WENDY S. WASNICH
Oct. 2006
Rank: Assistant Professor
Department or Division: Economics/Finance
Year Joined the Institution: 1985
I. Teaching Experience:
8/87 to present: Assistant Professor of Economics, Ashland
University, Ashland, OH
Instructor for Market Fundamentals,
Microeconomic and Macroeconomic Principles, Money and Banking, and graduate
courses in Economic Education. Administrative
work for the
8/85 to 8/87: Assistant Field Director, Gill Center for Business and Economic Education,
Ashland University, Ashland, Ohio
Key instructor for graduate and undergraduate
Economic Education classes
8/83 to 5/84: Adjunct Faculty, Economics Department,
9/81 to 6/83: Graduate Administrative Associate, The Ohio
State University,
Instructor for University College 100 and
academic advisor to 250 undergraduate business students
II. Education Background
I have completed 117 hours of course work
toward a Ph.D. in Family Resource Management at The Ohio State University,
June, 1984 Master of Arts in Economics
The
Areas of specialization: Money and Banking,
Microeconomic and Macroeconomic Theory,
International Economics, Econometrics
June, 1980 Bachelor of Arts in
Economics
The
Additional studies in: Mathematics
III. Prior Experience Not In Education
5/85 to 8/85 First National Bank of
Retail training and special projects.
6/84 to 5/85 Corporate Credit, BancOhio
National Bank, Columbus, Ohio
Credit analyst responsible for the timely preparation of financial analyses.
Worked directly with corporate lending officers and loan committees.
IV. Professional Memberships
National Association of Economic Educators
Member of the NAEE’s Technology Committee
National Council for the Social Studies
Omicron Delta Epsilon International Economics
Honorary
V. Professional Meetings Attended
National Council for the Social Studies
Annual Conference,
EconomicsAmerica Annual Meeting, National
Council on Economic Education and the National Association of Economic
Educators,
EconomicsAmerica Annual Meeting, National
Council on Economic Education and the National Association of Economic
Educators,
EconomicsAmerica Annual Meeting, National
Council on Economic Education and the National Association of Economic
Educators,
"Train the Trainer", Virtual
Economics Workshop,
The Midwest Conference on Divorce and
Remarriage, The
VI. Papers Presented
"Environmental Economics and Consumer
Choice in the Curriculum", Twenty-fifth annual Eastern Family Economics
and Resource Management Association, February, 1996,
VII. Publications
Writer for the NCEE’s EconEdLink, an online pool
of lesson plans for grades K-12 that integrates economic concepts into the
curriculum through web-based interaction. In the fall of 2001, two of my lessons were published at this
site: “What’s the “Problem” with Digital TV?”
and “A Fair Wage?”.
"Consumer Choice in an Ecological Context: A course description", The Journal of Environmental Education 28(3), 20-23, Co-authored with Golden Jackson, Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University (1997).
"Consumer Demand for Health Care
1980-1991",Family Economics and Resource Management Biennial, June 1995,
co-authored with Sun-Young Park and Jonathan Fox, Assistant Professor, The Ohio
State University.
VIII. Other Research Activity
Recently developed new courses for the
Economic Education 584 series – Zoo Economics (with the Columbus Zoo),
This is Ohio Agriculture (with the Ohio Farm Bureau), Choice& Changes, and
Great Economic Mysteries.
IX. Consulting
Focus Group participant for O’Donnell
& Associates – Oct. 2004
Invited panel member for DACUM Occupational
Analysis, Ohio Council on Economic Education,
Served as regional judge for the NCEE –
NASDAQ Foundation National Teaching Awards Program held at the
EconomicsAmerica Grant for
Member of the Madison Work and Family Life
Advisory Board,
X. Professional Growth Activities
Initiated and continued development of the
Attended a Trainer of Trainers Program for
Financial Literacy 2001,
Developed an Introductory Course in Economics for OFIC Online with multimedia modules that can be used with other AU courses.
Invited reviewer of Web-based curricular
materials for Dushkin/McGraw-Hill - Summer 1999.
XI. Seminars, Training Programs
XII. Professional Presentations, Speeches, etc.
National Council for the Social Studies
Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois, November 2003 - Co-Presenter along with
Gail Hawks, Miami Dade Community College, Miami, Florida, - Economics in the Elementary
Classroom – Cross-Cultural Applications.
EconomicsAmerica Annual Meeting, National Council on Economic Education and the National Association of Economic Educators, San Diego, California, October 2002 – Co-Presenter along with Gail Hawks, Miami Dade Community College, Miami, Florida – Then & Now: Innovations & Learning Styles in the College Intro Economics Course.
EconomicsAmerica Annual Meeting, National Council on Economic Education and the National Association of Economic Educators, Chicago, Illinois, October 2001- the NAEE’s Technology Committee invited me to present a session on Implementing Online Economic Education Reference Materials.
EconomicsAmerica Annual Meeting, National
Council on Economic Education and the National Association of Economic
Educators, Savannah, Georgia, October 2000- Co-Presenter along with Carolyn
Daugherty, Academic Technologies – AU, and John Dowdell, Director of the
Gill Center. Presentation included a multimedia account of selected
teacher’s reactions to the entire database project, from writing and
submitting online, to the effective use of this resource by teachers in the
field.
XIII. Institutional Services Performed
University Committees:
College Representative to the Faculty Senate
Curriculum Committee, 2003 – present
Co-chair of University's ADA Committee,
1999-2005
Senator – Faculty Senate, 2001 –
2003
College Representative to the Faculty Senate
Student Life Committee, 1999 - 2001
College of Business and Economics representative
to the Core Advisory Council, 1999-2001
College of Business and Economics representative
to the Student Life Faculty College Committee,
1999-2001
Economics Department representative to
Interdepartmental Teacher Education
Committee, 1998 - 2000
College of Business & Economics
representative to University's Publications Board, 1999-2001
University Freshmen Mentor Program, Fall 1999
Committee on Classroom Effectiveness, Gill
Center Representative, 1997
Curriculum Committee, College of Business &
Economics representative, 1997 – 1999.
Department representative for Academic Advising
Circle, 1997
Classroom Support Advisory Committee, 1995 -
present
Academic Support Focus Group, 1995
College Committees:
College of Business and Economics Curriculum
Committee, 2001- present
College
of Business and Economics Committee to reexamine the Business Core, Spring 2000
College
of Business and Economics ACBSP Team 6
College
of Business and Economics Committee to reexamine the Business Core, spring 2000
School
of Business and Economic Search Committee for Finance position, 1998- 1999.
Departmental
Committees :
Developed
and maintain WebCT companion site for Econ 240 – Portfolio 1, 2002 - 2005
Major
- Outcomes Assessment - Major/Minor, Principles courses, and 101, 201, 334,
1995- present
Tenure
Committee for Phillip Hanson, 1994 and 1995
Chair,
Third-Year Review for Robert Rogers, 1995
Peer
evaluator 1992 - 1999
Student
Organizations - Advisor
Omicron
Delta Epsilon International Economics Honorary - Phi Chapter, 1996 -1998
XIV. Recognition and Honors
Recognized as a nominee for the 1998-1999 Taylor Award for University Teaching.
Spring 1991 - FC/Panhellenic Outstanding Faculty Member Award.
Fall
1990 Elected "Most Enthusiastic Professor" by the
1980-81 - The Ohio State University, Fellowship recipient.
June
1980 - Magna Cum Laude graduate, The University of Toledo
XV. Professionally Related Community Activities
Member
of