Dr Tim Wunder

[Dr Timothy A Wunder]

Other Faculty, Economics

Last Updated: January 19, 2021

about me

Biography

Timothy Wunder is a Clinical Professor in the College of Business at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA). He received his Ph.D. degree in Economics from Colorado State University, in 2003 and joined UTA in 2007. His work has appeared in the International Review of Economics Education, Forum for Social Economics, Journal for Economic Issues, Review of Social Economy and several peer-reviewed proceedings.

At UTA, Wunder primarily teaches Principles of Microeconomics, Principles of Macroeconomics, Environmental Economics, and Comparative Economic Systems at the undergraduate level and Economic Analysis at the graduate level

Principles of Microeconomics
Environmental Economics
Comparative Economic Systems

Education

- 2003 PhD in Economics
  Colorado State Univ Ft Collins, 2003
- 2003 PhD in Economics
  Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO, 2003
- 1998 MA in Economics
  Colorado State Univ Ft Collins, 1998
- 1998 MA in Economics
  Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO, 1998
- 1993 BA in Economics
  Western Washington University, Bellingham WA, 1993
- 1993 BA in Economics
  Western Washington University, 1993

Licensure and Certifications

- 2020 Applying the Quality Matters Rubric, Quality Matters

Memberships

- Jan 2013 to Present Association for Evolutionary Economics
  Board of Directors

Awards and Honors

- Jun 2020 Nominated for Outstanding Academic Advisor Award sponsored by UTA Office of the Provost
- May 2020 Promotion to Clinical Professor of Economics sponsored by University of Texas at Arlington
- May 2016 Outstanding Lecturer Award sponsored by UTA COB
- Jan 2016 Nominated for UT Regents Outstanding Teaching Award sponsored by UTA President Nominated
- Dec 2013 Recognized Professor sponsored by Phi Kappa Phi (UTA Chapter)
- Dec 2013 UTA Provost's Awards for Excellence sponsored by University of Texas at Arlington
- Dec 2011 Freshman Leaders on Campus (FLOC) sponsored by University of Texas at Arlington

Publications

2020

Journal Article
Financial Insecurity in a World of Plenty
[Wunder, TimothyA]. Journal of Economics Issues. 54(2), "Francis and Taylor".

2019

Journal Article
Fighting Childhood Poverty: How a Universal Child Allowance Would Impact the US Population
[]. Journal of Economic Issues. 53(2), 537-544.

2018

Journal Article
A Systemic Debt Payoff Policy
[Wunder, TimothyA]. Journal of Economic Issues. 52(2), 490--497. "Taylor and Francis".

2016

Journal Article
Setting a Principal to Interest Cap on the Issuance of Home Mortgages: a Proposed Change to Mortgage Underwriting Rules Designed to Control Housing Price Inflation
[Wunder, TimothyA]. 6, 86--92.

2015

Journal Article
The Commodification of Social Relationships: What Is Capital?
[Wunder, TimothyA]. 49(2), 511--518. "Routledge".

2013

Journal Article
But That Is Unfair Professor: Using a Grade Structure to Help Students Understand Income Quintiles
Forum for Social Economics
[Wunder, TimothyA]. 42(1), 70--87.

Journal Article
Is distance learning really a substitute for on-site learning? Perceptions of faculty who teach undergraduate economics using both formats
[Wunder, TimothyA, Elliott, DawnRichards, England, Scott]. 14, 4--15. "Elsevier".

2012

Journal Article
Income distribution and consumption driven growth: How consumption behaviors of the top two income quintiles help to explain the economy
[Wunder, TimothyA]. 46(1), 173--192. "Routledge".

2011

Journal Article
Debt, Innovations, and Deflation: The Theories of Veblen, Fisher, Schumpeter, and Minsky
[Wunder, TimothyA]. 45(3), 749. "Taylor \& Francis Ltd.".

Journal Article
Individuals and Identity in Economics
[Wunder, TimothyA]. 45(4), 1016. "Taylor \& Francis Ltd.".

2010

Journal Article
Economic Methodology
[Wunder, TimothyA]. 23--32.

2009

Journal Article
Fact based economic education
[Wunder, TimothyA, Kemp, Thomas, England, Scott]. 43(2), 467--476. "Routledge".

Journal Article
Mainstream Amnesia: Why Evolutionary Ideas in the Mainstream Are Not Being Recognized for What They Are and How Institutional Economics Can Benefit
[Wunder, TimothyA]. 43(1), 266--276. "Routledge".

Journal Article
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
[Wunder, TimothyA]. 43(1), 278. "Taylor \& Francis Ltd.".

Journal Article
Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior
[Wunder, TimothyA]. 43(2), 549. "Taylor \& Francis Ltd.".

2008

Journal Article
Institutionalism and the State: Founding Views Reexamined
Forum for Social Economics
[Wunder, TimothyA, Kemp, Thomas]. 37(1), 27--42.

Journal Article
VEBLEN'S NATURALISTIC SOCIAL THEORY-Tilman Rick: Thorstein Veblen and the Enrichment of Evolutionary Naturalism (Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 2007. Pp. 344. $49.95.)
[Wunder, TimothyA]. 70(4), 684--686. "Cambridge University Press".

2007

Journal Article
Simulating inequality and social order in the classroom: A macroeconomic game
[Kemp, Thomas, Wunder, Tim]. 65(4), 425--443. "Taylor \& Francis".

Journal Article
Toward an evolutionary economics: The ‘theory of the individual’in Thorstein Veblen and Joseph Schumpeter
[Wunder, TimothyA]. 41(3), 827--839. "Routledge".

2016

Other
Jeff Madrick: Seven Bad Ideas: How Mainstream Economists Have Damaged America and the World
[Wunder, TimothyA]. "Routledge".

Other
Thomas Kemp: Basic Macroeconomics
[Wunder, TimothyA]. "Routledge".

2007

Other
Digital Matters: The Theory and Culture of the Matrix
[Wunder, Tim]. "Taylor \& Francis, Ltd.".

2005

Other
Debt for Sale: A History of the Credit Trap; Paying with Plastic: The Digital Revolution in Buying and Borrowing
[Scott, III, Robert]. "Routledge".

Other
Organizing America: Wealth, Power, and the Origins of Corporate Capitalism
[Wunder, TimothyA]. "Routledge".

2003

Other
Thorstein Veblen and Joseph Schumpeter as precursors of economic sociology.
[Wunder, TimothyA].

Presentations

- January 2020
  Wunder, TimothyA, "On Economic Progress and Debt: Applying Ayres to Household Debts". (January 5, 2020).
- January 2019
  Wunder, TimothyA, "A True Focus on the Family: Social Policies to Help Family Care ". (January , 2019).
- June 2018
  Wunder, TimothyA, "Household Debt Jubilee". (June 14, 2018).
- January 2018
  Wunder, TimothyA, "Debt Forgiveness". (January 8, 2018).
- January 2017
  Wunder, TimothyA, "Who Can Afford Children", Association for Evolutionary Economics, Chicago . (January 7, 2017).
- January 2016
  Wunder, TimothyA, "Commidification of Social Relations", Association for Evolutionary Economics, San Francisco . (January 7, 2016).
- January 2014
  Wunder, TimothyA, "Setting a principle to interest cap on the issuance of home mortgages : A proposed change to mortgage underwriting rules designed to control housing price inflation.", AEA, Philadelphia, PA . (January , 2014).
- April 2012
  Wunder, TimothyA, "Shock Deleveraging and its Impact on Income Quintiles", Western Social Sciences Assocaition, Salt Lake City. (April , 2012).
- January 2012
  Wunder, TimothyA, "Income Distribution and Consumption Driven Growth : How Consumption Behaviors of the Top Two Income Quintiles Help to Explain the Economy", AEA, Chicago, IL. (January , 2012).
- April 2011
  Wunder, TimothyA, "But that is unfair professor: using a grade structure to help students understand income quintiles", WSSA Conference , Salt Lake City. (April , 2011).

Students Supervised

- July 2018
  Dissertation Committee Member
  Jackie Reynolds,

Courses

Service to the University

- June 2020 to Present Committee Member
  
  Online Teaching Taskforce Committee
  Setting up guidelines for best practices in terms of online and hybrid classes
- Sept 2017 to Present Faculty Advisor
  
  Delta Sigma Pi
- July 2016 to Present Committee Member
  
  UTA IT Governance Teaching & Learning Advisory Committee
- June 2020 to Dec 2020 Special Institutional Assignment
  
  New Hybrid Course Prep
  Transformed my Environmental Economics course to a Hybrid form. This involved creating a series of videos as well as assignments so that the students could have the materials to work at their own pace.
- Aug 2019 to Dec 2019 Special Institutional Assignment
  
  New Course Prep: Money and Banking
  Creating and instructing a new course on Money and Banking.
- Aug 2013 to May 2019 Program Organizer
  
  UTA COB Study Abroad Barcelona
  Organize and run UTA COB Study abroad Barcelona program
- Sept 2010 to Mar 2019 Faculty Advisor
  
  UTA MS Graduate Advisor
  advise and recommend students entering the MS program.
- July 2010 to Mar 2019 Committee Member
  
  Graduate Student Committee
- Jan 2010 to Mar 2019 Committee Member
  
  - University of Texas at Arlington Department of Economics, Scholarship Committee

Service to the Profession

- Jan 2018 to Present
  Editorial Review Board Member
  Journal of Economic Issues
- Dec 2015 to Present
  Editorial Review Board Member
  Journal Panoeconomicus
- Jan 2013 to Present
  Board of Directors
  Association for Evolutionary Economics
- Jan 2009 to July 2018
  Web Editor Digital Co-ordinator
  Association of Evolutionary Economics

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Dr Tim Wunder

[Dr Timothy A Wunder]

Biography

Biography

Education

Education

Licensure and Certifications

Licensure and Certifications

Memberships

Awards and Honors

Publications

Presentations

Students Supervised

Courses

Service to the University

Service to the Profession