Jonathan Wight

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Ethics and Economics
• Economic Development

EDUCATION

• B.A., Duke University - 1976
  Economics and Public Policy Studies

• M.A., Vanderbilt University - 1980
  Economics

• Ph.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.