Charles Wheelan teaches a variety of public policy classes. One of them, the Global Practicum in Policy Leadership, involves a different place and topic each year. Students study a topic during the fall quarter on campus, such as U.S. involvement in the Colombian peace process. At the end of the term, the class visits that country or region for two weeks to meet with policymakers, journalists, academics, and other experts who can share their experiences. The goal is to learn about important international topics but also to bring back lessons that are applicable to other policy settings, domestic or international.
Host/speaker: Charles Wheelan '88, Senior Lecturer and Policy Fellow, was formerly a senior lecturer in public policy at the Harris School at the University of Chicago prior to returning to Dartmouth full-time in June 2012. He has also served as a correspondent for The Economist, and written freelance articles for the Chicago Tribune, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal. In addition to his work at Dartmouth, he has spent time as a speechwriter, a Congressional candidate and in other policy-related positions that inform his academic work. He has authored four books: Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science, Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data, The Centrist Manifesto, and Naked Money: A Revealing Look at What It Is and Why It Matters. His most recent publication is The Rationing, a novel published in 2019 about the politics of a pandemic. He is the founder of the Centrist party.
