Steven S. Wildman

Wildman also is co-director of the university's Quello Center for Telecommunication Management and Law.

in economics from Wabash College, as well as a MA and PhD in the same field from Stanford University.

In August 1999, Wildman became the Quello Center's first director, holding the endowed James H. Quello Chair for Telecommunication Studies, joined by Barbara A. Cherry as associate director and associate professor in the Department of Telecommunication.

His research fields include media economics and policy (which also covers the internet and other new media), institutional underpinnings of law and regulation for communication industries, and universal service policy and formal models of communication processes.

He is Chief Economist at the Federal Communications Commission, a position he has held since December 2012.