Economics Faculty

Randy R Grant - Professor/ Department Chair

Malthus Hall 6D
1-503-883-2402
rgrant@linfield.edu

RGrant.htm



Education:

PhD Economics University of Nebraska-Lincoln 1996 BA Economics Pacific Lutheran University 1987

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Dave Hansen - Professor/Dean of Students/Vice President Student Services

Melrose 110
503-883-2253
dhansen@linfield.edu

http://www.linfield.edu/~dhansen/

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Eric Schuck - Associate Professor

Malthus Hall 6B
503-883-2385
eschuck@linfield.edu



Education:

B.A., Economics, Pacific Lutheran University, 1993; M.A., Economics, University of Montana, 1995; Ph.D., Agricultural and Resource Economics, Washington State University, 1999


Academic Interests:

Natural resource, environmental, and agricultural economics with an emphasis on water use during droughts and controlling agricultural runoff.

Publications

Genevieve Briand, David Holland, and Eric Schuck. Economic Impacts on Farms of Flow Augmentations in the Snake River Basin. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. Volume 44, No 2 (April 2008), pp. 360-366.

Clifford S. Russell, Christopher D. Clark, and Eric C. Schuck. Economic Instruments for Water Management in the Middle East and North Africa. International Journal of Water Resource Development. Volume 23, no. 4(December 2007), pages 659 - 677.

Eric Schuck, Gareth Green, Janet Clements and W. Marshall Frasier. The Importance of Institutional Structure in Controlling Agricultural Runoff. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. Volume 42, No. 6 (December 2006), pp. 1483-1492.

Eric C. Schuck, W. Marshall Frasier, Robert S. Webb, Lindsey J. Ellingson and Wendy J. Umberger. Adoption of More Technically Efficient Irrigation Systems as a Drought Response. International Journal of Water Resource Development. Volume 21, no. 4 (2005), pp. 651-662.

Eric C. Schuck and Gareth P. Green. Conserving One Water Source at the Expense of Another: The Role of Surface Water Price in Adoption of Wells in a Conjunctive Use System. International Journal of Water Resource Development, Volume 19, no. 1 (2003), pp. 55-66.

Eric C. Schuck, William Nganje, and Debazou Yantio. The Role of Land Tenure and Extension Education in the Adoption of Slash and Burn Agriculture. Ecological Economics, Volume 43, no. 1 (2002), pp. 61-70.

Eric C. Schuck and Gareth P. Green. Supply-Based Water Pricing in a Conjunctive Use System: Implications for Resource and Energy Use. Resource and Energy Economics Volume 24, no. 3, (2002), pp 175-193.

Eric C. Schuck and Gareth P. Green. Field Attributes, Water Pricing, and Irrigation Technology Adoption. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, Volume 56, no. 4 (2001), pp. 293- 298.

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Jeff Summers - Assoc Dean of Faculty/Professor of Economics

Walker 103
503-883-2617
jsummer@linfield.edu



Education:

A.B, Wabash, M.S. University of Oregon, Ph.D Purdue University


Academic Interests:

Professor Summers has been a Linfield faculty member in the department of economics since 1992. Prior to becoming Associate Dean of Faculty in 2001, he was chair of Linfield?s curriculum committee for four years and subsequently chaired the college?s strategic planning process. Among his duties as associate dean, he serves as chief budget officer for academic affairs, administers the college-wide faculty travel programs, coordinates the student professional travel fund, and works with the Dean of Faculty and academic department heads on providing for the Linfield Curriculum and January-Term on-campus programs. He has published and presented research in the areas of comparative economic systems, international trade policy, and the economics of higher education.

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