Professor of Food Policy
The John Glenn School of Public Affairs
210R Page Hall
hooker.27@osu.edu
614-292-8188
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Dr. Neal Hooker is a professor of food policy in the John Glenn College of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University. His research explores public policy, marketing and management issues within global food supply chains. He is particularly interested in how food safety, nutrition and sustainability attributes are communicated, controlled and (where appropriate) certified. These issues require special attention when considering public health and international trade impacts of different types and sizes of firms and farms and the responses of customers, consumers and stakeholders. He received a doctorate from the University of Massachusetts, a master’s from the University of British Columbia (Canada) and a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) from Essex University (UK). Hooker has also worked at Saint Joseph’s University as the CJ McNutt Professor of Food Marketing, and as a visiting professor at the Food Policy Institute, Rutgers University, at Colorado State University and at Texas A&M University. He has published more than 70 journal articles and book chapters on the economics and marketing of food quality, product recalls, international food trade, and the demand for and supply of sustainable and functional food and drink.
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