Curriculum Vitae

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Previous Positions

Associate Professor of Economics, University of Puget Sound, 2003- 2009.
Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Puget Sound, 1997-2003.
Graduate Student Instructor, University of California at Berkeley, 1991, 1996.
Economic Consultant, International Labor Organization, 1994.
Research Analyst, International Food Policy Research Institute and Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles, Senegal, 1991.
Research Assistant, University of California at Berkeley, 1988 – 1990; University of California at Davis, Summer, 1988.
U. S. Peace Corps Volunteer, Tanzania, 1983 - 1986.

Editorial Boards, Reviewing and Advising

Reviewer, University of Washington Press, World Development, Food Policy, Contemporary Economic Policy and Development Policy Review.

Adviser, Coffee: The World in Your Cup. University of Washington Burke Museum Coffee Exhibit

Invited commentator, "Stakeholder Voices." Starbucks 2007 Corporate Social Responsibility report.

Honors and Awards

John Lantz Senior Sabbatical Fellowship, 2010.
Dirk Andrew Phibbs Memorial Award, 2009.
Burlington Northern Curriculum Development award, 2008
Burlington Northern Curriculum Development award, 2005.
Outstanding Faculty Award, Associated Students of the University of Puget Sound 2003.
Lantz Sabbatical Enhancement Award, 2003.
Martin Nelson Jr. Summer Research Award, 1999, 2002.
Faculty Research Grant, 2002.
Hall Junior Sabbatical Fellowship, 2002.
Cultural Currency grant, 2001.
Charles E. Culpeper Foundation research grant (2000, 2001).
J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board Fellowship for Dissertation Research, 1992-94.
Social Science Research Council International Dissertation Research Fellowship, 1992-93.
Rocca Memorial Award Committee Grant for Dissertation Research in Africa, 1992-94.
Three University of California Regents Fellowships, 1986 - 1990.
Kuznets/Lee/Bowles Fellowship for Research in Econometrics.
Oustanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, 1992.

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