Dave Wells
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UCENT 351 PHOENIX, AZ 85004-0320
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Mail code: 0604Campus: Tempe
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Dave Wells teaches Interdisciplinary Studies (IDS) , Organizational Leadership (OGL) and Political Science (POS) courses, primarily based at the Downtown Phoenix campus. He has been a member of the ASU faculty since 1998.
From 2004 to 2010 he authored more than 100 op-ed pieces on public policy that has appeared in places like the main pages and community editions of the Arizona Republic, East Valley Tribune, Tucson Citizen, Arizona Capitol Times, Arizona Guardian, Arizona Daily Star and other papers throughout the state.
In 2011 he helped co-found the Grand Canyon Institute, for whom he now also serves as research director. As research director, he has also appeared on numerous public affairs programs. His analysis of Medicaid expansion in 2012 has helpful in Gov. Brewer's decision to push to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. He's written numerous analyses advocating for more investment in at risk children and their families as opposed to massive tax cuts aimed at wealthy people to improve the state's economic performance.
During the pandemic he was the chief expert on unemployment insurance and unemployment insurance reform and helped lead a coalition that successfully was able to increase unemployment benefits in the state for the first time in 17 years.
He formerly served on the board of the Tempe Community Action Agency and is currently a member of the Board of Directors for the American Friends Service Committee.
He is also Arizona State University's representative at the state fiscal policy roundtable for the Western Political Science Association. Besides presenting at the annual meetings of the WPSA, his annual state budget reports are published in the Callifornia Journal of Politics and Policy.
B.A. ,Bucknell University (Economics and Mathematics)
Ph.D., University of Southern California (Political Economy & Public Policy)
Dave Wells focuses primarily on public policy issues, especially those related to state fiscal policy. He's done research on the effectiveness of lowering business tax rates, private school tax credits, and the distribution of taxes.
Courses
2023 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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POS 110 | American Government & Politics |
POS 110 | American Government & Politics |
OGL 300 | Theory Practice of Leadership |
OGL 300 | Theory Practice of Leadership |
2023 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
IDS 484 | Internship |
IDS 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
IDS 484 | Internship |
IDS 484 | Internship |
2023 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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OGL 345 | Organizational Ethics |
OGL 345 | Organizational Ethics |
OGL 345 | Organizational Ethics |
OGL 345 | Organizational Ethics |
OGL 345 | Organizational Ethics |
OGL 345 | Organizational Ethics |
2022 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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IDS 484 | Internship |
POS 110 | American Government & Politics |
IDS 484 | Internship |
IDS 484 | Internship |
IDS 484 | Internship |
IDS 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
POS 110 | American Government & Politics |
IDS 484 | Internship |
2022 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
IDS 484 | Internship |
IDS 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
2022 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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POS 110 | American Government & Politics |
OGL 484 | Internship |
IDS 484 | Internship |
IDS 484 | Internship |
IDS 484 | Internship |
IDS 484 | Internship |
IDS 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 300 | Theory Practice of Leadership |
OGL 484 | Internship |
2021 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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IDS 484 | Internship |
POS 110 | American Government & Politics |
IDS 484 | Internship |
IDS 484 | Internship |
IDS 484 | Internship |
IDS 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
POS 110 | American Government & Politics |
2021 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
IDS 484 | Internship |
IDS 484 | Internship |
IDS 484 | Internship |
IDS 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
2021 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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POS 110 | American Government & Politics |
OGL 484 | Internship |
IDS 484 | Internship |
IDS 484 | Internship |
IDS 484 | Internship |
IDS 484 | Internship |
IDS 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 300 | Theory Practice of Leadership |
2020 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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IDS 484 | Internship |
POS 110 | American Government & Politics |
IDS 484 | Internship |
IDS 484 | Internship |
IDS 484 | Internship |
IDS 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
POS 310 | American National Government |
2020 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
IDS 484 | Internship |
IDS 484 | Internship |
IDS 484 | Internship |
IDS 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
2020 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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POS 110 | American Government & Politics |
OGL 484 | Internship |
IDS 484 | Internship |
IDS 484 | Internship |
IDS 484 | Internship |
IDS 484 | Internship |
IDS 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 300 | Theory Practice of Leadership |
IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
IDS 401 | Integration: Experiential |
2019 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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IDS 484 | Internship |
POS 110 | American Government & Politics |
IDS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
IDS 484 | Internship |
IDS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
IDS 484 | Internship |
IDS 484 | Internship |
IDS 484 | Internship |
IDS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
IDS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
IDS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
IDS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
OGL 300 | Theory Practice of Leadership |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
2019 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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BIS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
BIS 484 | Internship |
BIS 484 | Internship |
BIS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
BIS 484 | Internship |
BIS 484 | Internship |
BIS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |
LST 484 | Internship |
2019 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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POS 110 | American Government & Politics |
BIS 484 | Internship |
BIS 484 | Internship |
BIS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
BIS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
BIS 484 | Internship |
BIS 484 | Internship |
BIS 484 | Internship |
BIS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
BIS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
POS 434 | Media and Politics |
OGL 484 | Internship |
BIS 484 | Internship |
2018 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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POS 310 | American National Government |
BIS 484 | Internship |
POS 110 | American Government & Politics |
BIS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
BIS 484 | Internship |
BIS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
BIS 484 | Internship |
BIS 484 | Internship |
BIS 484 | Internship |
BIS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
BIS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
BIS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
BIS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
OGL 484 | Internship |
OGL 484 | Internship |