Dr. Charlotte Twight
Professor

Contact Information
Department of Economics

College of Business and Economics

1910 University Drive

Boise State University

Boise, Idaho 83725-1620.

Phone: +1-208-426-1335

Fax: +1-208-426-2071

Time zone: Mountain standard time

Email: Ctwight at boisestate dot edu

Curriculum Vitae

Education
Ph.D., Economics, University of Washington
M.A., Economics, University of Washington
J.D., University of Washington School of Law
B.A., English and American Literature, California State University, Fresno

Biography

Dr. Twight received her Ph.D. in economics from the University of Washington in 1983 with specialties in government regulation/industrial organization, international economics, and public finance.  She received her Juris Doctor degree from the same university in 1973 and is a member of the Washington State Bar Association.  She joined BSU’s economics faculty in 1986.

Dr. Twight’s research interests center on government regulation of the U.S. economy—its statutory and constitutional basis, its historical evolution, and its economic and political causes and consequences.  Her research explores public choice, institutional change, and the growth of government.  Her most recent book, Dependent on D.C.:  The Rise of Federal Control Over the Lives of Ordinary Americans, was published by Palgrave/St. Martin’s Press in 2002.  She has also published numerous refereed journal articles since joining the BSU faculty. 

In December 2003 Dr. Twight was named as the Brandt Professor of Free Enterprise Capitalism, the first named professorship for a tenured or tenure-track faculty member at Boise State University .  As part of this professorship, she developed the Brandt Foundation Lectures, a program that now brings a speaker to BSU each academic year.  The first three speakers have been Professor James Buchanan, 1986 Nobel Laureate in economics; John Stossel of ABC News; and Dr. William Niskanen, chairman of the Cato Institute.

Dr. Twight teaches undergraduate courses in microeconomics, international economics, and U.S. economic history, as well as MBA classes entitled “Global Economic and Business Analysis” and “Economic Theory and Analysis.”  Her outside interests include skiing, backpacking, mountain climbing—and dogs!