Agricultural & Applied Economics: Personnel

Jack E. Houston

Professor of Agricultural and Applied Economics
Adjunct Professor, Housing & Consumer Economics
312 Conner Hall
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-7509

Phone: 706-542-0755
Fax: 706-542-0739
E-mail: jhouston@uga.edu

Academic Background

Ph. D., Agricultural Economics, Washington State University, 1984
B. A., Mathematics, University of Washington, 1967

Biographical Sketch

Jack Houston joined the faculty in 1984, teaching Agricultural Price Analysis and Commodity Marketing at the undergraduate/graduate levels, Agricultural Market Structure and Analysis and Consumer Demand theory at the graduate level. He currently teaches Intermediate Microeconomic Theory, Environmental Economics, Futures and Options Markets, and Food Security, Economic Development and the Environment to undergraduates and continues teaching Market Structure and Analysis at the graduate level. Dr. Houston serves as an adjunct professor in the Department of Housing and Consumer Economics graduate program.

Dr. Houston's primary research responsibility is in the area of grains and oilseeds marketing, with an emphasis on the use and exchange of these commodities in the intermediate seed, feed, and food processing markets and resulting industry structural changes. He also has strong interests and ongoing research in the economics of water quality and allocation and related management practices, fisheries marketing, integrated sustainability issues, and international market/trade development. For current research activities, see curriculum vita.

Dr. Houston actively promotes internationalization of the teaching, research, and outreach activities on campus, particularly through leadership roles in the African Studies Institute at the University of Georgia and a study abroad course International Agribusiness Marketing and Management in Xalapa, Mexico. This course also has a strong Environmental Management component. He has traveled and presented abroad extensively, including Europe, Africa, and South/Central America. Closer to home, his community activities center around youth soccer - coaching, refereeing, and directing regional, competitive level tournaments (Athens United Soccer).

Honors Received

D.W. Brooks Award for Excellence in International Agriculture (2004)
Outstanding Ph.D. dissertation, Washington State University, Department of Agricultural Economics.
E.B. Knight Journal Award, NACTA (1987)
Graduate Faculty, University of Georgia, (1988-, 1995-2002)
Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia (1993, 1997, 2001, 2005)
Graduate Faculty of Applied Quantitative Sciences, Statistics Subfaculty, University of Georgia (1989-)
Chairman, NC-186, North Central Regional Research Committee on Structural Changes in the U.S. Grains & Oilseeds Marketing Systems in a Dynamic and Global Marketplace (1992-1994)
Outstanding Contribution to Alpha Zeta (1992-1993)
Visiting Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and Food Marketing, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle, England (1994/95).
Visiting Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension, Agrarian Development and Human Ecology, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad (1996/97)
1996 JSWC Best Research Article Award, Honorable Mention, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation Society, July, 1997.
Visiting Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and Food Marketing, University of West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago (Sept. 9, 1998 - Oct. 9, 1998)
Faculty Mentor, International Fellows Project, The University of Georgia, 1998/99.
External Examiner, M.Sc., University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago, 1998, 1999, 2001.