I. DAVID WHEAT JR.

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Expertise  

• system dynamics modeling of economic systems

• policy design that takes implementation seriously

• helping others build useful models

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Education

• Doctor of Philosophy in System Dynamics, University of Bergen, 2007

• Master in Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1972

• Bachelor of Arts in Government and Mathematics, Texas Tech University, 1970

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Academic Appointments

• Professor Emeritus, Social Sciences Faculty, University of Bergen, Norway

• Professor, Financial Economics Faculty, ISM University of Management & Economics, Lithuania

• Professor, Economic Sciences Faculty, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine

• Professor of Economics, Virginia Western Community College, United States

Other Positions

• President, Praktika (2018 - present)

• President, Wheat Resources (1981-2017)

• President, Wheat Luke & Hahn (1979-81)

• Senior Vice President, Charles Owens & Associates (1976-79)

• Director of Federal Relations, University of Houston (1975-76)

• Staff Assistant to the President of the United States, The White House (1972-75)

Currently Active Projects

• Learning Economics with Dynamic Modeling. Developing dynamic modeling capacity in Ukraine. University of Bergen, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, and Ivan Franko National University of Lviv

• Model-based Public Health Education. University of Bergen and the University of North Dakota

• MacroLab Template Modeling. See Get Started with Macro Modeling.

• Co-editing Feedback Economics, a book about system dynamics-based economic modeling

• Teaching 10 courses yearly in 4 different countries

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International Guest Lectures, Seminars, and Workshops: 26 at 20 institutions in 11 countries (2007-2018)

Selected Professional Activities and Awards

• Associate Editor, System Dynamics Review (2008-2017)

• President, Economics Chapter of the System Dynamics Society (2007-08)

• Dana Meadows Award (2007)

• Woodrow Wilson Fellow (1970)

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In a Previous Life

• National Teacher of the Year in Rural Telecommunications (1996), with 70% of students earning college credit for AP Exam scores over 7-year period, and using fiber optic TV technology to teach at two rural high schools simultaneously

• Virginia Coach of the Year (1995 and 1996) after winning back-to-back state championships in high school girls basketball

• Built a barn and raised goats & chickens, with a happy family in the Blue Ridge Mountains

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Curriculum Vitae

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April 2019 Lecture in Roanoke, Virginia, USA

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