EMILY CHAMLEE-WRIGHT, PHD CURRICULUM VITAE (JANUARY 2020) PRESIDENT & CEO, INSTITUTE FOR HUMANE STUDIES AT GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY

VERNON SMITH HALL, 1ST FLOOR 3434 WASHINGTON BLVD. ARLINGTON, VA 22201 [email protected]; PH: 703.993.9262

CURRENT POSITION

President & CEO, Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University

EDUCATION ▪ PhD, Economics, George Mason University, 1993 ▪ MA, Economics, George Mason University, 1990 ▪ BA, Economics, George Mason University, 1988

ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIP & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

▪ Leading the Institute for Humane Studies, the premier organization dedicated to supporting and connecting scholars working within the classical liberal intellectual tradition. ▪ Led a highly collaborative institution-wide strategic planning process that defines the annual budgeting process and set the course for an ambitious comprehensive campaign at Washington College (2012-2016). ▪ Oversaw a successful decennial review and reaccreditation by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (2012-2014). ▪ Established the Miller Upton Programs on the Wealth and Well-Being of Nations at Beloit College (2007-2012).

BOOKS

Liberal Learning and the Art of Self-Governance, Routledge, 2015.

How We Came Back: Voices from Post-Katrina New Orleans, Nona Martin Storr and Virgil Storr, co- editors, Mercatus Press, 2015.

The Cultural and Political Economy of Recovery: Social Learning in a Post-Disaster Environment, Routledge, 2010.

The Political Economy of Hurricane Katrina and Community Rebound, Virgil Storr, co-editor, Edward Elgar, 2010.

Culture and Enterprise: The Development, Representation, and Morality of Business, Don Lavoie, co- author, Routlege, 2000.

The Cultural Foundations of Economic Development: Urban Female Entrepreneurship in Ghana, Routledge, 1997.

ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS

Self-Censorship and Associational Life in the Liberal Academy, Society, 56(6):538-49.

Governing Campus Speech: A Bottom-up Approach, Society, 55(5): 392-402, 2018.

The Power of Narrative in Post-Disaster Entrepreneurial Response, Review of Austrian Economics, 31(4): 467-472, 2018.

Story Craft and the Market Process, Annual Proceedings of the Wealth and Well-Being of Nations, 9(1): 95-112, 2017.

Local Recovery: How Robust Community Rebound Necessarily Comes from the Bottom Up, with Virgil Storr and Stefanie-Haeffele-Bach, In The Future of Disaster Management in the U.S.: Rethinking Legislation, Policy, and Finance, edited by Amy L. LePore. Routledge, pp. 87-101, 2017.

Cultivating the Liberally Educated Mind Through Signature Programs, with Joshua Hall and Laura Grube, Journal of Economic Education, 48(1): 34-44, 2016.

Social Economy as an Extension of the Austrian Economics Research Program, with Virgil Storr, in P.J. Boettke and C. Coyne, eds. Oxford Handbook of Austrian Economics, Oxford University Press, pp. 247-271, 2015.

Pastors’ Response in Post-Katrina New Orleans: Navigating the cultural economic landscape, in Culture and Economic Action, L. Grube and V.H. Storr (eds) London: Edward Elgar, pp. 269-294, 2015.

Between Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft: The Stories We Tell, with Virgil Storr, in R. F. Garnett, Jr., P. Lewis, and L. T. Ealy, eds. Commerce and Community: Ecologies of Social Cooperation, Routledge, pp. 157-76, 2015.

Polycentricity and the Principles of Effective Co-Governance: What the Bloomington School can Teach Us, with Paul Aligica, E. Chamlee-Wright, ed. Liberal Learning and the Art of Self- Governance, Routledge, pp. 155-179, 2015.

Developing the Art of Self-Governance: Teaching the Role of Place in Associative Life, with Adam Goodheart & John Seidel, E. Chamlee-Wright, ed. Liberal Learning and the Art of Self- Governance, Routledge, pp. 91-114, 2015.

Commercial Relationships and Spaces after Disaster, with Virgil Henry Storr, Society, 51(6): 656-664, 2014.

Capitalist Spirits and Connection to Place, Review of Austrian Economics, 27(4): 473-481, 2014.

Some Brief Syllabus Advice for the Young Economist, with Joshua Hall, in New Developments In Economic Education, F.G. Mixon, R.J. Cebula, (eds.) Edward Elgar, pp. 76-87, 2014.

Social Capital, Lobbying and Community-Based Interest Groups, with Virgil Storr, Public Choice, 149 (1-2): 167-185, 2011.

Social Capital as Collective Narratives and Post-Disaster Community Recovery, with Virgil Storr, Sociological Review, 59 (2): 266-282, 2011. Operationalizing the Interpretive Turn: deploying qualitative methods toward an economics of meaning, Review of Austrian Economics, 24 (2): 157-170, 2011.

Reflections on Methodology, Disasters, and Social Learning, Studies in Emergent Order, 4: 87-104, 2011.

Cultivating the Economic Imagination, Journal of Economics & Finance Education, 10 (2): 41-53, 2011.

Qualitative Methods and the Pursuit of Economic Understanding, Review of Austrian Economics, 23 (4): 321-331, 2011.

Expectations of Government Response to Disaster, with Virgil Storr, Public Choice, 144 (1-2), 2010.

Community Resilience in New Orleans East: Deploying the Cultural Toolkit within a Vietnamese-American Community, with Virgil Storr, in J. Rivera and D. Miller (eds) Community Disaster Recovery and Resiliency: Exploring Global Opportunities and Challenges, Taylor & Francis, pp. 99-122, 2010.

The Role of Social Entrepreneurship in Post-Katrina Community Recovery, with Virgil Storr, International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development, 1/2: 149-164, 2010.

Club Goods and Post-Disaster Community Return, with Virgil Storr, Rationality & Society, 21 (4): 429-458, 2009.

“There’s No Place Like New Orleans”: Sense of Place and Community Recovery in the Ninth Ward After Hurricane Katrina,” with Virgil Storr, Journal of Urban Affairs, 31 (5): 615-634, 2009.

Social Networking: Austrian Perspectives, New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics Online, S. Durlauf & L. Blume (eds), 2009.

Beyond the Status Quo, in the World and in the Discipline, in Economic Pluralism. R. Garnett, E. Olsen & M. Starr (eds) London: Routledge, 2009.

Signaling Effects of Commercial and Civil Society, International Journal of Social Economics, 35 (7/8): 675-626, 2008.

The Structure of Social Capital: An Austrian Perspective on Its Nature and Development, Review of Political Economy, 20 (1): 41-58, 2008.

Discovery and Social Learning in Non-priced Environments: An Austrian View of Social Network Theory, with Justus Myers, The Review of Austrian Economics, 21 (2/3): 151-166: 2008.

Social Embeddedness, Social Capital and the Market Process, with Paul Lewis, The Review of Austrian Economics, 21 (2/3): 107-118, 2008.

The Political, Economic, and Social Aspects of Katrina, with , Peter Gordon, Sanford Ikeda, Peter Leeson, and Russell Sobel. Southern Economic Journal, 74 (2): 363-376, 2007.

The Long Road Back: Signal Noise in the Post-Katrina Context, The Independent Review, 12 (2): 235-259, 2007. The Development of a Cultural Economy: Foundational Questions and Future Direction, in Humane Economics: Essays in Honor of Don Lavoie Edward Elgar: 181-198, 2006.

Fostering Sustainable Complexity in the Microfinance Industry: Which Way Forward? Conversations in Philanthropy, 3 (1): 23-44, 2006. An abbreviated version appears in Journal of Economic Affairs, 25 (2): 5-12, 2005.

Entrepreneurial Response to Bottom-Up Development Strategies in Zimbabwe, The Review of Austrian Economics, 18 (1): 5-28, 2005.

Local Knowledge and the Philanthropic Process: Comment on Boettke and Prychitko, Conversations in Philanthropy, 1 (1): 45-51, 2004.

Savings and Accumulation Strategies of Urban Market Women in Harare, Zimbabwe, Economic Development and Cultural Change, 50 (4): 979-1005, 2002.

Indigenous African Institutions and Economic Development, The Cato Journal, 13 (1): 79-99, 1993. This piece also appears as a contributed chapter to The Revolution in Development Economics, J. Dorn, S. Hanke, and A. Walters (eds.), Washington DC: Cato, 1998.

EDITED JOURNALS

The Review of Austrian Economics: Special Issue on Austrian Economics, Economic Sociology and Social Capital, Paul Lewis, co-editor 21(2/3).

The Annual Proceedings of the Wealth and Well-Being of Nations (editor) Volume 1 (featuring Douglass North).

The Annual Proceedings of the Wealth and Well-Being of Nations (editor) Volume 2 (featuring Hernando de Soto).

The Annual Proceedings of the Wealth and Well-Being of Nations (editor) Volume 3 (featuring ).

ACADEMIC AND PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS

A Framework for Crisis Management, with Donald Downs, Kristen Roman, and George Waldner, Open Inquiry Project, Institute for Humane Studies, 2018.

A Framework for Free Speech Policy, with Donald Downs and George Waldner, Open Inquiry Project, Institute for Humane Studies, 2017.

Filling the Civil Society Vacuum: Post-Disaster Policy and Community Response, Mercatus Policy Series, Policy Comment 22, with Virgil Storr, 2009.

The Entrepreneur’s Role in Post-Disaster Community Recovery: Implications for Post-Disaster Recovery Policy, Mercatus Center, George Mason University, no. 19, with Virgil Storr, 2008.

Disastrous Uncertainty: How Government Disaster Policy Undermines Community Rebound, Mercatus Policy Series. Mercatus Center, George Mason University, no.9, with Daniel Rothschild, 2007.

MEDIA

"Naming and reclaiming the liberal ideal", Orange County Register, December 29, 2019.

"How a liberal arts education helps felons become 'civic beings,'" Forbes, December 18, 2019.

“Artful teachers teach First Amendment Thinking," Forbes, November 20, 2019.

"What Berlin Wall propaganda can teach us about freedom," The Hill, Nov. 8, 2019.

“Coaching students through the self-censorship dilemma,” Forbes, October 4, 2019

“Toleration and the winding road to pluralism,” Forbes, September 7, 2019.

“The presumption of good faith in campus conversation,” Inside Higher Ed, August 13, 2019.

“The liberal academy in an illiberal age,” Forbes, August 3, 2019.

“Please, take seriously,” Wall Street Journal, May 2, 2019.

“Tolerance and civility, not love, will heal our society,” The Hill, May 2, 2019.

“Respect for individuals is at the heart of communities,” Washington Post, April 12, 2019.

“When students are confused about freedom of expression, flip the script,” with Sarah Skwire Inside Sources, February 14, 2019.

“What Mike Pence, The Handmaid's Tale and Mad Men have in common,” with Sarah Skwire, USA Today, Dec 18, 2018.

“Smith appreciated value of intangible labor,” Wall Street Journal, Nov 27, 2018.

“The art of disagreeing,” with Sarah Skwire, Inside Higher Ed, Nov 27, 2018.

Government Dines on Katrina Leftovers, with Daniel Rothschild, The Wall Street Journal June 15, 2006: A15.

VIDEO COMMENTARY AND PODCASTS

“Women in the Classical Liberal Tradition, Part 1” Ideas in Progress podcast.

“Women in the Classical Liberal Tradition, Part 2, Ideas in Progress podcast.

“Become an Intellectual Explorer: Master the Art of Conversation” Big Think, July 17, 2019. Big Think’s #10 Most Popular Video of 2019.

“The Best Idea Every Entrepreneur Needs,” Foundation for Economic Education, July 18, 2019.

“Self-Command: Learn this Powerful Thinking Tool,” Big Think, June 5, 2019.

“Taking Socialism Seriously,” How Do We Fix It?, May 23, 2019.

“Free Speech on College Campus: A Bottom-up Approach is Best,” Big Think, April 24, 2019.

PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Provost and Dean of the College, Washington College (2012-2016)

Associate Dean, Beloit College (2010-2012)

Elbert H. Neese Professor of Economics, Beloit College (2007-2012)

Founding Director of the Miller Upton Programs on the Wealth and Well-being of Nations, Beloit College (2007-2012)

Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor of Economics, Beloit College (1993- 2007)

FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION

Economic Development Cultural Economics Comparative Economic Systems Austrian Economics

FIELD RESEARCH

I have conducted field research among female entrepreneurs in Ghana and Zimbabwe and among people affected by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The focus of my research is to incorporate the study of cultural into economic theory and empirical analysis.

PAPERS PRESENTED (SELECTED)

“Polycentricity and the Principles of Effective Co-Governance: What the Bloomington School can Teach Us,” Southern Economic Association Meetings, Atlanta GA, November 22, 2014.

“Pastor’s Response in Post-Katrina New Orleans: Navigating the cultural economic landscape,” Southern Economic Association Meetings, Atlanta GA, November 23, 2014.

“Cultivating the Economic Imagination,” Association of Private Enterprise Education, Nassau Bahamas, April 10, 2011.

Response to Roundtable Discussion of The Cultural and Political Economy of Recovery, Association of Private Enterprise Education, Nassau Bahamas, April 12, 2011.

“Social Capital and the Rent Seeking Society in the Context of Post-Disaster Recovery,” with Virgil Storr, Southern Economic Association Meetings, Atlanta GA, November 22, 2010.

“Expectations of Government Response to Disaster,” with Virgil Storr, Southern Economic Association Meetings, Washington DC, November 20-22, 2009.

“Club Goods and Post-Disaster Community Return,” with Virgil Storr, Southern Economic Association Meetings, Washington DC, November 23, 2008.

“Community Resilience in New Orleans East: Deploying the Cultural Toolkit within a Vietnamese-American Community,” (with Virgil Storr) Southern Economic Association Meetings, New Orleans, LA, November 18, 2007.

“The Long Road Back: Signal Noise in the Post-Katrina Context,” Southern Economic Association Meetings, New Orleans, LA, November 19, 2007.

“After the Storm: Social Capital Regrouping in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina,” Southern Economic Association Meetings, Charleston SC, November 21, 2006.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

▪ Member of the Board, The Mercatus Center at George Mason University ▪ Advisory Board, Wye Seminar Program ▪ President, Society for the Development of Austrian Economics, 2009 ▪ Member, Southern Economic Association

COURSES TAUGHT

▪ Making Place (An interdisciplinary seminar on “sense of place”) ▪ Senior Economics Seminar on the Wealth and Well-Bing of Nations ▪ In Katrina’s Wake: The Construction of Narrative in a Post-Disaster Environment ▪ Economics and Sociology of Social Capital ▪ African Markets and Institutions ▪ Economic Development ▪ Comparative Economic Systems ▪ Microeconomics ▪ History of Economic Thought ▪ Austrian Economics ▪ Gender Perspectives ▪ Zimbabwean Culture and Society in the Post-Independence Era

HONORS AND AWARDS

▪ Distinguished Alumni Award, Institute for Humane Studies, 2014. ▪ Distinguished Alumni Award, College of Humanities and , George Mason University, 2013. ▪ Book of the Year Award for The Cultural and Political Economy of Recovery from the Foundation for Economic Education and the Society for the Development of Austrian Economics, 2011. ▪ FA Hayek Prize, Fund for the Study of Spontaneous Orders, Atlas Economic Research Foundation, 2008. ▪ Underkofler Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Beloit College, 1997 ▪ Kellogg National Leadership Fellow, Group XV, 1995-1998. ▪ Summer Fellow, Institute for the Study of Economic Culture to attend the “Democracy, Development, and Civil Society Seminar” at Boston University, 1994.