People
Professor and Director of CARD

Awards and Honors
- Bruce Gardner Memorial Prize for Applied Policy Analysis, 2019
- Western Agricultural Economics Association Award for Outstanding Published Research, 2006
- Gamma Sigma Delta Early Career Award for Teaching and Research, 2004
- American Agricultural Economics Association Award for Outstanding Dissertation, 2001
- Gordon A. King Award for Outstanding Dissertation (UC Davis), 2001
Area of Expertise:
Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics
Industrial Organization
Other Affiliations:
Faculty, Center for Agricultural & Rural Development, 2016-present
ISU Brain Initiative, 2015-present
Associate Editor, Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy, 2015-present
Associate Editor, Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization, 2007-present
Associate Editor, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2006-2009
Editor, Agricultural Policy Review, 2018–present
Education:
Ph.D., Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of California at Davis, 2000
M.A., Economics, Colorado State University, 1994
B.A. Economics, California State University, Sacramento, 1989
B.A., English, California State University, Sacramento, 1988