The Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics (AEDE) is welcoming several new faculty during the 2011-2012 academic year. This month we highlight Professor Steve Vickner, who teaches several key agribusiness courses in the department, including Agribusiness Management and Agribusiness Marketing. Here’s Steve’s short biography and statement of interests:
Although a California native, Steve considers Columbus, Ohio his hometown as he grew up here. He completed a B.S. in Economics with a minor in mathematics at Bowling Green State University in 1989. He moved to Colorado and completed a M.B.A. in the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver in 1990. After three years working in industry Steve went back to graduate school to pursue his M.S. and Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resource Economics at Colorado State University (1994,1997). Since then Steve has served as a faculty member in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Kentucky and the Department of Economics at Utah State University. Steve’s current teaching/research appointment is in the area of agribusiness management and marketing. As for hobbies, he enjoys anything outside, but prefers archery/bowhunting and fly fishing the most. Last month, Steve caught his first Lake Erie steelhead salmon (an 18-incher) in Conneaut Creek near Ashtabula on his favorite 8-weight fly rod. He plans to go back after the 25-inch salmon that are sometimes caught in those tributaries to Lake Erie.
Welcome Steve!
Steve’s Departmental Website: http://aede.osu.edu/about-us/our-people/steven-vickner
Steve’s Publications in GoogleScholar: http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=steve+Vickner&hl=en&as_sdt=1%2C36&as_sdtp=on