Arizona. She is also the Curriculum Director for the Foundation for Teaching Economics. An economic educator for 22 years, she spent the first 10 years of her career teaching economics in the high school classroom. Her work with teachers began in 2006 as a Master Teacher for the Arizona Council on Economic Education and Mentor Teacher with the Foundation for Teaching Economics. Debbie has since had opportunities to serve as Executive Director of the Arizona Council on Economic Education and President of the Arizona Council for the Social Studies. Debbie loves teaching economics! Outside of the community college classroom she feeds her passion for economic literacy by writing lessons and curriculum units for the economics classroom and presenting programs, workshops and in-service trainings for schools, teachers and students around the world.

Department at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She also directs the Center for Economic Education working with pre-service and K-12 teachers in the Omaha area. Dr. Wagner is also a professor and teaching fellow for the Foundation for Teaching Economics (FTE) which is a nationally known non-profit dedicated to improving economic education throughout the nation and across the world. Dr. Wagner's research interests include economic education, economic pedagogy, and financial literacy. She is a dynamic speaker who demonstrates economics concepts through interactive activities including simulations, discussions, and games.