BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//github.com/rianjs/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 4.0//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Steven L. Cobb is the Associate Dean for Administrative Affair s in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at the University of North Texas. He also serves as Director of the Center for Economic Educ ation and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics. He a ttended Southwestern University for his undergraduate work in Economics a nd Political Science. Cobb received his Ph.D. in Economics in 1987 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He joined the faculty a t the University of North Texas in 1986 and teaches principles of microec onomics and principles of macroeconomics at the undergraduate level and c ourses in international economics\, comparative economic systems\, and hi story of economic thought at both the graduate and undergraduate level. C obb conducts research in the areas of economic education\, international trade and economic development. He was involved as an author of the text book\, International Economics\, by Appleyard\, Field\, and Cobb through its seventh edition. In October 2006\, the National Association of Econo mic Educators presented Steve with the Bessie B. Moore Service Award for outstanding service and dedication to excellence and innovation in Econom ic Education. In 2005\, Cobb received the Kenneth G. Elzinga Distinguish ed Teaching Award from the Southern Economic Association. He also served as President of the National Association of Economic Educators (NAEE) in 2000 and his Center for Economic Education received the 2005 Albert Beek huis Award for Centers of Excellence in Economic Education and he has bee n selected to receive this award again for 2018. Cobb has just completed an 8 year term as a member of the American Economic Association’s Commit tee on Economic Education and was the President of the Society for Econom ic Educators in 2016. He is currently a member of the National Assessmen t of Educational Progress Committee on Economics and is Vice-President of the Global Economic Education Alliance. Steven Cobb conducts teacher workshops for school districts throughout Texas and across the U nited States. In addition\, Cobb served as a consultant and trainer for the Council for Economic Education’s EconomicsInternational Training of T rainers program for developing and transitional nations from 1994-2011. The program was funded by the U.S. Department of Education and designed t o provide materials and training to allow economists in these nations to teach economics from a market perspective using an active learning approa ch. Cobb has conducted training programs in Russia\, Estonia\, Latvia\, Lithuania\, Poland\, Belarus\, Ukraine\, Romania\, Bulgaria\, Kazakhstan\ , Uzbekistan\, Armenia\, South Africa\, Mexico\, Egypt and most recently Indonesia and Paraguay. Since 2012\, Cobb has been teaching graduate cou rses in International Economics for U.S. military personnel in the U.S.\, England\, and Germany in the Advanced Programs curriculum. Since 2017\, he has been involved in the Youth Win through Economic Participation prog ram in Indonesia. The program is funded by USAID and has developed a cur riculum to help poor and vulnerable youth improve their financial life sk ills in order to become better employees and more productive citizens. He enjoys the international aspect of his work and tries to integrate this experience into his teaching. DTEND:20180926T180000Z DTSTAMP:20240329T021300Z DTSTART:20180926T163000Z LOCATION:The DoubleTree Hotel SEQUENCE:1 SUMMARY:Steve Cobb\, Texas Council on Economic Education UID:30a90999-c43f-45af-91e3-bdf04fa3db21 X-ALT-DESC:
Steven L. Cobb is the Associate Dean for Administrative Affa irs in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at the University of North Texas. \; He also serves as Director of the Center for Econo mic Education and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economic s. \; He attended Southwestern University for his undergraduate work in Economics and Political Science. \; Cobb received his Ph.D. in Eco nomics in 1987 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  \; He joined the faculty at the University of North Texas in 1986 and tea ches principles of microeconomics and principles of macroeconomics at the undergraduate level and courses in international economics\, comparative economic systems\, and history of economic thought at both the graduate and undergraduate level.
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economic education\, international trade and economic development. \
; He was involved as an author of the textbook\, Internationa
l Economics\, by Appleyard\, Field\, and Cobb through its s
eventh edition. \; In October 2006\, the National Association of Econ
omic Educators presented Steve with the Bessie B. Moore Service A
ward for outstanding service and dedication to excellence and in
novation in Economic Education. \; In 2005\, Cobb received the
 \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \; Steven Cobb conducts teac her workshops for school districts throughout Texas and across the United States. \; In addition\, Cobb served as a consultant and trainer for the Council for Economic Education&rsquo\;s EconomicsInternational em> Training of Trainers program for developing and transitional nations from 1994-2011. \; The program was funded by the U.S. Department of E ducation and designed to provide materials and training to allow economis ts in these nations to teach economics from a market perspective using an active learning approach. \; Cobb has conducted training programs in Russia\, Estonia\, Latvia\, Lithuania\, Poland\, Belarus\, Ukraine\, Rom ania\, Bulgaria\, Kazakhstan\, Uzbekistan\, Armenia\, South Africa\, Mexi co\, Egypt and most recently Indonesia and Paraguay. \; Since 2012\, Cobb has been teaching graduate courses in International Economics for U. S. military personnel in the U.S.\, England\, and Germany in the Advanced Programs curriculum. Since 2017\, he has been involved in the Yo uth Win through Economic Participation program in Indonesia.&nbs p\; The program is funded by USAID and has developed a curriculum to help poor and vulnerable youth improve their financial life skills in order t o become better employees and more productive citizens. He enjoys the int ernational aspect of his work and tries to integrate this experience into his teaching.
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