Decisions, Decisions, Decisions: The Fed, The Economy and the Role of the Consumer
A One-Day Workshop for Secondary Educators
Dallas – July 11
Houston – July 25
San Antonio – August 8

Sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and the Texas Council on Economic Education

This workshop focused on the importance of making sound financial decisions at both the individual and institutional levels. How to help students become better decisionmakers was an integral part of the program. Other topics included economic thought, ethical foundations and the consequences of bad decisions. The workshop also examined the Fed's role as a monetary authority and the impact of its decisions on the U.S. economy and the consumer.

Credit
Participants received a certificate for six professional development credit hours.

Classroom Materials Provided
Booklet and DVD:
In Plain English: Making Sense of the Federal Reserve
Building Wealth Classroom Lessons, Units 1–3
CD-ROM:
Virtual Economics

Fast Facts

Locations and Dates

More Information
Elizabeth Waddle
Phone (800) 333-4460, ext. 25276
E-mail

Dallas Agenda—July 11, 2008

Speakers

Steve Cobb
Chairman, Department of Economics and
Director, Center for Economic Education
University of North Texas
Cobb is completing his 13th year as chair of UNT’s economics department and serves as director of the university’s Center for Economic Education. He has been published in numerous journals and coauthored the textbook International Economics, 6th edition.

For the past 12 years, Cobb has been involved in the National Council on Economic Education’s Economics International Training of Trainers program, helping more than 500 faculty members in the former Soviet Union teach economics from a market perspective. In 2005, the NCEE presented Cobb with the Albert Beekhuis Award for Centers of Excellence in Economic Education, and the Southern Economic Association gave him its Kenneth G. Elzinga Distinguished Teaching Award. He was the 2006 recipient of the Bessie B. Moore Service Award from the National Association of Economic Educators, for which he served as president in 1999–2000.

Cobb received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Tim Shaunty
President
Texas Council on Economic Education
Shaunty served as director of the Center for Economic Education at the University of Houston–Clear Lake before becoming president of the Texas Council on Economic Education in 2001. During a 30-year career in higher education, he held a variety of positions, including research economist and director of governmental relations. After retirement, he taught government and economics in the public school system. Shaunty has earned multiple degrees in, agricultural economics,
sociology, business administration and architecture.

Ed Skelton
International Financial Analyst
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Skelton has been with the Dallas Fed since 1996. His research focuses on the Mexican economy and financial system. This work supports the Federal Reserve’s supervision of foreign banks that have offices in the United States. Skelton is also an adjunct faculty member of Southern Methodist University, where he teaches economics and has received numerous awards for teaching excellence.

Skelton received a B.B.A. in economics from Baylor University and an M.A. in economics from SMU.

Greg Wiley
Attorney at Law
Law Office of Greg Wiley PLLC

Wiley is the owner and founder of the law office of Greg Wiley PLLC in Plano, Texas. His office specializes in consumer bankruptcy and consumer advocacy. He is a member of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, National Association of Consumer Advocates and American Trial Lawyers Association. He has appeared on ION Dallas to discuss bankruptcy legislative reform.

Wiley received a B.B.A. in economics and a J.D. from the University of Oklahoma.

Princeton Williams
Senior Economic Education Specialist
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Williams joined the Dallas Fed as senior economic education specialist in 2006. Prior to his arrival, he taught economics, advanced-placement macroeconomics and AP microeconomics at Paschal High School in Fort Worth. Selected as the Fort Worth Independent School District’s lead teacher for AP economics, Williams coauthored the district’s economics curriculum, mentored new economics teachers and conducted citywide review sessions for AP students.

Williams interned in the economic and market analysis division of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development during his graduate studies. He is an adjunct instructor of economics at the Dallas–Fort Worth campus of Concordia University Texas.

Williams received a B.B.A. from Southern Methodist University and an M.A. in economics from the University of Texas at Arlington.