A West Virginia University professor has been named a Fellow of the Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, the official publication of the Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association.
The award was given to Gerard D’Souza, professor and director of WVU’s program in agricultural and resource economics. Establish in 2012, the Agricultural and Resource Economics Review Fellows award is given to authors who have demonstrated sustained excellence in research and commitment to the association’s journal. Recipients must have published at least five peer-reviewed articles in the Review to qualify for the honor.
This group of Fellows represents less than 1 percent of the total number of authors who have published in these journals, and represents scholars from across the country including Cornell, University of Maryland, Penn State, Michigan State, Texas A&M and Rutgers.
D’Souza’s research emphasizes sustainable development with an emphasis on the role of niche agricultural products within the context of natural, financial, and human capital development at various levels, from local to international.
In addition to also being a faculty research associate at WVU’s Regional Research Institute, D’Souza was a Fulbright Scholar in Paraguay, a visiting scholar at Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture in Costa Rica and at the Wallace Institute in Greenbelt, Md., and had sabbatical research-related appointments at universities in Mexico, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands.
He recently co-developed a new energy-related undergraduate major, EQuad (Energy, Environmental, Economics and Entrepreneurship).
D’Souza has been participated in research projects funded by grants totaling over $5 million from agencies including the USDA, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, USAID and the Benedum Foundation. He is the author or co-author of several books and book chapters, book reviews, journal articles, conference and working papers, and on-line decision-support tools.
He is actively involved in the Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association, including several publications, presentations, committee leadership or membership and on its Board of Directors. He also has been an active member of Gamma Sigma Delta and Sigma Xi.
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CONTACT: David Welsh, Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design
304.293.2394, David.Welsh@mail.wvu.edu
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