AEAB Faculty and Specialization Areas

The faculty members in the AEAB department (listed below with year of appointment to the University of Arkansas) received their terminal degrees from nine different institutions and represent a broad range of research and teaching interests. AEAB faculty are committed to teaching and mentoring students. Currently with 15 full-time-equivalent faculty members, there is a 2:1 graduate student to faculty ratio.

Dr. Bruce L. Ahrendsen, Ph.D., N. Carolina State Univ., Professor and Interim Department Head, 1990, Agricultural Finance, Production Economics.

Dr. Bruce L. Dixon, Ph.D., Univ. of California-Davis, Professor, 1984, Applied Econometrics, Agricultural Finance.

Dr. H. L. Goodwin, Ph.D., Oklahoma State Univ., Professor, 1997, Market Infrastructure and Development, Product Development, Poultry Economics.

Dr. Robert Hogan., Ph.D., Oklahoma State Univ., Assistant Professor & Extension Economist , 2003, Farm Management, Production Economics, Cotton.

Dr. Andrew McKenzie, Ph.D., N. Carolina State Univ., Assoc. Prof., 1998, Price Risk Management, Futures Markets.

Dr. Wayne Miller, Ph.D., Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Extension Economist,1989, Economic Development, Natural Resource Economics.

Dr. Lucas D. Parsch, Ph.D., Michigan State Univ., Assoc. Prof., 1982, Farm Management, Production Economics, Risk Management.

Dr. Jennie Popp, Ph.D., Colorado State Univ., Assoc. Prof., 1998, Natural Resource Management, Agricultural Production.

Dr. Michael Popp, Ph.D., Colorado State Univ., Professor, 1998, Risk Management, Agribusiness, Farm Management.

Dr. Daniel V. Rainey, Ph.D., Purdue Univ., Asst. Prof., 2000, Public Finance, Economic Development.

Dr. Michael Thomsen, Ph.D., Univ. of Minnesota, Assoc. Prof., 1998, Agricultural Cooperatives, Managerial Economics, Food Policy,
Agricultural Marketing.

Dr. Eric J. Wailes, Ph.D., Michigan State Univ., Professor, 1980, Grain Marketing (Rice and Soybeans), International Trade, Economic Outlook.

Dr. K. Bradley Watkins, Ph.D., Oklahoma State Univ., Asst. Prof, 2002, Cropping Systems Economics, Production Economics, Rice.