Susan's Welcome
Welcome to the Oregon State University and to the Agricultural and Resource Economics Department's (AREc) web site. AREc has a proud history of research and education in agricultural and resource economics and policy. Reviews of research productivity have ranked AREc in the top five agricultural and resource economics departments in the nation and econphd.net ranked Oregon State in the top ten in the world in resource and agricultural economics. The Department is home to six Fellows of the American Agricultural Economics Association: Rich Adams, John Antle, Paul Barkley, Steve Buccola, Emery Castle and Bruce Weber.
AREc consists of approximately 25 faculty, 35-40 graduate students and over 175 undergraduate student majors. The department is part of the Applied Economics Graduate Program, which offers both M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. The department specializes in natural resource and environmental economics, international trade and marketing, rural economics and poverty, and productivity analysis and measurement. Historically, over half of our Ph.D. degree recipients have been placed in academic positions. The department offers undergraduate degrees at the Corvallis campus in Agricultural Business Management and in Environmental Economics and Policy, and at Eastern Oregon University in La Grande in Agricultural Business Management.
In addition to teaching, departmental faculty conduct applied research and develop outreach/extension education programs focusing on the economic and policy dimensions of climate change, marine resources, endangered species, biodiversity, land use, water allocation and water quality, agricultural competitiveness, international trade and development, value-added agricultural products, and rural development, poverty and hunger.
If you would like additional information about the department, contact me by phone at (541) 737-5639 or by email at susan.capalbo@oregonstate.edu. When you are in the Corvallis area, please feel welcome to visit our department in Ballard Extension Hall.
Warm regards,
Susan Capalbo, Professor and Head