Steve Wildman

University of Colorado — Visiting Scholar, Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program
Silicon Flatirons — Senior Fellow



Steven S. Wildman is a Senior Fellow at Silicon Flatirons and a Visiting Scholar with the Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program, both at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Prior academic positions include: 15 years as the J.H. Quello Chair of Telecommunication Studies at Michigan State University, where he also directed the Quello Center for Telecommunications Management and Law; Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Northwestern University, where he also directed the Program in Telecommunications Science, Management & Policy; and Assistant Professor of Economics at UCLA. During 2013 he served as the Chief Economist for U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s while on leave from Michigan State University. Dr. Wildman holds a PhD in economics from Stanford University and a BA in economics from Wabash College. Dr. Wildman is well known for his research and publications on economics and policy for communication industries, which include eight co-authored or co-edited books and numerous journal articles and chapters in edited books.

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