WILLIAM MACY FINCK

Current Address: Office: 2008 Calcutta Dr. 142 Miller Hall Opelika, AL 36801 (334) 524 – 2639 (334) 844 – 3199 [email protected] May 2020

Education: Ph. D., Economics, Auburn University, 2007 Dissertation: “English Seventeenth Century Colonial Expansion as a Form of Rent-Seeking” Fields: Tested: International Economics, Industrial Organization Untested: History of Economic Thought, Finance

M.S., Economics, Auburn University, 2002

B.A., Economics, Bellarmine University, 1999 Thesis: “Virtue and Society: A Comparison of the Perspectives of and Thomas Hardy”

Work Experience: Lecturer, Auburn University Auburn, Alabama August 2015 – Present • Courses: Principles of Microeconomics, Principles of Macroeconomics, Honors Principles of Macroeconomics, Economics of Sports • Developed Auburn’s Distance Learning course for Principles of Microeconomics • Recruited promising principles students to build a strong undergraduate economics program

Instructor, Auburn University Auburn, Alabama January 2008 – August 2015 • Courses: Principles of Microeconomics, Principles of Macroeconomics, Honors Principles of Macroeconomics, Mathematical Methods for Economics, Intermediate Microeconomics, Economics of Sports • Recruited promising principles students to build a strong undergraduate economics program

Faculty, O-E Study Abroad Fiji May 2012 – June 2012 • Course: Special Topics in Economics

Adjunct Professor, Southern Union State Community College Opelika, Alabama August 2007 – December 2009 • Courses: Principles of Microeconomics, Principles of Macroeconomics

Graduate Teaching Assistant Auburn, Alabama September 1999 – December 2007 • Courses: Principles of Microeconomics, Principles of Macroeconomics

Adjunct Professor, Troy University at Dothan Dothan, Alabama August 2007 – October 2007 • Course: Principles of Macroeconomics (9-week web-enhanced course)

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Graduate Research Assistant, Auburn University Auburn, Alabama September 2001 – May 2002 • Collected data and created graphs for a book by Dr. Robert Ekelund, Jr.

Supplemental Instructor, Auburn University Athletic Department Auburn, Alabama September – December 2001 • Organized and conducted biweekly supplemental instruction for student athletes from four different sections of Principles of Microeconomics

Awards, Honors, and Involvement: Keynote Speaker, Auburn University Ring Ceremony, April 2015 - Present Auburn University Dance Marathon Fundraiser, 2020 Lambda Chi Alpha Scholarship Dinner VIP, 2019 Auburn Athletics AUSPY Award Ceremony VIP, 2016 - Present Presenter, Conversations in Celebration of Teaching, 2013 Guest Speaker, Academy of Economics and Finance Teacher Training Program, 2013 Panel Member, Miss Homecoming Finalist Interviews, 2012 Final Lecturer, Auburn University, 2012 Princeton Review Top 300 Professors, 2012 Department of Economics Student Teacher of the Year, Auburn University, 2001 and 2004 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Auburn University, 1999 – 2007 Bachelor of Arts with Honors, Bellarmine College, 1999 Bellarmine Scholar, Bellarmine College, 1995

Publications: 2008. English Seventeenth Century Colonial Expansion as a Form of Rent-Seeking. Saarbrucken: VDM.

Other Writings In Progress: “Relative Minimum Wages and Illegal Immigration” “Real Wages and Production in the Short Run Wages Fund Model”

Qualifications and Skills: Proficiency in computer/internet programs: Connect, Canvas, Blackboard, WebCT, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, LIMDEP Organized principles-level courses in 5, 9, 10, and 15 week formats Adapted courses to sizes ranging from 30 to 410 students

Memberships: Auburn University Golden Key, 2007 George Mason University Outreach Conference, 2001 Kappa Gamma Pi, 1999 Omicron Delta Epsilon, 1998

References: Hyeonwoo Kim, Department of Economics Chair, Auburn University (334) 844 – 2928 Michael Stern, Department of Economics, Auburn University (334) 844 - 2982 T. Randy Beard, Department of Economics, Auburn University (334) 844 - 2918 Robert Ekelund, Jr., Eminent Scholar Emeritus, Auburn University, Retired (334) 821- 1404

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