JONATHAN B. WIGHT February 2019

Curriculum Vita

Robins School of Business 140-C Home: 2306 East Grace Street

University of Richmond, Richmond, VA 23173 Richmond, VA 23223

(804) 289-8570 (804) 780-2306

E-mail: jwight@richmond.edu / Web page: https://facultystaff.richmond.edu/~jwight/

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Professor of Economics (2006 - ) with joint appointment in International Studies, University of

Richmond

Associate Professor (1989-06) and Assistant Professor (1982-89), University of Richmond

Visiting Scholar, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Palo Alto, CA (1997-98)

Visiting Professor, University of Pittsburgh, Semester-at-Sea (Spring 1991)

Instructor (Summer 1980) and Teaching Assistant (1977-80, 81-82), Vanderbilt University

EDUCATION

Ph.D., 1982, Economics, Vanderbilt University

M.A., 1980, Economics with Latin American Studies minor, Vanderbilt University

B.A., 1976, Economics and Public Policy Studies, Duke University, magna cum laude

AWARDS

Robert H. Nicholson Outstanding Advising Award, Robins School of Business, 2018

Ludwig Mai Outstanding Service Award, Association for Social Economics, 2017

First place, In Character award, John Templeton Foundation, 2006

Best paper, Journal of Private Enterprise, 2006

Best paper, International Association of Torch Clubs Paxton Award, 2001

Summer Research Fellowship, Robins School of Business, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2010

Distinguished Educator, University of Richmond, 2002

Outstanding Teaching, Robins School of Business, 1997

Outstanding Service, Robins School of Business, 1995

Danforth Fellow, 1980-82

Doherty Fellow for research in Latin American, 1980-81

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Twelve years in Africa and Brazil

Consultant to the InterAmerican Development Bank, the World Bank, and others

Led student trips to Mexico and Guatemala

Visiting faculty member on Semester-at-Sea

Good Portuguese, some Spanish

RECENT COURSES

Economic Development First-Year Seminar on Ethics and the Great Recession

Ethics and Economics MBA: Social, Ethical, Legal Responsibilities of Business

OTHER COURSES

Principles of Micro Principles of Macro International Trade and Finance

Intermediate Macro Money and Banking Senior Seminar in International Studies

MBA: Economic Analysis MBA: The Global Economy

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SCHOLARSHIP

BOOKS

Jonathan B. Wight, Ethics in Economics: An Introduction to Moral Frameworks (Palo Alto,

CA: Stanford University Press, 2015).

Jonathan B. Wight and John S. Morton, Teaching the Ethical Foundations of Economics (New

York: The National Council on Economic Education, 2007).

Jonathan B. Wight, Saving Adam Smith: A Tale of Wealth, Transformation, and Virtue (Upper

Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 2002). Translated into several languages including

Chinese.

John L. Fiedler and Jonathan B. Wight, The Medical Offset Effect and Public Health Policy

(New York: Praeger, 1989).

EDITED BOOK

Jonathan B. Wight, editor, Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations (Hampshire, UK: Harriman

House, 2007) with introduction and notes, vii-xxxii.

ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS BY TOPIC

Ethics, Adam Smith, and Socio-Economics

Antecedents to the Crisis: Mandeville, Smith, and Keynes, International Journal of Social

Economics (forthcoming 2019).

Ethical Pluralism in Economics, in Mark White, ed., Oxford Handbook on Ethics and

Economics (forthcoming 2019).

The Ethics behind Efficiency, The Journal of Economic Education 28(1)(Winter 2017): 15-26.

The Ethical Economist: Duty and Virtue in the Scientific Process, in The Oxford Handbook of

Professional Economic Ethics, George DeMartino and Deirdre McCloskey, eds. (Oxford

University Press, 2016): 137-164.

Economics within a Pluralist Ethical Tradition, in Social Economics: Critical Concepts in

Economics, edited by Wilfrid Dolfsma, Mark White, Deborah Figart, Ellen Mutari and

Robert McMaster, Routledge, 2016: 417-435. Reprint of RoSE article.

Economics within a Pluralist Ethical Tradition, Review of Social Economy 72(4)(December

2014): 417-435. Presidential address to the Association for Social Economics.

Instincts and the Invisible Order: The Possibility of Progress, in Propriety and Prosperity: New

Studies on the Philosophy of Adam Smith, edited by David Hardwick and Leslie Marsh

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(Palgrave Macmillan, 2014).

Sentiments and Motivations in Adam Smith and Vernon Smith, Forum for Social Economics

42(4)(2013): 298–301.

Ethics and Critical Thinking, in Gail Hoyt and KimMarie McGoldrick, eds. The International

Handbook on Teaching and Learning Economics (Aldershot: Edward Elgar Press, 2012):

197-204.

Preface: Emotions, Natural Selection, and Rationality, Journal of Economic Behavior and

Organization 77(1)(2011): 1-3 (with Elias L. Khalil).

Adam Smith on Instincts, Ethics, and Informal Learning: Proximate Mechanisms in Multilevel

Selection, in Mark D. White and Irene van Staveren, eds., Ethics and Economics: New

Perspectives (Routledge, 2009): pp. 166-184. Reprint of RoSE article.

Adam Smith on Instincts, Ethics, and Informal Learning: Proximate Mechanisms in Multilevel

Selection, Review of Social Economy 67(1)(2009): 95-113.

Moral Reasoning in Economics, in David C. Colander and KimMarie McGoldrick, eds.,

Educating Economists: The Teagle Discussion on Re-evaluating the Undergraduate

Economics Major (Edward Elgar, 2009): 53-58.

Teaching Economics, Handbook of Economics and Ethics (Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar,

2009): 539-546.

Sociability and the Market, Forum for Social Economics 39(2/3)(2009): 97-110.

Preface to new Chinese edition, Saving Adam Smith (Renmin University Press, 2009).

The Ethical Lacunae in Friedman’s Concept of the Manager, Journal of Markets & Morality

11(2)(2008):221-238, with Martin Calkins.

The Treatment of Smith’s Invisible Hand, The Journal of Economic Education 38(3)(2007):

341-358.

Adam Smith’s Ethics and the ‘Noble’ Arts, Review of Social Economy, Vol. 64(2)(2006): 155-

180.

Teaching the Ethical Foundations of Economics: The Principles Course, in Ethics and the

Market: Insights from Social Economics, Betsy Jane Clary, Wilfred Dolfsma, and

Deborah M. Figart, eds. (London: Routledge, 2006): 55-66.

Saving Adam Smith and The Poor Man’s Son, excerpts from Saving Adam Smith in George

MacLean and Brenda O’Neil (eds.), in Ideas, Interests and Issues: Readings in Intro

Politics (Toronto: Pearson Education, 2006): 83-88.

Adam Smith and Greed, Journal of Private Enterprise 21(1)(Fall 2005): 46-58. Paper received

the John Templeton Award from the Association of Private Enterprise Education.

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Teaching the Ethical Foundations of Economics, The Chronicle of Higher Education Review

(Cover article) August 15, 2003, pp. B7-B9.

The Rise of Adam Smith: Articles and Citations, 1970-97, History of Political Economy

34(1)(Spring 2002): 55-82.

Will the Real Adam Smith Please Stand Up? Teaching Social Economics in the Principles

Course, in Teaching the Social Economics Way of Thinking, Edward J. O’Boyle (ed.),

Mellen Studies in Economics, Vol. 4 (Lewiston, NY: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1999):

117-139.

The Within of Things: Socioeconomics and the Evolution of Human Consciousness, Abhigyan:

The Journal of Foundation of Organisational Research (Winter 1993): 31-42.

Economic Development

Institutional Divergence in Economic Development, The Adam Smith Review, Vol. 6 (2011):

309-326.

Public Policy, Human Instincts, and Economic Growth, The Independent Review: A Journal of

Political Economy 15(3)(2011): 351-365.

Ethics in the Mayan Marketplace, in Mark D. White, ed., Accepting the Invisible Hand:

Market-Based Approaches to Social-Economic Problems (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010),

with Benjamin Blevins and Guadalupe Ramirez, pp. 87-110.

Privatization and the Allure of Franchising: A Zambian Feasibility Study, The International

Journal of Health Planning and Management 18 (3)(2003): 179-204. With John L.

Fiedler.

Does Free Trade Cause Hunger? Hidden Implications of the Free Trade of the Americas Area,

Richmond Journal of Global Law and Business 2(2)(Fall 2001): 167-181.

Financing Health Care at the Local Level: The Community Drug Funds of Honduras, The

International Journal of Health Planning and Management 15(4)(2000): 319-340. With

John L. Fiedler.

Risk-Adjustment and Hospital Cost-Based Resource Allocation, with an Application to El

Salvador, Social Science and Medicine 48(2)(1999): 197-212. With John L. Fiedler and

Robert M. Schmidt.

Public Hospital Resource Allocations in El Salvador: Accounting for the Case Mix of Patients,

Health Policy and Planning 13(3)(1998): 296-310. With John L. Fiedler and Robert M.

Schmidt.

Economic Crisis and Reform in Bulgaria, 1989-92, Balkanistica 11(Winter 1998): 127-146.

South Eastern European Studies Association, Donald L. Dyer (ed.), With M. Louise Fox.

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Developing Nations, in Richard W. Tresch, Economics (West Publishing Company, 1994):

1236-1262.

The Efficiency of Producing Alcohol for Energy in Brazil: Comment, Economic Development

and Cultural Change 33(4)(1985): 851-856.

Incentives for Investment and Export Production: Ramifications for the Cost of Capital and

Labor Use, in Samuel S. Morley, The Employment Problem in Brazil, The World Bank,

December 1984.

Diverse Subjects

Using Electronic Data Tools in Writing Assignments, Journal of Economic Education 30

(Winter 1999): 21-27.

IS/LM Analysis, International Encyclopedia of Economics, Frank N. Magill (ed.), (Chicago:

Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1997), Vol 1: 805-809. Reprinted from my 1991 article.

The Quantity Theory of Money, International Encyclopedia of Economics, Frank N. Magill

(ed.), (Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1997), Vol. 2: 1296-1299. Reprinted from

my 1991 article.

IS/LM Analysis, Magill's Survey of Social Science: Economics (Pasadena, Calif.: Salem Press,

1991): 1186-1192.

The Quantity Theory of Money, Magill's Survey of Social Science: Economics (Pasadena,

Calif.: Salem Press, 1991): 1904-1909.

Barber B. Conable, Encyclopedia of World Biography (McGraw-Hill, 1991 supplement).

Appraisals and Non-Performing Loans: Restoring Quality to Commercial Loan Portfolios, Real

Estate Finance (Fall)(1986): 37-43. With John H. Earl, Jr.

Tax Reform: Problems of Uncertainty, Journal of Real Estate Development, (Fall)(1986): 42-

47. With J.H. Earl, Jr.

Milton Friedman, Encyclopedia of World Biography (McGraw-Hill, 1986 supplement).

Herbert A. Simon, Encyclopedia of World Biography (McGraw-Hill, 1986 supplement).

Paul A. Volcker, Encyclopedia of World Biography (McGraw-Hill, 1986 supplement).

Book Reviews

The Infidel and the Professor: David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship that Shaped

Modern Thought by Dennis Rasmussen (Princeton University Press) in The American

Economist 63(2)(2018): 272–274.

Bypass Wall Street: A Biologist’s Guide to the Rat Race by Joanna Masel (Perforce Publishing,

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2016) in Journal of Bioeconomics 18(3)(2016): 233-237.

The Moral Molecule: The Source of Love and Prosperity by Paul J. Zak (Dutton, Boston, 2012)

in Journal of Bioeconomics 15(2)(2013): 195-198.

Economics as Applied Ethics: Value Judgements in Welfare Economics by Wilfred Beckerman

in the Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics 6(1)( 2013): 122-126.

The Thief of Time: Philosophical Essays on Procrastination. Chrisoula Andreou and Mark

White, eds. (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2010) in Eastern Economic Journal

39(2)(2013): 263-265.

The Elgar Companion to Adam Smith by Jeffrey T. Young, ed. (Edward Elgar, 2009), in

EH.NET, the Economic History Association (August 2010), available on-line at:

http://eh.net/book_reviews/elgar-companion-adam-smith

Moral Markets: The Critical Role of Values in the Economy by Paul J. Zak, ed. (Princeton, NJ:

Princeton University Press, 2008), in Southern Economic Journal 76(4)(2010):1137-

1140.

Adam Smith’s Moral Philosophy: A Historical and Contemporary Perspective on Markets,

Law, Ethics, and Culture by Jerry Evensky (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University

Press, 2005), in Review of Social Economy 67(2)(2009): 254-258.

Macro Mayhem and Micro Mischief by Michael L. Walden and M.E. Whitman Walden (New

York: iUniverse, Inc., 2006) in Journal of Economic Literature 45(4)(2007):1024-26.

Poverty, Work and Freedom: Political Economy and the Moral Order by David P. Levine and

S. Abu Rizvi (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005) in Journal of Socio-

Economics 36(1)(2007):163-165.

Physioeconomics: The Basis for Long-Run Economic Growth by Philip Parker (Cambridge,

Mass.: The MIT Press, 2000) in Review of Social Economy 63(1)(March 2005): 139-143.

Culture and Prosperity: The Truth About Markets—Why Some Nations Are Rich But Most

Remain Poor by John Kay (NY: HarperBusiness 2004) in Southern Economic Journal

71(3)(2005):683-685.

Slavery and the Economy of São Paulo, 1750-1850 by Francisco Vidal Luna and Herbert S.

Klein (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2003) in História e Economia

1(1)(2005): 121-123.

International Finance and Latin America by Stephany Griffith-Jones (Palgrave Macmillan

1984), in Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol. 35(2), 1987:451-453.

The Brazilian Economy: Growth and Development, 2nd Edition (1983) by Werner Baer, Luso-

Brazilian Review 21(2)(1984): 109-111.

Essays/Op-Eds

Stirrings: A Mixed Message from Cuba, Richmond Times Dispatch, full page commentary, July

3, 2016, p. E4.

Finding Ethics in Economics, Books Combined, April 2016,

https://bookscombined.com/2016/03/29/finding-ethics-in-economics/.

Should Economists Care about Ethics? The World Financial Review, March-April 2016: 16-18.

Plan B, for the Boulevard and the Bottom, Richmond Times Dispatch, July 27, 2014, p. E6,

with Randolph Bell, S. Waite Rawls, and David Herring.Not Shockoe Bottom, Richmond

Times-Dispatch, June 9, 2013, p. E1, with Randolph Bell.

Do Businesses Have a Social Responsibility? Social Education 73(2)(2009):84-91. Adapted

from Teaching the Ethical Foundations of Economics (with John S. Morton).

Adam Smith and Poverty, Econ-Exchange 11(1)(Fall 2007): 2-4. Powell Center for Economic

Literacy, Richmond, VA., pp. 2-4.

The Spiritual Life of an Economist, St. Paul’s Epistle, Richmond, Virginia, December 2007.

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Adam Smith and the iPhone, The Providence Journal, August 6, 2007. Reprinted in

Economist’s View http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2007/08/adam-

smith-and-.html.

Disaster Relief: What Would Adam Smith Do? Christian Science Monitor, January 18, 2005, p

9 (with Douglas A. Hicks). Reprinted in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, January 23,

2005. Reprinted in Richmond Alumni Magazine (Spring 2005): 48. This essay received

the In Character Prize, John Templeton Foundation, 2006.

Efficiency Unprofitable Without Ethics, The Australian (Higher Education Section), September

24, 2003: pp. 32-33. Excerpt of The Chronicle article.

A Little Adam Smith is a Dangerous Thing, The Torch Magazine, Fall 2001: 3-6. Article won

the Paxton Award for best paper of 2001.

Quickstudy Guide to Microeconomics, Revised and edited, (Bar Charts, Inc., 1999).

Real Estate Appraisals: Achilles Heel for Lenders, Magazine of Bank Administration, Vol.

LXII, No. 12 (December 1986). With John H. Earl, Jr.

Will Depreciation Cure the Trade Deficit? International Newsletter Vol.XI, No. 9 (September

1986), Bank of Virginia/Union Trust Bank.

An Excess of Reform, Chicago Tribune, July 8, 1985. With J.H. Earl, Jr.

Why All The Fuss About What E.F. Hutton Did? Washington Post, May 13, 1985. With J.H.

Earl, Jr.

Monographs

The Role of Ministry of Health Hospitals in El Salvador: Current Situation, Financial

Implications, and Reform Options, with Robert M. Schmidt and John L. Fiedler,

InterAmerican Development Bank, 1994.

Interstate Banking Alternatives and the Opening-Up of the New England Network, University

of Richmond Working Paper. With J.H. Earl, Jr., 1985.

Economies and Diseconomies of Scale in Ethanol Fuel Production: The Experience in Brazil

Ph.D. dissertation, 1982. Advisor: S. Morley.

Economies of Scale, Government Financing, and Ethanol Fuel: A Case Study in Cost

Inefficiency. Industrial Projects and Planning Paper, National Sugarcane Improvement

Program (PLANALSUCAR), Institute of Sugar and Alcohol, Piracicaba, Brazil, 1981.

PRESENTATIONS

Conferences, Workshops, and Invited Academic Lectures

“What Economists Should Know about Ethics,” invited lecture, Pontificia Universidad

Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia, May 9, 2018.

“Integrating Ethics in Economics,” invited lecture, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá,

Colombia, May 7, 2018.

“Teaching the Ethical Foundations of Economics,” Arizona Council on Economic Education

workshop, Phoenix, Arizona, February 10, 2018.

“Adam Smith’s Operas in Paris,” International Adam Smith Society Conference, Universidad

Adolfo Ibáñez, Viña del Mar, Chile, January 13, 2018 (with Olivier Delers and Linda

Fairtile).

“Ethics and the Market for Scientific Discovery in Economics,” invited lecture, University of

Technology Sydney, School of Business, Sydney, Australia, July 12, 2017.

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“What Economists Should Know About Ethics,” invited keynote address, Australiasian

Teaching Economics Conference, Sydney, Australia, July 6, 2017.

“Moral Sentiments in Economics Education: Fiction Provides a Leg-Up in Learning,” Southern

Economic Association, Washington, DC., November 2016.

“Beauty and the Arts: Humanomics and the Role of the Humanities in Economic Discovery,”

Southern Economic Association, Washington, DC., November 2016.

“What Every Economist Should Know about Ethics: Duty and Virtue in the Scientific Process,”

Eastern Economic Assn. annual meeting, Washington, DC, February 27, 2016.

“Comparing Adam Smith to J.M. Keynes on Financial Markets,” ASSA annual meetings, San

Francisco, CA, January 3, 2016.

“Adam Smith and Vernon Smith,” ASE Summer School in Social Economics, Brock

University, St. Catharines, Canada, June 2015.

“What Every Economist Needs to Know About Ethics,” AEA’s National Conference on

Teaching and Research in Economic Education, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 2015.

“Ethics and the Financial Crisis of 2008: Greed, Self-Interest and the Market,” invited lecture,

St. John’s University, New York, April 28, 2015.

“Adam Smith’s Moral Theory in Five Diagrams,” annual meeting of the Association for Private

Enterprise Education, Cancun, Mexico, April 12-14, 2015.

“The Ethical Economist: Duty and Virtue in the Scientific Process,” invited lecture, Keynote

address, 12th Annual Philosophy Day, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY, November

20, 2014.

“The Ethical Lacunae in Friedman’s Concept of the Manager,” invited lecture, 12th Annual

Philosophy Day, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY, November 20, 2014.

“Moral Foundations of Capitalism: What Should Economists Know About Adam Smith’s

Ethics?” invited lecture, April 7, 2014, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.

“Teaching the Ethical Foundations of Economics,” Thomas R. Brown Foundation, workshop

co-leader (with John S. Morton), Tucson, AZ, March 8, 2014.

“Ethics of Free Markets,” invited lecture, panel discussion, Virginia Military Institute, February

6, 2014.

“Economics within a Pluralist Ethical Tradition,” Presidential address to the Association for

Social Economics, ASSA, Philadelphia, PA, January 2014.

“The Science Behind Adam Smith,” invited lecture, Adam Smith Society, Darden School of

Business, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, October 7, 2013.

“On Socio Economics: Sympathy and Moral Imagination,” Practical Wisdom for Management

Conference, Yale Center for Faith and Culture with the John Templeton Foundation, Yale

Divinity School, New Haven, July 10, 2013.

“Adam Smith and the Moral Foundations of Capitalism,” invited lecture, St. John Fisher

College, Rochester, NY, April 15, 2013.

“Adam Smith, Ethics and the Teaching of Economics,” 24th Annual Teaching Economics

Conference, Robert Morris University/McGraw Hill, Pittsburgh, PA, February 14, 2013.

“Ethics since Adam Smith,” invited lecture, Randolph Macon College, November 29, 2012.

“Moral Sentiments and the Invisible Hand” invited lecture, Virginia Commonwealth

University, November 8, 2012.

“Economics and Ethics: Can They Co-exist?” Day workshop for Illinois Association of School

Economics Teachers (IASET) Annual Spring Conference, Federal Reserve Bank of

Chicago, April 2012.

“Density, Development, and Freedom,” National Business and Economics Society, annual

meeting, Maui, March 2012.

“Economics within a Pluralistic Ethical Tradition,” National Business and Economics Society,

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annual meeting, Maui, March 2012.

“Adam Smith in the Classroom,” National Conference on Teaching Economics, American

Economic Association, Stanford University, June 1-3, 2011.

“Freedom, Government Growth and the Increasing Size of Cities” (with Samantha J. Reis),

Association for Private Enterprise Education, Nassau, Bahamas, April 2011.

“Teaching the Ethical Foundations of Economics,” Thomas R. Brown Foundation, workshop

co-leader (with John S. Morton), Tucson, AZ, February 2011.

“Is Greed Good?” invited lecture, Virginia Wesleyan College, November 3, 2010, Norfolk, Va.

“Justice and the Moral Foundations of Capitalism,” invited lecture, Randolph-Macon College,

Ashland, VA, October 1, 2010.

“Ethics and Economics,” invited lecture, Cochrane Summer Economics Institute, Powell Center

for Economic Literacy, Richmond, VA, June 30, 2010.

“Imperialism and the Gains to Trade,” Association for Private Enterprise Education, Las Vegas,

NV, April 2010.

“Teaching the Ethical Foundations of Economics,” Arizona Council on Economic Education,

workshop co-leader (with John S. Morton), Tucson, AZ, January 2010.

“The Moral Foundations of Capitalism: Adam Smith’s Ethics and Human Nature,” invited

lecture, Pennsylvania State University, September 14, 2009.

“The Morals of the Mayan Marketplace,” with Benjamin Blevins, Guatemala City, Association

for Private Enterprise Education, April 2009.

“Introduction,” to the Symposium on Emotions, Natural Selection and Rationality, co-organizer

(with Elias Khalil), University of Richmond, March 21-22, 2009.

“The New Administration and the Economy: What Can We Expect?” invited lecture, Center

for Business Ethics, Belmont University, Nashville, TN, November 6, 2008.

“Ethics and Human Nature,” invited lecture, School of Business, Belmont University,

Nashville, TN, November 7, 2008.

“Adam Smith’s Ethics and Human Nature,” invited lecture, University of North Carolina-

Wilmington, October 2008.

“Evolution, Moral Sentiments, and the Creation of Moral Norms in Adam Smith,” invited

lecture, American Institute for Economic Research, Great Barrington, MA, July 31, 2008.

“Ethics and Economics,” invited lecture, Cochrane Summer Economics Institute, Powell Center

for Economic Literacy, Richmond, VA, June 24, 2008.

“Teaching the Ethical Foundations of Economics,” invited lecture, Mississippi Council for

Economic Education, Mississippi State University, June 19, 2008.

“Primer on Global Economics,” invited lecture, Future Problem Solving Competition, Seven

Hills School, Richmond, Virginia, April 1, 2008.

“The Moral Limits to Markets,” Virginia Association of Economists, annual meeting,

Lexington, VA. March 2008. Session organizer and presenter.

“Introduction to Ethics and Economics,” invited lecture, Workshop on Ethics and Economics,

Center for Economic Education, Virginia Commonwealth University. Richmond, VA.

November 11, 2007.

“The Moral Limits to Markets,” Southern Economic Association, New Orleans, LA. November

2007. Invited session. Organizer and presenter.

“Adam Smith and the Moral Foundations of Capitalism,” invited lecture, Keynote address,

BB&T Colloquium Series on Capitalism, Christopher Newport University, October 22,

2007.

“Markets and Ethics,” invited lecture, Cochrane Summer Economics Institute, Powell Center

for Economic Literacy, Richmond, VA, June 26, 2007.

“Ethics and Economics,” invited lecture, Teacher Summer Economic Institute, Powell Center

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for Economic Literacy, Richmond, VA, June 21, 2007.

“A New High School Curriculum on the Ethical Foundations of Economics,” Association for

Private Enterprise Education annual meeting, Cancun, Mexico. April 2007.

“Smith, Darwin, and the Invisible Hand: Implications for Economic Institutions,” Association

for Private Enterprise Education annual meeting, Cancun, Mexico. April 2007.

“Teaching the Ethical Foundations of Economics,” national workshop co-leader (with John S.

Morton), National Council on Economic Education, Las Vegas, March 2007.

“Top Ten Lessons on Ethics in Economics: The Templeton/NCEE Project.” American

Economic Association annual meeting. Poster session. Chicago, IL., January 2007.

“Smith and Friedman on Profit and Complex Motivations,” (with Martin Calkins). Society for

Business Ethics annual meeting, Atlanta, GA, August 2006.

“Moral Imagination,” invited lecture, Summer Economics Institute, Powell Center for

Economic Literacy, Richmond, VA, June 29, 2006.

“Ethics and Economics,” invited lecture, Teacher Summer Economics Institute, Powell Center

for Economic Literacy, Richmond, VA, June 21, 2006.

“Adam Smith’s Invisible Hand: Business, Ethics, and Institutions of Development,” invited

lecture, Brazilian Business School, São Paulo, Brazil. May 26, 2006.

“The Market and Morality.” Panel. Association for Private Enterprise Education annual

meeting, Las Vegas, NV. April 2006.

“Winning the Battle, Losing the War? Why Free Market Arguments Don’t Carry the Day.”

Panel. Association for Private Enterprise Education annual meeting, Las Vegas, NV.

April 2006.

“Understanding Living Standards: Quality of Life at Work.” Association for Social Economics,

ASSA meetings, Boston, MA. January 2006.

“Why My Doctor is a Kantian and My Car Mechanic is an Aristotelian: Understanding Ethics in

Economics.” Poster session, ASSA meetings, Boston, MA. January 2006.

“Bringing Adam Smith to Life: Ethical Principles for Today’s World,” invited lecture, Summer

Economics Institute, Powell Center for Economic Literacy, Richmond, VA, July 11,

2005.

“Corporate Social Responsibility and Adam Smith: A Modern Query.” Association for Private

Enterprise Education annual meeting, Orlando, FL. April 2005.

“Corporate Social Responsibility and Adam Smith: A Modern Query,” invited lecture,

Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA, November 19, 2004.

“Teaching the Ethical Foundations of Economics: The Principles of Economics Course.”

Economics and the Classroom Conference, Idaho State University, Jackson Hole,

Wyoming. September 2004.

“Is There a Speculative Bubble in the Scholarship on Adam Smith?” 11th World Congress of

Social Economics, Albertville, France. June 2004.

“Teaching the Ethical Foundations of Economics” 11th World Congress of Social Economics,

Albertville, France. Panel organizer and presenter. June 2004.

“Adam Smith’s Use of the Arts,” Association for Private Enterprise Education annual meeting,

Nassau, Bahamas. April 2004.

“Is Greed Still Good? Rediscovering Ethics in Economics,” invited lecture, Provost’s Seminar

for the Liberal Arts Faculty, West Virginia Wesleyan College, Buckhannon, WV, March

4, 2004.

“Ethics and Economics,” invited lecture, teaching seminar to economics faculty, Union College,

Schenectady, NY, November 14, 2003.

“Adam Smith, Ethics, and Economics,” invited lecture, Union Theological Seminary and

Presbyterian School of Christian Education, Richmond, VA, November 4, 2003.

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“Competing Successfully and Ethically in the New International Marketplace” invited lecture,

Panel discussion, Wilson Center for Leadership in the Public Interest, Hampden-Sydney

College, April 14, 2003.

“The Ethics of Globalization,” invited lecture, Seminar on Ethics, Globalization, and

Development, Harvard Divinity School, Boston, MA, April 8, 2003.

“Is Greed Still Good? Smithian Ethics in the Age of Enron,” Association for Private

Enterprise Education annual meeting, Las Vegas, NV. April 2003. [Paper read but I did

not attend.]

“The Relevance of Adam Smith,” invited lecture, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA,

February 27, 2003.

“Teaching the Ethical Foundations of Economics: The Principles of Economics Course.”

Association for Social Economics, Allied Social Science Association, Washington, D.C.

January 2003.

“Virtues, Vices, and Tribulations: A Smithian Foundation for Teaching Ethics Through the

Arts,” European Business Ethics Network Teaching Business Ethics, Brunel University.

December 2002. [Paper read but I did not attend.]

“The Moral Context for the Invisible Hand,” Academy of Business Education annual meeting,

Key West, FL. September 2002.

"Teaching Ethics in Economics," invited lecture, Department of Economics, Texas Christian

University, Fort Worth, Texas, March 6, 2002.

“Discovering Adam Smith’s Moral Sentiments: Scarcity and Choice in a Robinson Crusoe

Game,” National Council on Economic Education, Allied Social Science Association,

Atlanta, GA. January 2002.

“Scarcity and Choice in Economics 101: A Robinson Crusoe Game,” 10th World Congress of

Social Economics, Cambridge University, England. August 2000.

“Adam Smith and Organizational Transformation.” 10th World Congress of Social Economics,

Cambridge University, England. August 2000.

“Financing Health Care at the Local Level: The Community Drug Funds of Honduras,” with

John L. Fiedler. Conference on Strategic Issues in Health Care Management, University

of St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland. March/April 2000.

“The Rise (and Fall?) of Adam Smith: Articles and Citations, 1970-97.” European Society for

the History of Economic Thought, Valencia, Spain. February 1999.

“Will the Real Adam Smith Please Stand Up? Teaching Social Economics in the Principles

Course,” 9th World Congress of Social Economics, Chicago, IL. July 1998.

"The Communitarian Movement in Modern Economic Development." International Conference

on Nation Building, American University of Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, August

1992.

"The Dynamics of Preference Formation." Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics,

Graduate School of Business, University of California-Irvine, March 1992.

Convocation Address, invited lecture, University of Pittsburgh Semester-at-Sea Program,

Spring Voyage, Seattle, Washington, 1991.

"An Empirical Investigation of the Medical Offset Effect Using Michigan Medicaid Data," with

John L. Fiedler. Eastern Economic Association meeting, Boston, MA. March 1988.

"Estimates of the Medical Offset Effect Using Georgia Medicaid Data," with John L. Fiedler.

Eastern Economic Association meeting, Washington, D.C., March 1987.

"Brazilian Power in a Period of Slower Growth." Latin American Studies Association Annual

Meeting, Mexico City. September 1983. With S. Morley.

"Energy Policy in Brazil." invited lecture, Foreign Policy Institute, School of Advanced

International Studies, The Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C., May 23, 1983.

Jonathan B. Wight – Vita p. 12 of 18

"Viability of Ethanol Motor Fuel in Brazil: Cost-Benefit Considerations." Middle Atlantic

Council of Latin American Studies, Williamsburg, VA. April 1983.

Community Groups

“Envisioning the Future: 50 years from now,” University Scholars, UR, April 2017.

“Why My Doctor is a Kantian and My Car Mechanic an Aristotelian: Trust in Economic Life,”

TEDX-Charlottesville, VA, September 21, 2015.

“Wealth and Happiness,” St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Richmond, VA, October 11, 2015.

“The Science of Ethics: Lessons on Love” Tuckahoe Presbyterian Church, Richmond, VA,

November 13, 2013.

“What Does Science Teach Us About Ethics?” Unity Christ Church of Bon Air, Richmond,

VA, August 21, 2013.

“What Does Science Teach Us About Ethics?” Sigma Pi Phi Boule Society, Virginia State

University, Petersburg, VA, May 17, 2013.

“What Does Science Teach Us About Ethics?” Institute of Noetic Sciences, Richmond, VA,

January 19, 2013.

“Good Emotions, Bad Emotions, Elections and Public Policy,” St. James Fellowship,

Richmond, VA, February 14, 2012.

“Saving Adam Smith,” Innsbrook Business Book Club, Dominion Resources, Short Pump,

Virginia, July 18, 2007.

“Global Poverty,” Forum Class at Second Presbyterian Church, Richmond, Virginia, February

11, 2007.

“A Reappraisal of the Scottish Founder of Economics,” The Living Legacy of Scotland Society,

Washington, D.C., October 21, 2006.

“Profit, the Market and Christian Faith,” First Presbyterian Church, Richmond, VA, four-night

series, October-November 2005.

“Saving Adam Smith: A Novel on Ethics in Economics,” Adult Education, Bon Air Presbyterian

Church, Richmond, VA, April 10, 2005.

“Is There a ‘Christian’ Perspective on Economics?” Modern Theologians Discussion Group,

River Road Baptist Church, Richmond, VA, October 14, 2004.

“Saving Adam Smith: A Novel on Ethics in Economics,” Adult Education, Ginter Park

Presbyterian Church, Richmond, VA, August 15, 2004.

“The Ethics of Globalization,” Institute of Noetic Sciences, Richmond Chapter, July 17, 2004.

“The Ethics of Globalization,” Series on Pluralism, Spirituality, and Christianity Today, St.

John’s Episcopal Church, Richmond, Virginia, March 31, 2004.

“The Ethics of Globalization,” Richmond Mennonite Fellowship, February 8, 2004.

“Ethics and Economics,” Adult Education, Ginter Park Presbyterian Church, March 28, 2004.

“Adam Smith, Ethics, and Economics,” St. James Fellowship, Richmond, VA, September 2003.

“The Role of Moral Virtue in Capitalism,” Kiwanis Club, Richmond, VA, August 15, 2003.

“Adam Smith and Moral Transformation,” St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Richmond, VA,

November 2002.

“Adam Smith and Moral Transformation,” Book Club, Unity of Richmond Church, Sylvia

Clute, moderator, November, 2002.

“The Role of Wealth and Virtue in Adam Smith’s Time – and Our Time,” Benedictine High

School, November 2002.

“Ethics and Morality: A New Business Paradigm?” Institute for Noetic Sciences, Richmond

Chapter, October 19, 2002.

“Finding Prosperity in Moral Transformation,” Unity of Richmond Church, Richmond,

Virginia, May 12, 2002.

Jonathan B. Wight – Vita p. 13 of 18

"A Little Adam Smith is a Dangerous Thing,” Keynote address, International Association of

Torch Clubs, St. Catherine’s, Ontario, Canada, June 23, 2001.

“What’s Next: Critical Thinking,” The Timberland Company, Portland, Maine, March 20,

2001.

“A Little Adam Smith is a Dangerous Thing,” The Richmond International Torch Club,

November 7, 2000.

"Forgiveness of Third World Debt." Forum Class at Second Presbyterian Church, Richmond,

Virginia, October 1, 2000.

“Mind Over Money: The Philosophy of Adam Smith,” Holistic Health Information Seminar,

Richmond, Virginia, January 27, 1999.

“Great Theorists of Capitalism, Pt. I: Adam Smith,” Ginter Park Presbyterian Church,

Richmond, Virginia, October 18, 1998.

“Economics and the Environment,” Spring/Summer 1997. The Nature Conservancy.

Richmond, Virginia.

“The U.S. in the International Economy,” The 5400 Club, Richmond, Virginia, August 22,

1994.

“Direct Foreign Investment in the US: The Princess and the Pea?” Innsbrook Executive Club,

Richmond, Virginia, March 14, 1990.

“Economic Charlatans,” American Legion, Richmond, Virginia, November 3, 1988.

Media Contacts

Stephen Nash, “A Guaranteed Income Might Be Just What Americans Need Now,” Richmond

Times Dispatch, March 12, 2017.

Doug Monroe for weblog videos, The Praxis Circle, May 2016.

“The Greek Debt Crisis,” Catholic Charities Radio, JustLove, Sirius XM national satellite radio,

July 25, 2015.

Mercedes White, “Should We Pay People To Quit Smoking?” Deseret News (Salt Lake City),

June 13 2015.

Dan Berrett, “The Many Faces of the Freshman Seminar,” The Chronicle of Higher Education

(cover story, July 29, 2013). http://chronicle.com/article/The-Many-Faces-of-the-

Freshman/140543/.

Radio show, “Open Source RVA with Chris Dovi,” panel on the baseball stadium, WRIR 97.3,

July 24, 2013.

“Our Community Forum: Discussion on Adam Smith and Ethics,” St. John Fisher College

Television, Rochester, NY, Episode 22, April 30, 2013.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei9Nw467iV0

Interview, “Walking the Moral Path,” John Reid Blackwell, Richmond Times-Dispatch,

September 23, 2012.

Public Hearing, “Threat of School Closings Draws Crowd for Public Hearing,” Richmond

Times-Dispatch, May 30, 2012.

Letter, “Baseball Stadium Article Omitted Some Info,” Richmond Times-Dispatch, November

5, 2008.

Interview, “Adam Smith and Capitalism,” WBGU-FM Radio, Bowling Green State University,

September 22, 2007.

Letter, “Your ‘Creed’ Lacked Sufficient Exposition,” Richmond Times-Dispatch, February 11,

2006 (‘Correspondent of the Day’).

Letter, “Tuesday Mêlée Creates Buzz,” Richmond Times-Dispatch, August 21, 2005, p. E5.

Interview, “Father of the Free Market,” Investor's Business Daily, June 30, 2005.

Jonathan B. Wight – Vita p. 14 of 18

Interview, “Point/Counterpoint: The Richmond Stadium,” Richmond.Com, April 2005.

Interview, WRIR Radio, Richmond, Virginia, April 22, 2005.

Interview, Virginia Currents, 30-minute television call-in show, WCVE – PBS (Richmond),

April 14, 2005.

Interview, “A Diamond in the Rough,” City Edition, cover story, April 19, 2004.

Interview, Inside Business, September 16, 2003, p. 14.

Interview, “Setting The Record Straight; UR Professor Clarifies Adam Smith's Work,” Carol

Hazard, Richmond Times-Dispatch, May 13, 2003. pg. C.1

Letter, “Insider Trading Undermines Confidence,” Richmond Times-Dispatch, July 22, 2003, p.

A8.

Interview, “Teachers Wrap Lessons in Fiction,” Patricia Cohen, New York Times, November 16,

2002.

Interview, “Business Tales,” Hillary Burns, Innsbrook Today, August 2002, p. 42.

Interview, Channel 12 TV News, June 17, 2002.

“Living Successfully,” one-hour live radio show, hosted by Bob Keeton, WVNZ AM 1320,

August 31, 2002.

Letter, "State Spending Grows for Clear Reasons," Richmond Times-Dispatch, February 11,

2002, p. A 11.

Letter, “Bus Subsidies Boost Market Economies,” Richmond Times-Dispatch, July 5, 2000

(‘Correspondent of the Day’).

Letter, “No, Adam Smith Did Not Promote Greed,” Richmond Times-Dispatch, October 25,

1999 (‘Correspondent of the Day’).

Interview, “The Asian Crisis,” NBC TV-12, September 16, 1998.

Letter, “Class Dismissed Wins Failing Grade,” Richmond Times-Dispatch, October 22, 1998.

Letter, “Coffee Talk,” Mad Magazine, May 1996.

Letter, “Out of the ‘Noosphere’,” Washington Post, February 16, 1996.

Interview, “Endorsement Produces Shock,” Richmond Times-Dispatch, November 4, 1994.

Interview, “Federal Reserve Interest Rate Policies,” Virginia News Radio Network, May 17,

1994.

Letter, “The Price of First Class Stamps,” Dear Abby column, national syndication, March 18,

1993.

Interview, “Economists Back Clinton,” Richmond Times-Dispatch, October 29, 1992.

Interview, “Money Talk,” Style Weekly, October 27, 1992.

Interview, “State of the Economy,” Fox TV Channel 35, December 16, 1991.

Letter, “Readers Report,” Business Week, May 15, 1989.

Letter, “Appraising the October Crash,” Wall Street Journal, January 12, 1988.

Interview, “Hard Times For Brazil Government Mismanagement Cited,” Ed Crews, Richmond

Times-Dispatch, April 13, 1987. pg. B-32.

Letter, “Agnew’s Royal Treatment,” Washington Post, November 24, 1093, A15.

EXTERNAL GRANTS

Charles G. Koch Foundation

Grant title: “The Study of Markets and Public Policies within a Classical Liberal Framework.”

Support for PPEL program with speakers and student summer research projects, FY2015-16,

$17,000; FY2014-15, $ $12,300; FY2013-14, $15,500; FY2012-13, $15,500; FY2011-12,

$14,000; FY2010-11, $11,675.

John Templeton Foundation

Co-principal author with John Morton and the National Council on Economic Education.

Jonathan B. Wight – Vita p. 15 of 18

Project to introduce ethics in economics to several thousand economics teachers. Award of

$628,000 received in spring 2005. I was responsible for planning, writing, and editing of

curricular materials and teaching the trainers.

Keck Foundation

Member of committee which wrote the grant proposal to promote an interdisciplinary

conversation about leadership across the curriculum. The grant for $400,000 included

Claremont McKenna College and Loyola Marymount University.

Donchian Foundation

Member of committee which hosted a major funded conference on ethics in leadership (Spring

2008).

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

Campus Presentations

“Introduction to U.S. Economic History,” visiting MBA students, Moscow State University

Business School, University of Richmond, March 14, 2016.

“Using Box in the Classroom: A Faculty Discussion,” Center for Teaching, Learning, and

Technology, February 3, 2016.

“Piketty and Inequality: Forum.” September 24, 2014, hosted by the American Studies Program

and the Center for Civic Engagement. Panel member.

“Summer of Scandal: Lenses on Ethical Failures in Business,” Robins School of Business,

August 29, 2012. Panel member.

“The Guatemalan Economy,” Seminar for alternative spring break students, February 25, 2010.

“The Richmond Experience,” Admissions Fair, November 14, 2009, University of Richmond.

“Moral Imagination and Economics,” Family Weekend Seminar, Robins School of Business,

September 2007.

“Adam Smith,” Core course with Carol Lawrence, December 2006.

“Trading for a Better World: Fighting for What’s Right,” Panel on international trade,

Americans for Informed Democracy, November 2006.

“Ethics and Economics,” Keck Faculty Summer Seminar, June 2006 (with Doug Hicks).

“Ethics and the Invisible Hand of the Market,” Corporate Law class, University of Richmond,

November 9, 2005.

“Wrong, Half-Wrong, and Somewhat Right: The Economic Treatments of Adam Smith's

Invisible Hand,” Research Seminar, Economics Department, November 4, 2005.

“Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiments,” Keck Faculty Fall Seminar, November 2005.

“Pitfalls of Foreign Aid and Economic Development,” Student Steering Committee for Tsunami

Response, Spring 2005.

“Moral Sentiments and the Wealth of Nations,” Seminar on Corporate Governance, Robins

School of Business MBA program, January 8, 2003.

“Does Free Trade Cause Hunger? Hidden Implications of the Free Trade of the Americas

Area,” Symposium on Changing Labor Markets of the Western Hemisphere, University

of Richmond School of Law. October 2001.

“Globalization and the World Economy: Questions for Critical Thinking,” February 27, 1997.

Virginia Chiefs of Police Seminar.

“The Underground Economy,” Exploring the Latin American Experience, February 26, 1997.

“The Latin American Economy,” Faculty Seminar on Ecuador and Mexico, Spring 1996.

“The Latin American Economy,” Faculty Seminar on Brazil, Spring 1994.

“Techniques of Formal Classroom Discussion,” October 13, 1994. Department of Economics,

Teaching Seminar.

Jonathan B. Wight – Vita p. 16 of 18

“The Middle East,” With Alan Loxterman. October 1993. Faculty Club Symposium.

“Trade Wars: Micro-Management or Macro-Mismanagement?” February 14, 1992. Faculty

Club Symposium.

“Pro’s and Con’s of Degree Programs,” September 27, 1989. Economics Society Forum.

“Treating Mental Illness: Is it Cost-Effective?” March 29, 1988. Business School Research

Seminar.

International Education

Search Committee, Dean of International Education (2014-2015).

Original member of committees which established the Third World Studies major (1982-83),

the International Studies major (1983-87), and the International Business concentration

(1987-89); created and supervised the International Economics concentration in the

International Studies major (1987- present)

Initiated the “Global Economy” elective course for the graduate MBA program (1992); initiated

the “Global Economy” elective course for the International Studies program (1996);

helped design and teach the university’s first MBA residency in Mexico City and

Monterrey, with Tom Cossé, 2002; helped design an experiential service learning trip to

Guatemala, 2007 (with Steve Tallman); led the “Alternative Spring Break” service-

learning trip to Guatemala with 20 students, 2008

Webpage design and development, International Studies Africa concentration, 1998

Team Leader, Mellon Grant Proposal for enhancing international education, 2000

International Studies Advisors Committee, 1988-present (chair of assessment committee, 1999-

2007)

Fulbright Selection Committee, numerous years

Co-organizer, Symposium on Emotions, Natural Selection and Rationality, University of

Richmond, 2009 (with Elias Khalil)

Organizer, International Business Forum, co-sponsored by the Richmond Hispanic Chamber of

Commerce, University of Richmond, April 2002

Co-organizer, Symposium on Population and Development, University of Richmond, 1987

(with Robert Schmidt)

Co-organizer, Forum on Apartheid and the Impact of Disinvestment on Black Southern Africa,

University of Richmond, 1985

Regular presenter on the Global Economy, Mini-MBA and MBA Opening Residency

Service on International Education, International Studies Advisors, and other committees

Service on International Business Committee, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, and 1998-2004

Business School

Admissions, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989

Research Committee (chair all years), 1991, 1992, 1993

Graduate Council, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995

Catalogue, 1991, 1992, 1993; Evaluation, 1993

Curriculum, 2001, 2002, 2003 (chair), 2004

Pedagogy, (chair) 2017/18

Other Committees

Chair, Search committee, Economics department, 2016-17

First Year Fellow, strategic planning, 2014-15. Revising the FYS two semester course

Member of committee that created and implemented the Philosophy, Politics, Economics and

Law (PPEL) major, 2008-present

Jonathan B. Wight – Vita p. 17 of 18

University Faculty Research Committee, 1991-94, 1996

University Marshall, 1999 - 2003

Center for Civic Engagement Advisory Committee, 2005 - 2010

Committee on Committees, 2003

Task Force on Intellectual and Cultural Experiences, 1993-94

Chair, Subcommittee on Intellectual and Cultural Life Outside the Classroom, 1993-94

President’s Investiture Committee, 1999

Honorary Degrees Committee, 1989, 2007-09 (chair)

Oldham Scholars Selection Committee, 1989

University Self Study Committee, 1986 (chair, subcommittee on Educational Services)

University Library Committee, 1982-87 (chair 1984-87)

University Scholars Selection Committee, 1985

Special Assignments

Search Committees: Dean of International Education (2014-15); PPEL Director and Robins

Chair in Philosophy (2009); University Provost (2007-08); Sociology Department (2005);

Vice-President for University Advancement (2004); Chair in International Business

(1995, 1996); Dean of the Jepson School of Leadership Studies (1989); Economics

Department search (co-chaired 1989); University Librarian (1985).

Donchian Grant Committee, 2006, 2007

External evaluator, Jepson School Tenure and Promotion Committee, 2003, 2009

Faculty Admissions Recruiter, 1999-2001, 2004, 2009

Bonner Scholars reading group, 2001

University Reaccreditation Subcommittee on Interdisciplinary and Integrative Studies and

Activities, 1996-97

Provost’s Task Force on Gender Issues, 1992-94

Liaison for U.S. Presidential Debate on campus, 1992

Created and directed the Interdisciplinary Reading Group on Adam Smith with eleven members

from six academic departments (co-directed with Clarence Jung), 1996-97

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Co-founder, Blog on “Economics and Ethics” (with Mark White). More than 140,000 page hits

since its inception in September 2009.

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.

Editorial Board, História e Economia, 2004 – 2008.

External reviewer, Promotion Committees, various liberal arts colleges, ‘04, ‘08, ‘09, ’10, ‘15

External evaluator, Economics Department assessments, various liberal arts colleges

Virginia Council on Economic Education, State Economics Challenge Judge, ‘05, ‘06, ‘08, ‘09

Jonathan B. Wight – Vita p. 18 of 18

Powell Center for Economic Literacy, Board of Advisors, 2008 – 2011

Participant, AEA Commission on Economic Education, Teagle Conference on Economics and a

Liberal Education, University of Richmond, October 2007

Session chair, organizer, and/or discussant at numerous conferences

Articles and proposals reviewed for various journals and publishers

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Highland Support Project (HSP), Board of Directors, 1993-2015; Secretary, 2002–2015;

Interim President, 2000; Vice-President, 1995-98.

The Torch Club of Richmond, Board of Directors, 2002-2006; President, 2004-05; Vice-

President, 2003-04; Website, 2006 - present; Paxton Com. (chair), 2009 - present

Aquia Church Association, Inc., Board of Directors, 2001- present; Treasurer: 2015-2016.

Alliance to Conserve Old Richmond Neighborhoods, Advisory Board, 2004-2009

Unity South Church, Board of Directors, 1987-1990; President, 1988-90

The Nature Conservancy of Virginia, Speakers’ Bureau, 1997

CONSULTING

John Templeton Foundation

The World Bank

Inter-American Development Bank

National Council on Economic Education

Social Sectors Development Strategies

Akins and Associates

MEMBERSHIPS

American Economic Association, Association for Social Economics, Association for Private

Enterprise Education, International Adam Smith Society