Adam Smith and Political Economy

Friday, October 2nd, 3pm
Dr. Brianne Wolfe, Michigan State University
Ronk Auditorium, Schar College of Education Building

Brianne Wolf is Associate Professor of Political Theory at James Madison College at Michigan State University. She specializes in the history of political thought with a focus on the Scottish and French Enlightenments, liberalism, moral judgment, and the interaction between economics and politics. She teaches in the first year program, the PTCD field, and the PE minor. She did her undergraduate work at James Madison College at Michigan State University, has an M.A. from the University of Chicago, and a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison for her dissertation work on the relationship between freedom and aesthetic judgment in the modern age. She has published on Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Adam Smith, Alexis de Tocqueville, and Friedrich Hayek and this work can be found in History of Political Thought, Review of Politics, Polity, The Political Science Reviewer, and edited volumes. Dr. Wolf is currently at work on a book length study of the role of taste in solving problems in the liberal tradition in the thought of David Hume, Rousseau, Smith, and Tocqueville titled Beyond Rights and Price: Liberalism with Taste. She is also working on other projects analyzing the connections between the history of political and economic thought.

Engines of Prosperity

Thursday, October 22nd, 1:30pm
Matt Dolan
Myers Convocation Center, Ashland University

Final details for this event are currently being confirmed. Changes may be made in the coming weeks.

Matt Dolan is dedicated to driving economic growth and prosperity across Northeast Ohio. Drawing on a career spanning law, business, and government, he focuses on strengthening the region’s competitiveness through business attraction and retention, supply-chain development, innovation, and site preparedness. Previously, Matt served in the Ohio House of Representatives and Ohio State Senate, chairing the Finance Committee in both chambers and helping shape key economic development tools, tax reform, and infrastructure investments. A Northeast Ohio native, he also brings private-sector leadership experience and holds a Juris Doctor from Case Western Reserve University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts from Boston College.