EDWARD J. LÓPEZ COMPREHENSIVE CURRICULUM VITAE College of Business, Forsyth 224C Western Carolina University Cullowhee, NC 28723 www.edwardjlopez.com |
[email protected] | @edwardjlopez 1. EDUCATION Ph.D. June, 1997 Economics George Mason University M.A. May, 1995 Economics George Mason University B.S. December, 1992 Economics Texas A&M University 2. AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION Public Choice Economics, Law & Economics, Institutional Change, Economics of Ideas, Entrepreneurship 3. APPOINTMENTS Permanent Professor of Economics and the BB&T Distinguished Professor of Capitalism, School of Economics, Management & Project Management, College of Business, Western Carolina University, 2012-present Director, Center for the Study of Free Enterprise at Western Carolina University, December 4, 2015-present Executive Director and Past President, The Public Choice Society, March 2014-present Associate Professor of Law & Economics, San José State University, 2007-2012 (promoted to full professor) Assistant Professor of Law & Economics, 2005-2007 Assistant Professor of Economics, University of North Texas, 1998-2005 Manager, Public Policy Programs, Mercatus Center, 1994-1996 Professional Staff Member, Joint Economic Committee, US Congress, 1993-1994 Visiting Visiting Scholar, Social Philosophy & Policy Center, Bowling Green State University, Summer 2010 Scholar in Residence, Liberty Fund, Inc., 2007-2008 Visiting Scholar, Center for Study of Public Choice, Summer 2001 Earhart Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Economics, George Mason University, 1997-1998