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Douglas Glen Whitman is an American television writer and a professor of economics.
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Born | Douglas Glen Whitman 1972 |
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Occupation(s) | Economist, screenwriter |
Years active | 2000–present |
Employer | California State University, Northridge |
Website | Official website |
Whitman is a professor of economics at California State University, Northridge, where he has been on the faculty since 2000.[1] He has also served as a research fellow at the libertarian-oriented Independent Institute, a public policy think tank.[2]
His expertise is in microeconomics, applied game theory, and economic analysis of law.[1] He received his Ph.D. in economics from New York University in 2000 and his undergraduate degree in economics and politics from American University in 1994.[3]
Whitman's 2014 book Economics of the Undead, co-edited with James Dow, is an academic collection of essays that use zombies to explain and demonstrate concepts of economics.[1][4][5] He is also the author of Strange Brew: Alcohol and Government Monopoly (2003).[2]
In his second career, Whitman has written for the FOX science-fiction series Fringe, the El Rey Network series Matador,[5] the FX series The Strain, and NBC's The Blacklist: Redemption.[6]
Along with his writing partner Robert Chiappetta, Whitman was a science advisor to the creators of Fringe before its first season.[7][8] Whitman and Chiappetta served as executive story editors on Fringe, and contributed several scripts to the series.[9]
As a blogger on topics including language and linguistics, Whitman is credited with coining the word snowclone in 2004.[10][11]
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