labor EconomicsEconomic Research Services, Inc.Performed Project Manager duties for discrimination cases. Tasks included thesupervision of building and maintaining complex databases. I prepared computerizedstatistical analysis of and specialized research in areas of labor economics anddemographics. I performed statistical analyses of hiring, promotion, and dismissal ofemployees to be used in legal determinations of liability along with net present valueanalysis for economic damages. Daily use of: Perkin-Elmer mainframe system, personalcomputers, Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), Lotus, Supercalc, assortedword processors and utilities software. I introduced desktop use of personal computers tothe firm in 1987. Organized data control, hardware, peripheral configuration for personalcomputers training employees in use of assorted software systems and statisticaltechniques.March 1986 - July 1988June 1985 - September 1985 (Research Assistant - Summer Employment)Graduate InstructorFlorida State University, Department of EconomicsCourses taught include Principles of the National Economy, and Introduction to PriceTheory. Research Assistant and grader for Engineering Economics, Intermediate PriceTheory and Intermediate Macroeconomics.6/12/15page 4

August 1982 - December 1985 (Academic Years)Research AssistantFlorida Public Service Commission, Research DepartmentProduced Economic Impact Statements for proposed regulatory changes vetted before theCommission. Calculated Cost/Benefit analyses and developed the computerization ofSummary Statistics of Florida's Publicly-Owned Electrical Utilities. Trained employeesin 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 SocietyMont Pelerin Society (2010 - present)Southern Economic AssociationProfessional Educational Memberships:Delta Sigma Pi – Business Honor Society (honorary)Omicron Delta Epsilon – The International Economics Honor Society (honorary)Sigma Beta Delta – Business Honor SocietyPublications: 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 MushfiqSwaleheen Entrepreneurial Action, Public Policy, and Economics Outcomes (Series: NewThinking 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 KeynesianEconomics" Thomas Cate, Editor; Geoff Harcourt and David C. Colander, Associate Editors.Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, Cheltenham, UK, 2013, pp. 530.6/12/15page 5

“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 PoliticallyReasserted" with Edward T. Wimberley. The International Journal of Sustainability Policy andPractice. Vol. 8, Issue 4, 2013: 29-45.“Protectionism and Property Rights: Coasian Bargaining and Debt-for-Nature Swaps” SoleAuthor. Economic Affairs, (Journal of the Institute for Economic Affairs,) Vol. 32, No. 2, June2012.“The Future ofFree Enterprise Leadership in Academe - A Survey” Clark, J.R., Ashley S.Harrison, Bradley K. Hobbs. Journal of Private Enterprise Education. Vol. 27, No. 2, Spring2012: 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 TempletonFoundation. (Planned book has not been published as of 02/15/15. Grant ended 2012).“The Current State of Leadership in Classical Liberalism, Private Enterprise, andEntrepreneurship in Academe” Clark, J.R.; Ashley S. Harrison, Bradley K. Hobbs. Journal ofPrivate Enterprise Education Vol. 26, No. 2, Spring, 2011: 15-46."Effectively Integrating Team-Based Research Projects in Money and Banking and FinancialMarkets 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 andFinance 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 FinancialSecurities Modernization Act of 1999” with Carl Pacini and William Hillison. Research inFinance, Vol. 23, 2007: pp. 127 – 159.6/12/15page 6

"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 multiprogram 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, Number22-23, March – September, 2005: pp. 74-83.“Distance Delivery in Accounting: Faculty Perspectives” with Christine Andrews, JosephFarinella, and H. Shelton Weeks. Business Quest: A Journal of Applied Topics in Business andEconomics. http://www.westga.edu/ bquest/2005/pedagogy5.htm“Quality of Care and Nursing Home Cost-Efficiency Research” with Randy Anderson, JamesWebb 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 FacultyLines: The Case of Finance” with J. Howard Finch and H. Shelton Weeks. Journal of Educationfor Business, Volume 80, Number 5, May/June 2005: pp. 253-258.“Managing Pressure Ulcers through a Turn Team Nursing Program” (Sole Authored) The Journalof Gerontological Nursing, Volume 30, Number 11, November, 2004: pp. 46-51.“Distance Delivery in Economics: Faculty Perspectives” with Joseph Farinella and H. SheltonWeeks. 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 RandyAnderson, 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/NationalInvestment 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. SheltonWeeks, 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. (SoleAuthored) 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 ofEconomics and Economic Education Research, Volume 1, Spring 2000, pp. 53-60.6/12/15page 7

“Arthur M. Okun” and “Okun’s Law”. “An Encyclopedia of Keynesian Economics" ThomasCate, Editor; Geoff Harcourt and David C. Colander, Associate Editors. Edgar Elgar PublishingLimited, 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.” Coauthored with Daniel J. Borgia and H. Shelton Weeks. Papers and Proceedings, Academy ofEconomics 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, AnnualMeeting 1998, Brookhaven, Mississippi, 1998. pp. 146-150.“Finance Student Perceptions and Attitudes About Distance & Flex-Time LearningEffectiveness” 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 ReviewsThe Adam Smith Review. Review of Adam Smith – A primer, by Eamonn Butler. Institute ofEconomic 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 -matters Journal of the History of Economic Thought. Review of John Kenneth Galbraith, by JamesRonald Stanfield. St. Martin’s Press, New York, 1998. pp. 115-117.Eastern Economic Journal. Book Review of Addiction: Entries and Exits, by Jon Elster. EasternEconomic 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 theJames Madison Institute, Winter-Spring, 2014.6/12/15page 8

“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.orgIdeas on Liberty, The Foundation for Economic EducationWeb publication of teaching plans for high school teachers linked to Ideas on Liberty articles,October 2001 – July 2002Florida Trend – The Magazine of Florida Business,Web publication of teaching plans for K-12 teachers linked to magazine articlesWeb 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 ActivitiesArticles Under Review at Peer-Reviewed Journals“Utopia and Freedom: Lessons from “The Giver” (Sole Authored.) Conditional Acceptance atJournal of Private Enterprise Education. Letter available.Books or Book Chapters Currently Under ReviewWorking PapersLevel 1: Paper written."The Physiocrats: Friends or Foes of Liberty?" with Nikolai WenzelLevel 2: Data collection and Literature Review StageProduction in Higher Education: A Comparison of Faculty, Staff and Administration withMusfiq 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 andDean StanselLevel 3: Longer-Term Projects“An Index of Corruption by State in the US” with Musfiq Swaleheen (Florida Gulf Coast6/12/15page 9

University) and Steve Gohmann (University of Louisville).Grant ActivityResearch Grants – AwardedCo-Principal with J.R. Clark, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga “The Current State ofLeadership 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 GrantProgram, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, Florida Gulf Coast University, Summer2003.Principal “Moral Hazard in Debt for Nature Swaps: The Case for Property Rights” Florida GulfCoast University Faculty Senate, Professional Development Fund Grant, Spring 2003.Principal “The Transactions Costs of Faculty Turnover: AACSB Finance Departments” SummerResearch Grant Program, College of Business, Florida Gulf Coast University, Summer 2001.Principal “Managing Decubiti: Implications for Costs and Quality“ Summer Research GrantProgram, College of Business, Florida Gulf Coast University, Summer 2000.Principal, "Associating Learning Styles with Success in the Principles of Economics." Ball StateUniversity, EconomicsAmerica, Center for Economic Education, 1996-1997.Collegium Summer Stipend Award for Research in Nursing Homes - Internal Grant BellarmineCollege. Summer 1992.Presentation, Assessment and Other GrantsPrincipal “Undergraduate Education at Florida Gulf Coast University” Undergraduate GrantProgram, 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 EconomicPolicy” Undergraduate Grant Program, Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation, Academic Year2013-14. Granted approximately 14,500 – Seminar held at University of Louisville, Louisville,Kentucky.Principal “Undergraduate Reading Seminar: Hayek's The Fatal Conceit and Mises's EconomicPolicy” Undergraduate Grant Program, Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation, Academic Year2012-13. Granted approximately 14,500 – Seminar held at Clemson University, Clemson,South Carolina.6/12/15page 10

Principal “Undergraduate Reading Seminar: Hayek's The Fatal Conceit and Mises's EconomicPolicy” Undergraduate Grant Program, Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation, Academic Year2012-13. Granted approximately 14,500 – Seminar held at University of Louisville, Louisville,Kentucky.Principal “Undergraduate Reading Seminar on Ludwig von Mises” Undergraduate GrantProgram, Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation, Academic Year 2011-12. Grantedapproximately 14,500 – Seminar held at University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky.Principal “Undergraduate Reading Seminar on Ludwig von Mises” Undergraduate GrantProgram, Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation, Academic Year 2011-12. Grantedapproximately 14,500 – Seminar held at University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky.Principal “The Quality of Governance and Entrepreneurial Activity in U.S. States” with MushfiqSwaleheen (Florida Gulf Coast University). Annual Meeting of the Association of PrivateEnterprise Education, April 2012 - Las Vegas, Nevada. Presented at the APEE meetings in April2012 (Travel Grant from the FGCU Foundation procured in April 2012).Principal “Undergraduate Reading Seminar on Ludwig von Mises” Undergraduate GrantProgram, Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation, Academic Year 2011-12. Grantedapproximately 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, GrandBahamas. Presented at the APEE meetings in April 2011 (Travel Grant from the FGCUFoundation procured in February 2011).Principal “Undergraduate Reading Seminar on Ludwig von Mises” Undergraduate GrantProgram, Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation, Academic Year 2010-11. Grantedapproximately 14,500 – Seminar held at Florida Gulf Cost University, Fort Myers, Florida.Principal “Undergraduate Education at Florida Gulf Coast University” Undergraduate GrantProgram, 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 GrantProgram, Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation, Academic Year 2010-11. Grantedapproximately 25,000.Principal “Undergraduate Reading Seminar on Ludwig von Mises” Undergraduate GrantProgram, Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation, Academic Year 2009-10. Grantedapproximately 14,500 – Seminar held at the University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky.Principal. Liberty Fund - Book Placement Program. Grant of entire publication list to date of6/12/15page 11

Liberty Fund Press to Florida Gulf Coast University (approximately 380 volumes). LutgertCollege of Business. July 2009.Principal “Undergraduate Education at Florida Gulf Coast University” Undergraduate GrantProgram, Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation, Academic Year 2009-10. Grantedapproximately 20,000.Principal “Undergraduate Education at Florida Gulf Coast University” Undergraduate GrantProgram, Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation, Academic Year 2008-09. Grantedapproximately 20,000.Principal “An Index of Economic Freedom at the Metro Level” with Stephan Gohmann and DeanStansel. Annual Meeting of the Association of Private Enterprise Education, April 2009 Guatemala City, Guatemala. Presented at the APEE meetings in April 2009 (Travel Grant fromthe FGCU Foundation procured in February 2009).Principal, “The Moral Foundations of Capitalism” BB&T Bank Charitable Trust. DistinguishedProfessor of Free Enterprise Economics at FGCU, Charlotte, NC. 600,000 plus state matchingfunds raised. Spring/Summer 2008.Principal “Economic Freedom and Entrepreneurial Activity at the Local Level” with StephanGohmann 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 Grantfrom the FGCU Foundation procured in February 2008).Principal “Productive versus Unproductive Entrepreneurship: Who’s up to what?” with StephenGohmann and Myra McCrickard. Annual Meeting of the Association of Private EnterpriseEducation, 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” withStephen Gohmann. Annual Meeting of the Association of Private Enterprise Education, April2007 - Cancun. Mexico. Presented at the APEE meetings in April 2007 (Travel Grant from theFGCU Foundation procured in February 2007).Principal Teaching Economics Using the Book of the Month Club” Annual Meeting of theAssociation of Private Enterprise Education, April 2007 - Cancun. Mexico. Presented at theAPEE meetings in April 2007 (Travel Grant from the FGCU Foundation procured in February2007).Principal “Are All Industries Created Equal? Economic Freedom and Business Growth in theService Industries” with Stephen Gohmann and Myra McCrickard. Annual Meeting of theAssociation of Private Enterprise Education, April 2006 - Las Vegas, Nevada. Presented at theAPEE meetings in April 2006 (Travel Grant from the FGCU Foundation procured in February2006).6/12/15page 12

Principal, “Utopia and Freedom: Lessons from The Giver” presented in April 2004 at the annualmeetings of the Association of Private Enterprise Education – Orlando, Florida (Travel Grantfrom the FGCU Foundation procured in February 2004).Principal “Moral Hazard in Debt-for-Nature Swaps: The Case for Property Rights” presented inApril 2003 at the annual meetings of the Association of Private Enterprise Education - LasVegas, 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 journalUniversity Avenue - An Undergraduate Journal of Economics for Illinois Weslyan Universityand the University of Southern Illinois. (Work done at FGCU. For editorship on Issues inPolitical Economy – An Undergraduate Journal of Economics at Bellarmine College.)Principal Humanities Advisor, "Seeds of Change," Smithsonian Museum Traveling Exhibitfunded by the Kentucky Humanities Council. Exhibit brought to campus for Masters of LiberalArts course "Commerce and Culture." Fall 1994.Principal Humanities Advisor, "Exploring Seeds of Change: Teacher In-service," KentuckyHumanities Council. Fall 1994 and Spring 1995.Research Grants – Denied: Florida Gulf Coast UniversityPrincipal “Undergraduate Education at Florida Gulf Coast University” Undergraduate GrantProgram, APGAR Foundation, Inc. Academic Year 2010-11. Unsuccessful application forapproximately 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 DepartmentalServices, 107 West Gaines Street, Room 266, Collins Building, Tallahassee, FL 32399-02506/12/15page 13

Professional PresentationsInvited Presentations:“The Evolution of Historical Living Standards”Invited Speaker for Regional Students for Liberty MeetingUniversity of FloridaGainesville, Florida (October 2014)“Using Atlas Shrugged in the Classroom”Sixth Annual BB&T Foundation Programs ConferenceClemson 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 ConferenceFlorida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida (February 2011)Teaching Rand’s “What is Capitalism?” Co-present with Gregory Salmieri at UNC Chapel HillFifth Annual BB&T Foundation Programs Conference (2010)Clemson University, South CarolinaTeaching the Morality of Capitalism: The First YearFourth Annual BB&T Foundation Programs Conference (2009)Clemson University, South Carolina“Actualizing Caplan - Developing

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)