University

Texas A&M University
Department of Agricultural Economics

Address

Department of Agricultural Economics
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-2124

Program Coordinator

David J. Leatham

Phone: (409)845-5806

e-mail: d-leatham@tamu.edu

www: http://agecon.tamu.edu/

MA Students

47

PhD Students

41

MA entering class

10

PhD entering class

6

% with financial aid

40

Average annual stipend

$950-1300

% on teaching assistantships

16

% on research assistantships

21

Faculty in E&R

J. Richard Conner
Ronald C. Griffin
Wade L. Griffin
Lonnie L. Jones
Ronald D. Lacewell
Bruce A. McCarl
Teofilo Ozuna
Amy P. Thurow
James W. Mjelde
Richard Woodward

Field in E&R

yes

# Graduate courses

4

# of MA, PhD students in this field

38

MA and PhD degrees in last 3 years

3

Special Resources

Bush School of Government and Public Service

Job placements

Center for TVA Rural Studies
University of Kentucky
California State University, Fresno
Taiwan Institute of Economic Research

Dissertations

Anil Rupasingha, "Community Participation in Managing Natural Resources"

Chia-Chuen Chang, "Institutional Analysis of Environmental Regulatory Control"

R. Lynn Williams, "Economic and Hydrologic Implications of Edwards Aquifer Management Plans"

Manzoor E. Chowdhury, "A Farm-Level Evaluation of Agricultural profit and Groundwater Quality: Texas Seymour Aquifer"

Bharat K. Mainali, "Economic and Environmental Implications of Agricultural Practices and Alternative Policies on Water Quality: White River Region, Indiana"