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Fred C. White
Agricultural and Applied Economics
The University of Georgia
fwhite@agecon.uga.edu
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Fred C. White
Department Head and
D.W. Brooks Distinguished Professor
Room 301 Conner Hall
Agricultural and Applied Economics
The University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia 30602-7509
fwhite@agecon.uga.edu
Phone 706-542-0764
Fax 706-542-0739
Administrative responsibilities include leadership for the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Georgia.and all of it's research, extension and teaching programs. Foster good working relations with the agricultural and natural resource community and interdisciplinary and interagency cooperation. Implement faculty, student and staff recruitment, faculty and staff performance evaluations and promotions, program planning, and professional development of faculty and staff. Manage budgetary matters for research, extension and instruction.
Research responsibilities focus on the economic evaluation of federal and state policies affecting
agriculture. The research is aimed at:
(a) identifying the farm, trade and natural
resource problems,
(b) identifying relevant policy alternatives
as solutions to the problems and
(c) assessing the economic consequences of
alternative agricultural policies.
Instructional responsibilities include teaching
undergraduate courses on economic theory of the
firm, economic thory of the aggregate economy,
and agricultural poilicy and graduate courses on
agricultural policy, graduate research, and
masters theses and Ph.D. dissertations.
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Education
PH.D. in Agricultural Economics
Oklahoma State University, 1971
M.S. in Agricultural Economics
Oklahoma State University, 1969
B.S.A in Agricultural Economics
Texas Tech University, 1967
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Positions Held
Department Head
Agricultural and Applied Economics
The University of Georgia
April 15, 1999 to present
Interim Department Head
Agricultural and Applied Economics
The University of Georgia
September 1, 1997 to April 14, 1999
D.W. Brooks Distinguished Professor
Agricultural and Applied Economics
The University of Georgia
1990 to present
Professor of Agricultural Economics
The University of Georgia
1980-90
Visiting Professor of Agricultural Economics
Virgina Tech
1978
Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics
The University of Georgia
1976-80
Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics
The University of Georgia
1971-76
National Defense Education Fellow
Agricultural Economics Department
Oklahoma State University
1967-71
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Professional and Honor Societies
American Agricultural Economics Association
European Association of Agricultural Economists
Southern Agricultural Economics Association
Agricultural Economics Association of Georgia
Phi Kappa Phi
Gamma Sigma Delta
Alpha Zeta
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