William M Wendt
Adjunct Instructor, School of Business
Department of Economics, Finance and Decision Sciences
Revised: September 27, 2011
Education and Certifications:
All course work, but completed dissertation for PhD in econometrics - Purdue University – July
1962
Dissertation title: Domestic Exchange Rates in the Anti-Bellum U.S. and Internal Trade Flows 1840-1860 (seven chapters written, never presented)
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana
Master of Arts – Economics July, 1962
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana
Bachelor of Business Administration – June, 1954
University of Miami
Coral Gables, Florida
Professional Experience:
Adjunct Instructor in Economics – August 2006 to present
Department of Economics, Finance, and Decision Sciences
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Pembroke, North Carolina
Adjunct Instructor– Economics 2001 to 2010
Randolph CC (NC Community college system)
Asheboro, NC
Adjunct Instructor – Economics, 2008, 2010
Montgomery CC
Troy, NC
Senior VP, Real Estate Investments
The Travelers – 1985 to 1997
Hartford, Ct.
Senior VP, Real Estate Investments
The Prudential – 1971-1985
Newark, NJ
Division General Manager, Treasurer 1969-1971
The Ryland Group
Columbia, MD
Controller, 1967-1969
The Rouse Company
Columbia, Md.
Senior Systems Analyst 1965-1967
McCormick & Company
Baltimore, Md.
Assistant Professor of Economics 1962-1965
The American University
Washington, D.C.
Programmer, Systems Analyst, Director of Operations Research 1955-1962
The Southern Railway System
Washington, DC
Other Experience:
Principle/Owner 1997-1998
Hartford Realty Systems Associate
Hartford, Ct.
Teaching in the past five years at UNCP:
Undergraduate courses:
ECN1000 - Economics of Social Issues (traditional, hybrid, and online)
DSC1590 - Technology Enabled Decision Making (hybrid)
DSC3130 - Business Statistics I
DSC3140 - Business Statistics
Courses taught at other Universities past 20 years: (UNCP, American University, Johns
Hopkins University, Loyola College, Baltimore
Survey of Economics
Microeconomics
Macroeconomics
International economics
Business statistics
Mathematical Economics
Grade level courses taught at other Universities (past 20 years - American University)
Quantitative Economics
Linear Programming/Matrix Algebra
Intellectual Contributions
1.
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles - PRJs
2.
Research Monographs
3.
Books
4.
Chapters
5.
Peer Reviewed Proceedings
6.
Peer Reviewed Presentations
Maysami, Ramin Cooper and William Wendt, “iPodization of Classrooms: Apps, Tweets,
Widget, and….,” Society for Applied Learning Technology New Learning Technologies
2010 Conference, Orlando, FL, March 3-5, 2010 (L)
Maysami, Ramin Cooper and William Wendt, “A New Educational Paradigm—A
Reform of our Approach to College Teaching,” 5th Annual Golf Coast Economics
Association Teaching Conference, Savannah Georgia, November 5-6, 2009 (L)
William Wendt and Ramin Cooper Maysami, “Leave the Textbook at Home! Teaching
Economics with youtube and iTunes U,” The 10th Annual Teaching and Learning with
Technology Conference, March 16-18 2009, Durham, NC (L)
Maysami, Ramin Cooper, William Wendt, and Charles Harrington, “To Instill Thinking
in Economics Classes through the Use of Multimedia Content and Podcasting, Lilly South
Conference, Greensboro, NC, Feb 7-9, 2008. (L)
Maysami, Ramin Cooper, and William Wendt, “Economics, Technologically:
Demonstrating “Proven and Documented,” Means and Methods, Lilly South Conference;
Greensboro, North Carolina, February 16-18, 2007; (L)
7.
Faculty Research Seminars
8.
Non-Peer Reviewed Journals
9.
Other
Cengage Teaching and Learning Conferences (2006,2007,2010) Houston, Savannah,
and Dallas. Presentations on “Teaching without Textbooks”, “IPAD use in the
classroom”, “The Financial Crisis of 2008” (L)
William Wendt and Ramin Cooper Maysami, “No Textbooks and No Exams? Teaching
Economics in the 21st Century (and Beyond),” The Third Annual Digital Academy
Consortium, Pembroke, NC, March 28, 2009. (L)
Membership in Professional Organizations
• Operations Research Society, member
• Southeastern Chapter of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management
Sciences
• Southeast Decision Sciences Institute
• Financial Executives Institute, Member and President of Baltimore Chapter
Professional Designations:
• Broker, Real Estate, NC 2007-current