PhD, University of Wisconsin, 1981
B.A., M.A., Oxford University (Rhodes Scholar), 1977
B.A., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 1974
Areas of Interest
Environmental Economics, Food Security, Trade
Teaching
ApEc 3001- Consumers, Producers and Markets
ApEc 3007 - Applied Macroeconomics: Policy, Trade and Development
ApEc 8203 - Applied Welfare Economics and Public Policy
GCC 3017/5017 - Grand Challenge Curriculum, World Food Problems: Agronomics, Economics, and Hunger
Research
Current research interests include biofuels, obesity, food security, agricultural trade and policy, WTO negotiations, and comparative soil and water conservation policies.
Honors and Awards
Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Applied Economics and Law, 1996-present
Fellow, Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota, 2010-present
Fulbright Scholar, Western Europe, 1991
Member, Council on Foreign Relations, 1988-present
Rhodes Scholarship, 1975-1977
