Faculty

The faculty of the Applied Economics Graduate Program come from the Colleges of Agricultural Sciences (CAS), Forestry (CF), Public Health and Human Sciences (CPHS), Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences (COAS), and Liberal Arts (CLA). Click on the name of the faculty for additional information on his/her research and teaching.

Faculty
Person	Contact Information	Specialty Area
Jennifer Alix-Garcia Department Head and Professor Department Head	541-737-2691 Contact person by email	Fields: Development economics, environmental economics, program evaluation, economic geography
John Antle Professor Faculty	541-737-1425 Contact person by email	Fields: Production economics, econometrics, agricultural development, technology impact assessment
Samuel Bell Assistant Professor (Sr Res) Faculty	541-737-3781 Contact person by email	Fields: Environmental economics, development economics, energy, sustainability, program evaluation, climate change, entrepreneurship.
Christine Brekken Instructor Faculty	541-737-9594 Contact person by email	Fields: Environmental Law and Policy, Agricultural Law and Policy, Food Systems
Susan Capalbo Professor and Senior Vice Provost, Academic Affairs Faculty	Contact person by email	Fields: Economics of climate change, sustainability
Yong Chen Associate Professor Faculty	541-737-3176 Contact person by email	Fields: Regional Development, Resource and Environmental Economics, Land Use
Robin Cross Assistant Professor (Sr Res) Faculty	541-737-1397 Contact person by email	Fields: Demand Forecasting, Evolutionary Computing, Machine Learning, Wine Economics
Penelope Diebel Professor and Assistant Dean for Academic Programs, College of Agricultural Sciences Faculty	541-737-5317 Contact person by email	Fields: Agribusiness Management, Crop Production Economics, Natural Resouce Economics
Steven Dundas Assistant Professor Faculty	541-737-1402 Contact person by email	Fields: Environmental and resource economics, non-market valuation, coastal ecosystem services, climate change adaptation, and policy evaluation.
Catherine Durham Marketing Economist Faculty	503-872-6671 Contact person by email	Fields: Agricultural Marketing, Consumer Economics, Demand Analysis
Thorsten Egelkraut Instructor Faculty	541-737-2942 Contact person by email	Fields: Commodity futures and options markets, agricultural financial reporting and analysis, economics of biofuels
Kent Fleming Instructor Faculty	Contact person by email	Fields: Farm Management, Agritourism, Risk Management Education
Laura Gow Instructor Faculty	541-962-3613 Contact person by email	Fields: Agribusiness management, commodity and niche marketing
William Jaeger Professor Faculty	541-737-1419 Contact person by email	Fields: Natural resource & environmental economics, water, agricultural economics, institutional economics, public finance and taxation, economic growth & development, sustainability.
Robert King Instructor	541-737-1403 Contact person by email	Fields: Managerial Economics, Agribusiness Management, Food Systems, Food Security, Organic Agriculture, Sustainable Agriculture
David Kling Assistant Professor Faculty	541-737-1418 Contact person by email	Fields: Natural resource economics, bioeconomics, non-market valuation, marine resource economics, forest economics
Christian Langpap Associate Professor Faculty	541-737-1473 Contact person by email	Fields: Environmental and resource economics, endangered species conservation, private provision of environmental public goods, environmental impacts of agricultural policy.
Larry Lev Professor, and Extension Economist Faculty	541-737-1417 Contact person by email	Fields: Values-based agricultural supply chains, farmers markets and other direct marketing channels, participatory research and outreach methods
David Lewis Professor Faculty	541-737-1334 Contact person by email	Fields: Environmental and resource economics, land and forest resources, ecosystem services, conservation, climate change and natural resources, non-market valuation.
Kassahun Melesse Assistant Professor Faculty	541-737-1423 Contact person by email	Fields: International Development, Agricultural Economics, Applied Econometrics
Mallory Rahe Extension Community Economist and Instructor Faculty	541-737-1335 Contact person by email	Fields: Rural Economic and Community Development, Data use, Local Foods, Economic Resiliency
Jeff Reimer Professor Faculty	541-737-1415 Contact person by email	Fields: International trade, agricultural economics, applied general equilibrium modeling
William Riggs Regional Administrator South Central Region, Director KBREC Faculty	541-883-7131 Contact person by email	Fields: Production Economics, Community Economic Impact Analysis
Clark Seavert Professor Faculty	503-961-4709 Contact person by email	Fields: AgBiz Logic, enterprise budgets, capital investment analysis, crop & livestock leasing.
James Sterns Associate Professor, Applied Economics	541-737-1406 Contact person by email	Fields: Agribusiness economics and management, agricultural marketing, institutional economics.
Nadia Streletskaya Assistant Professor Faculty	541-737-9285 Contact person by email	Fields: Behavioral economics, Experimental economics, Food economics, Consumer behavior, Labeling and Nutrition, Marketing.
Gilbert Sylvia Director of the Coastal Oregon Marine Experiment Station Faculty	541-867-0284 Contact person by email	Fields: Fishery and aquaculture management and policy, seafood marketing, and bioeconomic modeling
JunJie Wu Professor, Emery N. Castle Endowed Chair in Resource and Rural Economics Faculty	541-737-3060 Contact person by email	Fields: Natural resource economics, environmental economics, agricultural economics, regional and urban economics, economic geography

Research Support
Person	Contact Information	Specialty Area
Laurie Houston Senior Faculty Research Assistant Faculty	541-737-1431 Contact person by email	Fields: Climate Change, Environmental end Economic policy, Agriculture in the middle (small and medium sized agriculture)
Beau Olen Instructor, Ecampus Mentor, and Research Assistant Faculty	541-737-1321 Contact person by email	Fields: Agricultural risk management, irrigation, land use, crop insurance, specialty crops
Ann Shriver Executive Director, International Institute of Fisheries Economics & Trade and North American Association of Fisheries Economists Faculty	541-737-1416 Contact person by email	Fields: Fisheries economics, international and domestic seafood markets, aquaculture economics, fisheries management and institutions
Roberto Valdivia Assistant Professor (Sr Res) Faculty	Contact person by email	Fields: Development economics, environmental economics, agricultural development

Emeritus Directory

Emeritus
Person	Contact Information	Specialty Area
Richard Adams Emeritus Appointment Emeritus Faculty		Fields: Air pollution economics, water resource management and fisheries, environmental economics
Steven Buccola Emeritus Professor Emeritus Faculty	541-737-1410 Contact person by email	Fields: Science and technology, productivity, cooperatives
Lawrence Burt Emeritus Appointment Emeritus Faculty		Fields: Farm management, agricultural finance, marketing
Emery Castle Professor Emeritus Emeritus Faculty		Fields: Resource economics, rural studies, economic methodology
Bartelt Eleveld Emeritus Ext Agricultural Economics Emeritus Faculty	541-737-1409 Contact person by email	Fields: Farm management, production economics, and Enterprise Budgets.
Rolf Fare Emeritus Professor Emeritus Faculty	541-737-8184 Contact person by email	Fields: Economic policy, microeconomic theory, mathematical economics
Susan Hanna Emeritus Appointment Emeritus Faculty		Fields: Marine economics; economics of fishery management and common property resources; analysis of the economic impact of restricted access systems in linked fisheries
Richard Johnston Emeritus Appointment Emeritus Faculty	Contact person by email	Fields: Marine economics; price analysis; analysis of seafood demand; relationship between fishery management and international seafood markets
B Starr Mc Mullen Emeritus Professor Emeritus Faculty	Contact person by email	Fields: Transportation economics, macroeconomic policy, business cycles
Gregory Perry Emeritus Appointment Emeritus Faculty		Fields: Farm management, social capital, water resource management
R. Bruce Rettig Emeritus Appointment Emeritus Faculty		Fields: Marine economics, environmental economics and policy, marcroeconomics
Bruce Sorte Emeritus Community Economist/Instructor Emeritus Faculty	Contact person by email	Fields: Economic impacts of government and business decisions especially as they affect natural resources, labor supply and tourism
Bruce Weber Emeritus Professor and Director Rural Studies Program Emeritus Faculty	541-737-1432 Contact person by email	Fields: Poverty and inequality, rural development, upward mobility, food insecurity

Courtesy Faculty Directory

Courtesy
Person	Contact Information	Specialty Area
Heidi Albers Courtesy Appointment Courtesy Faculty	Contact person by email	Fields: ENR, Development Economics, Ecological Economics
Ralf Doering Courtesy Appointment Courtesy Faculty	Contact person by email	Fields: Fisheries economics, Bio-economic modeling, Cost-benefit/cost-effectiveness analysis
Joe Kerkvliet Courtesy Appointment Faculty	Contact person by email	Fields: Endangered species conservation, conservation on private land, non-market valuation, economics of education
Thomas McCoy Courtesy Appointment Courtesy Faculty		Fields: Wheat prices, trade, marketing, conservation
Andrew Plantinga Courtesy Appointment Courtesy Faculty	Contact person by email	Fields: Natural Resouce Economics, Land Use, Rural/Urban Economics

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