Tracy A. Boyer

Department of Agricultural Economics
OklahomaStateUniversity
321 Agricultural Hall
Stillwater, OK74074-6026 / Office: (405) 744-6169
Fax: (405) 744-8210
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EDUCATION

Ph.D., Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. (2003)

Fields of Concentration: Microeconomics, Natural Resource and Environmental Economics, Trade and Development, Minor in Public Policy.

Dissertation: The Wetland Mitigation Banking Credit Market in Minnesota: A Spatial Economic Analysis of its Performance and Potential to Achieve Regulatory and Ecological Goals. Advisor: K. William Easter

M.A., Public Affairs, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. (1997)

Fields of Concentration: Technology, Energy, and Environmental Policy, International Development.

B.A, International Relations,StanfordUniversity, Stanford, CA. (1993)

Concentrations: Political Science, History, Economics of Development.

Overseas Study: Stanford Program in Tours, France (Winter-Spring, 1991).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University. Stillwater, OK / 7/2010-present
Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, OklahomaStateUniversity. Stillwater, OK. / 2/2003-6/2010
Research Assistant, Professor K. William Easter, Applied Economics Department, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN. / 6/1998-12/2002
Research Assistant, Professor Sandra O. Archibald, Great Lakes Interdisciplinary Water Policy Research Project, Humphrey Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. / 9/1996-9/1997
Graduate Summer Intern, Climate Institute, Washington, D.C. / 6/1996-8/1996
Research Assistant, Zbigniew Bochniarz, Director and Senior Research Fellow, Center for Nations in Transition, Humphrey Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. / 9/1995-6/1996
Project Assistant, The Centre For Development and Population Activities, Washington, D.C.
. / 2/1994-8/1995
President, Stanford International Development Organization, Stanford, CA.
• Also held position of Outreach Liaison/Secretary 1/92-6/92. / 9/1992-6/1993

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Instructor, AGEC 5713, Rural Development Planning,, OklahomaStateUniversity. (Spring 2004-2006, Fall 2009)
Instructor, AGEC 4503, Environmental Economics and Resource Development, Oklahoma State University ( Fall 2003-2009)
Teaching Assistant and Lecturer, APEC 5651/PA 5722, Environmental Economics and Resource Policy, Applied Economics Department, University of Minnesota. / Fall 2001
Teaching Assistant, APEC 4611, Natural Resources and Development, Professor K. William Easter, Applied Economics Department, University of Minnesota. / Spring 2001
Teaching Assistant, PA 5022, Economics for Policy Analysis and Planning,Professor Robert Kudrle, Humphrey Institute, University of Minnesota, MN. / Fall 1999
Writing Tutor, Structured Liberal Education, StanfordUniversity, Stanford, CA. / 1/1992-6/1993
Masaryk Fellow/English Teacher, Charter 77 Foundation, CharlesUniversity, Prague, Czech Republic.
Tutor for Math, Reading, and Social Studies, McNair Elementary School, East Palo Alto, CA.
Current Advisees: 21 Undergraduates, 2 M.S. Agricultural Economics,
Past Advisees: 2 M.S. and 2 PhD.
Currently Serve or Served on 12 Graduate Committees in Agricultural Economics, Environmental Science, and Natural Resource Ecology and Management. / 7/1992-9/1992
9/1991-6/1992

PUBLICATIONS

Mahasuweerachai, Phumsith, Boyer, Tracy A., Balsman, Dane M. and Shoup, Daniel E. “Close to Home Fishing Program: Estimating Demand for Urban Fisheries Management ” North American Journal of Fisheries Management. Forthcoming 2010.

Chung, Chanjin, Boyer, Tracy, and Han, Sungill. “How Many Choice Sets are Optimal? Consistency in Choice Experiments. Agribusiness: An International Journal. Forthcoming, 2010.

Chung, Chanjin, Boyer, Tracy, and Han, Sungill. 2009. “Valuing Quality Attributes and Country Origin in the Korean Beef Market.” Journal of Agricultural Economics. 60(3):682-698.

Boyer, Tracy, Briggeman, Brian, and Norwood, Bailey. 2009. “Demand for Multimedia in the Classroom.” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics. 41(3):791-808.

David Roberts, Tracy Boyer, and Jayson Lusk, “Environmental Preferences Under Uncertainty.” Ecological Economics 2008. Vol 66: 584-593.

Vitale, Jeffrey, Tracy Boyer, Rafael Uaiene, and John H. Sanders. The Economic Impacts of Introducing Bt Technology in Smallholder Cotton Production Systems of West Africa: A Case Study from Mali "AgBioForum, 10(2): 71-84. 2007.

Boyer, Tracy and Hickman, Karen R. “Do High School Study Habits Matter for First-Semester College Performance? Predicting Success Using Various Measures of Academic Preparation.” Journal of North American College Teachers of Agriculture. September 2007.

Boyer, Tracy and Stephen Polasky “Valuing Urban Wetlands.” Wetlands, January, 2005.

Boyer, Tracy and K. William Easter, Review, The Political Economy of Water Pricing Reforms. edited by Ariel Dinar. Oxford Univ. Press: Oxford NY, 2000. The International Journal of Water Resources Development. March 2001.

Other Publications

Norwood, Bailey, Lusk, J. and Boyer, T, “Forecasting Hypothetical Bias: A Tale of Two Calibrations” Book Chapter for edited volume in Experimental Methods in Environmental Economics. Shogren, et al, editors. 2007. (Routledge).

Boyer, Tracy. The Wetland Mitigation Banking Credit Market in Minnesota: A Spatial Economic Analysis of its Performance and Potential to Achieve Regulatory and Ecological Goals. Ph.D. Dissertation, Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, January, 2003.

Boyer, Tracy. Sexual Science and Population Politics: A Contraceptive Revolution? Masters Thesis, Humphrey Institute, University of Minnesota, August 1997.

Papers under review

Maiga, Eugenie, Boyer, Tracy, and Vitale, Jeffrey. Determinants of Adoption of Soil and Water Conservation Techniques in Burkina Faso. African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics.

Scholarships and Fellowships:

CASNR, Oklahoma State University. 2006 Teaching Enhancement Grant ($1250).

Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, Department Doctoral Fellowship, Academic Year 1997-1998.

Center for International Food and Agricultural Policy grant, Applied Economics, 1997-2001.

Dorot Foundation Summer Research Grant, Jewish Studies, Stanford University, 1993.

Grants and Contracts

Chandra, Ambika, Miller, Gradi (Principal PI’s) Schwartz, Brian; Carrow, Bob; Waltz, Clint; Adams, Damian; Martin, Dennis; Unruh, J. Brian; McAfee, Jim: Moss, Justin; Kenworthy, Kevin, Nelson, Lloyd; Palma, Marco; Binzel, Marla; Raymer, Paul; Milla-Lewis, Susana; Boyer, Tracy; and, Wu, Yanqi (Project co-directors) Plant Genetics and Genomics to Improve Drought and Salinity Tolerance for Sustainable Turfgrass Production in the Southern United States. USDA Speciality Crops Initative. Sept 2010-2015. OSU portion 1.1 million.

Moss, J.C., Boyer, T.A. Adams, D.C., Smolen, M., Dennis, M. and Haase, J. 2009. “Water Conservation in Oklahoma’s Urban and Suburban Watersheds through Modification of Irrigation Practices” Oklahoma Water Resources Research Institute. Project. March 1, 2010-February 31, 2010. $50,000.

Boyer, Tracy A., Shideler, David, and Long, J. Economic impact of the cold-water fishery in the Lower Mountain Fork River, January 1, 2010-December 31, 2011. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/Oklahoma Department of Fish and Wildlife. $86,000.

Halgren, Steve, Bidwell, Terry; Boyer, Tracy; Hoagland, Bruce; Lynche, Tom; Palmer, Mike; and Stahle, David. Magnitude and geographic distribution of the threat of redcedar encroachment in Oklahoma Cross Timbers forests. Team Initiative Program (TIP), OklahomaStateUniversity, DASNR. $57,520 Submitted December 20, 2007. Funded in 2008..

Boyer, Tracy.. Evaluation of Environmental Policies and their Impacts on Natural Resource Amenity Value and Land Use in Oklahoma and the U.Sthe USDA Cooperative State Research, Education & Extension Service, Hatch project # .OKL02621 Beginning 4-1-2007 ending 9-30-2011.

Boyer, T, A. Stoecker and L. Sanders. 2007. Decision Support System for Long-Term Planning of Rural and Urban Water Supply System Costs in Oklahoma. Oklahoma Water Resources Research Institute. Project No. 2007OK78B1. Duration: 01 Mar 07 to 15 June 2008. $50,000.

Boyer, T., Barta, Suzette, and Woods, M. Economic Impact of Trout Fishing on the Lower Illinois River on the Economy of Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. Project Period: 1 September 2006-31 December 2006. Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation . $9,205.

Dana L. Winkelman, OKCFWRU (now W. Fisher of OKCFWRU), Tracy A. Boyer, Dept. of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University, and James K. Schooley, Dept. of Biology, Northeastern State University. “A socio-economic evaluation of the lower Illinois River trout fishery” $82,333. (Project Period: 1 July 2003-30 June 2006). Oklahoma Dept. of Wildlife Conservation.

“An Institute For Adding Value to Riparian Corridors in Urbanizing Watersheds:

The Stillwater Creek Initiative, Strategic Planning Grant” ($85,000 for July 1, 2003-December 1, 2003). Funded by the UniversityCenter for Water Research, OklahomaStateUniversity. In collaboration with a team of individuals from Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, College of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology. College of Arts and Sciences, College of Education, and College of Business. And headed by D.C. Coston, Associate Dean for the Agricultural Experiment Station.

OSU University and Professional Service

a) Agricultural Economics

Social Committee (2003-8/2009, chair 2005-2006)

Curriculum Committee

Internship Committee (2004-5/2006)

Bulletin Board Committee, Chair (Fall 2006-present)

Faculty Communications Committee (Appointed member 2005-2008)

Search and Screen Committee for Agricultural Law and Economics Asst. Prof. (2007)

Search and Screen Committee for Natural Resources and Environmental Economics Extension/Asst. Prof, Agricultural Economics (2007)

Information Services Committee (8/2009-present)

b) College

Member, Environmental Science Undergraduate Advising and Curriculum Committee, 2003-present

Member, Student Technology Fee Committee (CASNR) as Ag. Econ and E.S. representative, 2003- present.

Faculty Associate to CASNR Dorm Community (Fall 2005-Spring2007)

c) University

Academic Integrity Facilitator (Spring 2006-current)

Presentation Judge, Graduate Student Research Week, Feb 2007.

Member, School for International Studies Affiliated Faculty (2003-present)

Member, Environmental Science Graduate Program Affiliated Faculty (2003-present).

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Computer skills: MS Word, MS Access, Excel, Powerpoint , WordPerfect for DOS and Windows, and Lexis-Nexis; Statistical Software: GAUSS, SAS, STATA, SPSS, and Eviews; ArcView GIS, GAMS, MS Explorer, Unix.

A.F.S. Exchange Student, Turkey

Member, American Agricultural Economics Association, American Environmental and Resource Economics

Member, Association of Environmental and Resource Economics

Reviewer for J of Agriculture and Resource Economics, J. of Environmental Management

Fluent in French.

Updated 6/21/2010

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