Glen Whitman

Douglas Glen Whitman is an American television writer and a professor of economics.

Academic career Whitman is a professor of economics at California State University, Northridge, where he has been on the faculty since 2000. He has also served as a research fellow at the libertarian-oriented Independent Institute, a public policy think tank.

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. He is also the author of Strange Brew: Alcohol and Government Monopoly (2003).

Screenwriting career In his second career, Whitman has written for the FOX science-fiction series Fringe, the El Rey Network series Matador,

Along with his writing partner Robert Chiappetta, Whitman was a science advisor to the creators of Fringe before its first season. Whitman and Chiappetta served as executive story editors on Fringe, and contributed several scripts to the series.

Fringe episodes "Ability" (season 1, ep. 14) (teleplay by co-executive producer David H. Goodman, based on a story by Whitman and Chiappetta) "Of Human Action" (season 2, ep. 7) "The Bishop Revival" (season 2, ep. 4) "6955 kHz" (season 3, ep. 6) "6B" (season 3, ep. 14) "And Those We've Left Behind" (season 4, ep. 6) "A Better Human Being" (season 4, ep. 13) (teleplay by co-executive producers Alison Schapker and Monica Owusu-Breen, based on a story by Chiappetta and Whitman)

Personal life As a blogger on topics including language and linguistics, Whitman is credited with coining the word snowclone in 2004.