First name,Last name,Preferred title,Overview,Position,Department,Individual
Justin,Benavidez,Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist,,Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n031d8451
John,Park,Professor and Extension Specialist,"Dr. Park focuses on the marketing and management of agribusinesses with an emphasis on cooperatives. On campus, he teaches courses on agricultural cooperation, business strategy, and marketing. Additionally, he trains cooperative business leaders throughout Texas and assists them with development, education, marketing, strategic planning, and other general aspects of business management.",Professor and Extension Specialist,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n03b54ce7
Joe,Outlaw,Professor and Extension Specialist,"Dr. Outlaw frequently interacts with members of Congress and key agricultural committee staff to provide feedback on the likely consequences of agricultural policy changes. His extension education and applied research activities are focused on assessing the impacts of farm programs, risk management tools, renewable energy, and climate change legislation on U.S. agricultural operations.",Professor and Extension Specialist,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n10a47c53
Richard,Woodward,Professor,Dr. Woodward's research is in the general area of environmental and resource economics. Recent research projects have focused on the use of transferable permits to address water quality and fisheries problems and problems of choice under uncertainty.,Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Energy Institute||Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n115a5961
Deanna,Newcomb,Lecturer,,Lecturer,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n1818de9d
Roger,Norton,Program Director P15,"Dr. Roger Norton, Research Professor of Agricultural Economics and also Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean at the Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture, has been a World Bank Research Director and Full Professor at the University of New Mexico and Visiting Professor at Oklahoma State University, the Universities of Rome and Naples, and the business school INCAE in Costa Rica. He has delivered training courses in a number of developing countries. He has lived 23 years in developing countries and has research and policy experience in 47 countries in North America, Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Europe and the former Soviet Union. He has frequently promoted policy reform, working collaboratively with host country counterparts. Dr. Norton has served as chief of party on USAID policy reform projects for agriculture and the environment in Honduras and El Salvador and has been policy advisor and team leader for the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the FAO, IFAD and other donors in Mozambique, Rwanda, Guyana, Estonia, Nicaragua, Colombia, Peru, Panama and Eritrea.",Program Director P15,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n18fe7e22
John,Robinson,Professor and Extension Specialist,"Dr. Robinson's prior experience includes research and extension within the Texas A&M University System (College Station, Thrall, Vernon, Weslaco) and at Mississippi State University. His current extension program emphasizes risk management issues related to cotton, including cash markets, hedging, contracting, insurance, policy, and transportation/logistics.",Professor and Extension Specialist,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n19ccc6f4
Ly,Nguyen,Instructional Assistant Professor,,Instructional Assistant Professor,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n1c82769f
Tiffany,Dowell Lashmet,Associate Professor and Extension Specialist,"Tiffany's focus is on providing legal information to Texans involved in the agricultural industry. Her primary focus includes water law, property rights, oil and gas leasing, right-to-farm legislation, and litigation between producers and animal rights groups.",Agricultural Law Specialist||Associate Professor and Extension Specialist,Amarillo Research and Extension Center||Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n21d78221
Troy,Thompson,Lecturer,,Lecturer,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n24fe845d
Nathaniel,Harness,Instructional Associate Professor,"Dr. Harness manages the curriculum, enrollment, and development of the financial planning minor and certificate program in financial planning. He teaches courses in investments, introductions to financial planning, retirement planning, and financial planning capstone and has lectured internationally on global financial risk and international investing. He has published research on household heuristics, wealth accumulation, and retirement planning",Instructional Associate Professor,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n293c9627
James,Mjelde,Professor,,Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Energy Institute||Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n29a897f0
Samuel,Zapata Raudale,Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist,,Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n2eafd0ff
Pourya,Valizadeh,Research Assistant Professor,,Research Assistant Professor,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n2eb4ab9e
Jianbang,Gan,Professor,"Dr. Gan's current research centers on the economics of bioenergy and natural and human disturbances including climate change, wildfire, pest infestation, and invasion of alien species as related to forest resource management/conservation. He is also keen in issues related to forest product trade, forestry governance, and socially or economically disadvantaged forestland owners. In addition, he has research experience in bioenergy and sustainable forest management in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor||Professor,Ecology and Conservation Biology||Energy Institute||Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n31458b27
Allan,Riggs,Lecturer,,Lecturer,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n3c4b176b
Douglass,Shaw,Professor,"Dr. Shaw's current research emphasis is on the economics of risk and uncertainty. In particular, he works on valuing environmental amenities and changes in objective and perceived risks associated with contamination of resources or those risks that affect human health. He has recently written about the effects of ozone pollution on asthma patients, the risks from consuming contaminated fish, the perceived risks of nuclear waste transport, risks associated with natural hazards (earthquakes and hurricanes), and responses to the perceived risks of drinking water contaminated with arsenic.",Professor,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n3ca2bb39
Henry,Springfield,Lecturer,An executive professional with more than twenty-four years of industry experience building organizational capability. Has a demonstrated leadership style that facilitates performance from all levels within an organization and an aptitude to develop and implement high yield strategic plans which focus on growth.,Lecturer,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n3cac6e6c
Ronald,Crowe,Instructional Assistant Professor,,Instructional Assistant Professor,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n3e28ce02
Donnie,Carpenter,Lecturer,,Lecturer,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n4be06dfb
Steven,Klose,Professor and Extension Specialist,"Dr. Klose is coordinator of the FARM Assistance program, of The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. The Financial And Risk Management Assistance program is designed to provide strategic decision information to unique and diverse Texas agricultural operations. Dr. Klose is also a member of the Agricultural and Food Policy Center and works with this group in the areas of applied policy research and farm level simulation modeling.",Professor and Extension Specialist,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n50f45e95
Kaitlyn,Weber,Instructional Assistant Professor,,Instructional Assistant Professor,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n57e74050
James,Richardson,Professor,"Dr. Richardson has research and graduate teaching responsibilities in public policy and risk analysis. Richardson's research has attracted national recognition by emphasizing quantitative, risk based policy analyses through the use of farm-level simulation models.Evaluating the farm-level impacts of agricultural and tax policies on crop, livestock, and dairy farms is Richardson's specialty. His research is largely responsible for the ability of AFPC to evaluate the implications of policy decisions at the farm level -- the analytical dimension for which the Center is best known. As new policies are considered, their consequences are evaluated and the results are provided to policymakers, producers, producer groups, and policy analysts. More recently his research has expanded to include risk based economic feasibility of alternative renewable energy feedstocks and production systems.Richardson's research also involves quantitatively evaluating the impacts of new technology on the economic viability of agricultural firms, farm program formulation, farm structure, and competitiveness of U.S. agriculture. Richardson developed a simulation language and data analysis package (Simetar(C)) for teaching risk analysis and for risk modeling.",Professor,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n585663e7
Anthony,Baffoe-Bonnie,Assistant Professor,,Assistant Professor,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n6702f374
Gary,Williams,Professor,"Dr. Williams is Professor of Agricultural Economics and Co-Director of the Agribusiness, Food, and Consumer Economics Research Center (AFCERC). He is the AFCERC chief operations officer responsible for managing the research program of the Center and leads AFCERC research and outreach projects relating to commodity and agribusiness markets and policy and international trade and policy. He is also an Associate Member of the Department of International Affairs faculty in the Bush School of Government and Public Service. His areas of teaching and research emphases include commodity promotion programs, international agricultural trade and development, agricultural policy, and marketing and price analysis. In recent years, he has become particularly well known for his research on the economic effectiveness of commodity advertising and promotion programs, including those for soybeans, dairy, cotton, lamb, Florida orange juice, Texas citrus, Texas pecans, agricultural export programs, Norwegian seafood, and others. He is also well known for his research on U.S. and world oilseed and oilseed product markets and the U.S. livestock industry including issues related to sheep and lamb markets and the effects of concentration in the beef packing industry.",Professor,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n67463b12
Thomas,Mitchell,Professor,"My research primarily addresses real property issues that impact poor and disadvantaged communities, many of which are rural. More broadly, I research issues of economic inequality, specifically focusing on how the ability or inability of individuals or communities to build and retain assets can impact inequality.",Professor||Professor,School of Law||Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n6f70709c
Jason,Johnson,Associate Professor and Extension Specialist,,Associate Professor and Extension Specialist,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n71fd2ad9
John,Penson,Professor,Dr. Penson conducts research in the areas of finance and the macroeconomics of agriculture.,Professor,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n738e05ae
Lucas,Garcia,Instructional Assistant Professor,,Instructional Assistant Professor,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n7880abfc
Grace,Melo Guerrero,Assistant Professor,"Grace Melo is an Accountability, Climate, Equity, and Scholarship (ACES) Faculty Fellow
in the Department of Agricultural Economics. She is interested in policy-oriented research questions involving individual choices and preferences. In the past, she has studied Hispanic preferences for immigration policy attributes and students' preferences for learning assessments in Latin America. Her current research focuses on food security and diet quality of households from underrepresented groups in the US. She has mentored undergraduate and graduate minority students.",Assistant Professor,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n78841b90
Bart,Fischer,Research Assistant Professor,,Research Assistant Professor,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n7f567121
Dmitry,Vedenov,Associate Professor,"Dr. Vedenov's research interests are in agribusiness, finance, decision-making under uncertainty, risk management, crop insurance and dynamic models in economics.",Associate Professor,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n816d692b
David,Leatham,Professor and Associate Department Head,"My primary research focus is on improving financial decision making for agricultural businesses including farms and ranches. The optimal portfolio of assets (investment decisions), and the optimal portfolio of short-term credit, long-term credit and owner's equity to finance assets (capital structure decisions) are important business decisions. The outcome of investment and capital structure decisions is dependent on future events; thus, time and uncertainty must be considered. Much of this research is done in a risk/return framework where optimal decisions depend on an individual's risk/return preference.
My secondary focus is on improving the ability of financial intermediaries to provide credit TO agricultural businesses (agricultural credit). Specifically, this work centers on 1) designing and evaluating financial derivatives that can be used by agricultural lenders to manage interest rate risk, 2) improving credit assessment models, and 3) assessing the impact of deregulation and structural changes on agricultural lender's ability and willingness to provide credit to agricultural firms.",Professor and Associate Department Head,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n864c2955
Jackie,Smith,Professor and Extension Specialist,"Dr.Smith's research has concerned farm and ranch management and production economics, specifically focusing onmarketing, budgeting,and computerized record keeping. Dr. Smith's efforts and expertise in teaching computer short courses were instrumental in the establishment of the Texas A&M Computer Training and Education Center at Halfway.",Professor and Extension Specialist||Professor,Lubbock Research and Extension Center||Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n883e6ee1
Francisco,Abello,Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist,,Assistant Professor||Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist,Vernon Research and Extension Center||Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n8af6a455
Ariun,Ishdorj,Associate Professor,"My current areas of research include demand analysis, food consumption and issues related to well-being and nutrition-related health outcomes of individuals participating in food assistance programs in both developed and developing countries.","Associate Professor||Regional Director, Asia and Eurasia",Norman E. Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture||Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n8e77cf9c
Mani,Rouhi Rad,Assistant Professor,,Assistant Professor,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n90de9b14
John,Bohnsack,Lecturer I,,Lecturer I,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n9325dcd9
Yuri,Calil,Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist,,Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n93ec98db
Max,Menzies,Lecturer,,Lecturer,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n955a9d90
Bruce,Mccarl,Distinguished Professor,"Dr. McCarl's recent research efforts have largely involved policy analysis (mainly in climate change, climate change mitigation, water economics, and biosecurity) as well as the proper application of quantitative methods to such analyses. He teaches graduate courses in applied mathematical programming and applied risk analysis. He was part of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.",Faculty Affiliate||Distinguished Professor,Energy Institute||Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n9596bd48
David,Anderson,Professor and Extension Economist,"Dr. David Anderson is a Professor and Extension Economist in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Texas A&M University. His extension education and research activities are in livestock, and food products marketing and agricultural policy. He is the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Livestock and Food Products Marketing economist. Dr. Anderson's program has focused research on livestock markets and the impact of alternative farm programs on the livestock, dairy and crop sectors of agriculture. Recent extension programs have focused on livestock market outlook and farm programs.",Professor and Extension Specialist,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n9813d7bc
Blake,Bennett,Associate Professor and Extension Specialist,,Associate Professor and Extension Specialist,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n992e2bbb
Edwin,Price,Professor,,Professor,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n9a971e3f
Kalu A. Senarath,Dharmasena,Instructional Associate Professor,"Dr. Dharmasena's current research interests are in the areas of Consumer Economics, Behavioral Economics, Health and Nutrition Economics, Economics of Food Security, Food Environments and Obesity, Spatial Price Modeling, Probability Forecast Evaluation, and Market Integration and Price Discovery. He has extensive training in applied econometrics, both structural and time-series. He has expertise in organizing and analyzing extremely large consumer transaction data, such as Nielsen Homescan panel. Also, he is very comfortable with handling macroeconomic data and other national, state and county level data in modeling and forecasting work.",Instructional Associate Professor,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n9b9b8bf6
Oral,Capps,Executive Professor,"Dr. Capps is a demand and price analyst, with particular expertise in econometric modeling and forecasting methods. Applied research areas include analyses of expenditure patterns of pre-prepared foods and foods eaten away from home, analyses of health and nutrition issues, and uses of scanner-derived information for managerial decision-making. In addition, he specializes in unilateral price effects of mergers and acquisitions as well as evaluations of agricultural checkoff programs.",Executive Professor,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/na2ff7d9f
Ximing,Wu,Professor,"My research interests include econometrics, applied microeconomics, development economics and labor economics.",Professor,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/na8361d21
J. Mark,Welch,Professor and Extension Specialist,"Mark is an Extension Economist with The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Texas A&M University specializing in grain marketing. His current research and Extension appointment are focused on the interests of all stakeholders in the grain industry, particularly in the areas of risk management and market analysis.",Associate Professor and Extension Specialist,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nad5e3ae2
Frederick,Boadu,Professor and Assistant Department Head,"Dr. Boadu's research focuses on applying tools in law and economics to address issues in international trade law and economics, economic development, resource economics, international environment policy, and constitutional economics. He teaches a course in agricultural law and natural resource economics at the graduate and undergraduate levels.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor and Assistant Department Head,Energy Institute||Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nae58dbdf
Chrystol,Thomas,Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist,,Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nae6403d7
Nadav,Mer,Lecturer,,Lecturer,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nb80699ea
Desmond,Ng,Associate Professor,"Dr. Ng's research is mainly focused on the interstices of strategic management and agribusiness. A focus of Dr. Ng's research program is to examine strategic issues at multiple levels of analysis that span intra-firm, firm, inter-firm and market level processes. This involves drawing from varied disciplinary areas that include management, psychology, sociology and evolutionary thinking; including complex system perspectives.",Associate Professor,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nb8adcfe8
Marco,Palma,Professor,"Dr. Marco A Palma is Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Texas A&M University. His areas of interest are consumer economics, food choices, experimental and behavioral economics and neuroeconomics. Dr Palma is the director of the Human Behavior Laboratory (http://hbl.tamu.edu), a transdisciplinary facility that integrates state of the art technology to measure biometric and neurophysiological responses of human decision making. The HBL aims to facilitate the integration of neurophysiological responses to traditional methods of studying human behavior in the social sciences. Specifically, it provides access to state of the art equipment to simultaneously collect psychophysiological data, including eye tracking, facial expression analysis to assess human emotions, neural signals (electroencephalography), galvanic skin response (GSR) heart and respiration rates through integrated stimulus presentation platforms.",Professor,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nba337537
Yu (Yvette),Zhang,Professor,"Dr. Zhang's research interests include Behavioral Economics, Applied Econometrics, Experimental Economics, Food Safety and Policy, Environmental Economics, Nutrition and Health, Development Economics, International Economics, and Neuroeconomics.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Energy Institute||Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nbada46b6
Wilson,Lopez Barrera,Visiting Assistant Professor,,Visiting Assistant Professor,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nc45fbe6f
M,Rister,Professor and Associate Department Head,"Dr. Rister's research efforts with the Texas AgriLife Research and Texas Water Resources Institute are currently focused on the economics of water use, delivery systems, alternative sources (including desalination and conventional municipal water treatment) [principally in the Rio Grande Basin] and economics of watershed management involving identifying most economic efficient Best Management Practices for reducing nutrient and sediment inflows into reservoirs. He is also investigating the economics of two bioenergy feedstocks, algae and high-energy sorghum. Dr. Rister has teaching responsibilities in undergraduate rural entrepreneurship, with his senior-level two-course capstone sequence focused on students developing a comprehensive business plan for a rural business venture of their individual choosing. His Associate Head responsibilities encompass development activities and other assorted issues.",Professor and Associate Department Head,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nc86dd7a2
Jeffrey,Hyde,Professor,,Professor,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nd1155ab1
Diana,Jones,Senior Extension Program Specialist,"DeDe Jones has served as a Risk Management Specialist for Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in the Amarillo District for over 10 years. Jones provides support and education for farmers and ranchers in the 22 counties of the Texas High Plains. Her primary activities focus on analyzing the financial performance and associated risk of agricultural decisions through the FARM Assistance program. She also regularly conducts computer short courses relating to Quick Books Financial Software. Jones has developed and implemented numerous educational resources in support of all segments of the agricultural industry including marketing, management, finance, and policy.",Senior Extension Program Specialist||Risk Management Specialist,Amarillo Research and Extension Center||Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nd1269450
Victoria,Salin,Professor,"Dr. Salin's areas of emphasis in the last 6 years involve (1) research on food distribution and labor costs, and (2) developing peer-mentoring for leadership skills of Master of Agribusiness students. Currently working on estimation of stochastic frontier production technology for the refrigerated warehousing industry.",Professor,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nd23715b4
Wayne,Hayenga,Program Manager P12,"As a teacher, since 1972 Wayne has been employed by the Texas A&M University System. His primary activities are in teaching and coordinating educational programs in estate and income tax management. In years past, he was involved in agricultural finance and other agribusiness educational programs.
As a lawyer, he specializes in business organization and estate and income tax planning. He works extensively with family owned businesses in developing plans for orderly administration and income and estate tax savings methods to pass operating businesses from generation to generation.
A sought after teacher and speaker throughout the state and nation, in the past several years he has discusses estate planning and other legal topics with many professional organizations and business owner groups. He was awarded the Faculty Distinguished Achievement Award from the Former Students Association of Texas A&M University and a Presidential Citation from the State Bar of Texas for his work.",Program Manager P12,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nd49da79d
Mark,Waller,Professor and Extension Specialist,"Dr. Waller's current research emphasis is in the area of price analysis and risk management and market analysis for producers, handlers, processors, and other users of wheat, corn, grain sorghum, rice, soybeans, and their products.",Professor and Extension Specialist,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nd597bb61
Christopher,Moore,Lecturer,,Lecturer,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/ne0e65743
Stephen,Amosson,Professor and Extension Specialist,,Professor and Extension Specialist,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nee009fb5
Sarah,Buenger,Lecturer,,Lecturer,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nee14e2d6
Ronald,Lacewell,Assistant Vice Chancellor,"His research centers on the areas of irrigation, farming systems, water quality, new crops and renewable energy. Dr. Lacewell also serves as the leader of federal relations for Texas A&M AgriLife, leading a team to address initiatives, partnering and acting as liaison to federal agencies and Congress.",Faculty Affiliate||Assistant Vice Chancellor,Energy Institute||Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nf062feb3
Henry,Bryant,Research Professor,"Dr. Bryant's research focuses on agricultural policy, commodity marketing, and risk management. He has previously taught the Department's undergraduate commodity futures and options.",Research Associate Professor,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nf0d52389
Yong,Liu,Assistant Professor,,Assistant Professor,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nf7099ff3
David,Bessler,Regents Professor Emeritus,"Dr. Bessler's research is in the area of applied decision analysis, especially as it contributes to understanding agricultural price uncertainty. He teaches graduate courses in research methodology and applied time series analysis.",Professor,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nf70e7e08
J. Richard,Conner,Senior Professor,Dr. Conner's research emphasizes the integration of economics with ecology in the management of grazinglands and related resources. His work has dealt with such issues as how to select the optimal combination of wildlife/ livestock enterprises while considering both biological diversity and relative levels and variation in enterprise costs and prices. Much of his work has been directed toward the development of analytical methodologies which facilitate incorporating the impacts of variation inherent to range- related enterprises into management decisions. Dr. Conner also participates in an interdisciplinary team dedicated to the development of computerized decision support systems (DSS) for use by grazingland resource managers. The DSS are designed to assist resource managers in both strategic and tactical planning and provide a means of appropriately accounting for both economic and ecologic consequences of alternative management practices.,Senior Professor,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nf83efa4d
Paul,Feldman,Assistant Professor,,Assistant Professor,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nf9fae10e
William,Thompson,Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist,,Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nfa6ed2ac
Luis,Ribera,Professor and Extension Specialist,"Dr. Ribera's research expertise includes applying risk analysis and econometric tools on business management and economic analysis.His current work focuses on economic feasibility studies of biofuels using different technologies and feedstock, food safety, and horticulture production. Dr. Ribera has coordinated several workshops on food safety and horticulture production with emphasis on local/organic small acreage fruits and vegetable production.",Associate Professor and Extension Specialist,Agricultural Economics,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nfddae9ae