Prior Seminars
2009 M.E. John Seminar Series
November 13, 2009
Tim Kelsey, Professor of Agricultural Economics, and Penn State Cooperative Extension Educators: Jim Ladlee, Jonathan Laughner and Joann Kowalski
Development of Natural Gas in the Marcellus Shale: A Research Agenda
November 6, 2009
Janie Chermak, Professor of Economics, Univ. of New Mexico
My Neighbor's Cattle: Strategic Behavior in a Spatial-Dynamic Model with an Invasive Weed
October 30, 2009
Lou Swanson, 2009 Outstanding Alumnus, Vice Provost for Outreach and Strategic Partnerships, Colorado State University
The Dark Path: From Graduate Student to Administrator
October 23, 2009
Donald B. Thompson, Penn State, Department of Food Science
Ethical Implications of Marketing Considerations in “Functional Foods” Research and Development
October 9, 2009
Dennis O' Grady, S. Nation Conservation, Ontario, Canada
SNC's Total Phosphorus Management: Conditions for Successful Cap and Trade Programs
September 25, 2009
Sharon Shriver, Penn State Office for Research Protections
May I, Should I, Must I? An Introduction to Research Ethics
September 11, 2009, 3:30-4:30
James Dunn, Professor of Agricultural Economics
The Economics and Politics of U.S. Agricultural Policy
June 22 - Special Summer AERS seminar, with kind support from ENRI:
Gareth Edwards-Jones,
Professor of Agriculture and Land-Use Studies,
School of the Environment and Natural Resources,
University of Wales, Bangor.
Dr. Edward-Jones will be visiting Penn State University June 22-23. Among numerous other projects, he has a led a large interdisciplinary research study comparing the impacts of sourcing fruits and vegetables produced in the UK vs those produced overseas: http://relu.bangor.ac.uk//
“Will Eating Local Food Save the Planet?”
May 8
Judy Chambers, AERS Graduate Student
Nga P. Nguyen, James S. Shortle, Patrick M. Reed and Trung T. Nguyen
May 1
Thomas Farmer, PSU College of Education, and Robert Petrin, Penn State's Center for Educational and Developmental Sciences
Postsecondary Aspirations of Rural High School Students: Community and Peer Group Factors
April 17
Joe Donnermeyer, Ohio State University
Amish Society and Community Expansion
April 3
Linda Lobao, Ohio State University
Annual M.E. John Lecture: Local Governments' Economic Development and Public Service Policies: Debating the Consequences of Decentralization View seminar online
March 27
Louise Fortmann, University of California - Berkeley
March 20
Dara Bloom, AERS Graduate Student
Ruth Mendum, AERS Graduate Student
The Scientific Seed: Collaborative Plant Breeding and the Enhancement of Biodiversity
February 20
Alessandro Bonanno, AERS
Functional Foods as Differentiated Products: A Case Study of the Italian Yogurt Market
February 6
Spiro Stefanou, AERS
Measuring Productivity in Extension Services Provision: Preliminary Results
January 23
George Davis, Viringia Tech (manuscript)
The Money-Time Poverty Threshold in at Home Food Production: A Cost Difference Approach