7. Vitae

Vitae for David E. Ervin (P.I.)

David E. Ervin

PortlandStateUniversity

Environmental Sciences and Resources

P.O. Box 751

Portland, Oregon97207-0751

Phone: (503) 725-3935 Fax (503) 725-3945 Email:

(a) Professional Preparation

  • The OhioStateUniversity, B.S., Agricultural Economics, 1967
  • The OhioStateUniversity, M.S., Agricultural Economics, 1969
  • OregonStateUniversity, Ph.D., Agricultural and Resource Economics, 1974

(b) Appointments

  • Professor, Environmental Studies, and Director, Center for Sustainability Processes and Practices, PortlandStateUniversity, September 1999 - present.
  • Director, Policy Studies Program, The Henry A. Wallace Institute, Greenbelt, Maryland, July, 1996-December, 1999.
  • Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, OregonStateUniversity, January, 1994 - July, 1996. Visiting Senior Analyst, U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment, January, 1994 - September, 1995 (on assignment)
  • Professor and Head, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, August, 1991 - January, 1994.
  • Chief, Resource Policy Branch, Resources and Technology Division, Economic Research Service, USDA, Washington, DC, July, 1988 - July, 1991.
  • Professor, Associate Professor, and Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Missouri - Columbia, December, 1976 - July, 1988. (Visiting scholar, University of Cambridge, UK, 1986-87.)
(c) Publications

(i) 5 publications most closely related to the proposed project

  • Castle, E. and D. Ervin. 2008. “Frontiers in Resource and Rural Economics: A Synthesis,” in Frontiers in Resource and Rural Economics: Human-Nature and Rural-Urban Interdependencies, J. Wu, P. Barkley and B. Weber, editors. Johns Hopkins Press.
  • Khanna, M., P. Koss, C. Jones and D. Ervin. 2007. “Motivations for Voluntary Environmental Management.” Policy Studies Journal 35(4): 751-772.
  • D. Ervin, J. Kahn, and M. Livingston, editors (2003)Does Environmental Policy Work: The Theory and Policy of Outcomes Assessment. Northampton: Elgar, 201 pp.
  • D. Ervin, Welsh, R., Batie, S., and Carpentier, C.L. (2003) Towards an Ecological Systems Approach in Public Research for Environmental Regulation of Transgenic Crops. Agriculture, Ecosystems and the Environment. 99: 1-14.
  • D. Ervin, C. Runge, E. Graffy, W. Anthony, S. Batie, P. Faeth, T. Penny, and T. Warman, " Agriculture and the Environment: A New Strategic Vision," Environment, July/August 1998, vol.40 (6): 8-15, 35-40.

(ii) 5 other significant publications

  • D. Ervin, S. Batie, R.Welsh, C. L. Carpentier, J. Fern, N. Richman, and M. Schulz. 2001. Transgenic Crops: An Environmental Assessment. Policy Studies Report, WallaceCenter for Agricultural and Environmental Policy, Winrock International, February.
  • D. Ervin and R. Welsh. “Environmental Effects of Genetically Modified Crops: Differentiated Risk Assessment and Management” in R.E. Just, J.M. Alston, and D. Zilberman, editors. Regulating Agricultural Biotechnology: Economics and Policy (New York: Springer Publishers, 2006.
  • S. Batie, and D.Ervin (2001) “Biotechnology and the Environment: Issues and Linkages,” Environment and Development Economics, 6: 435-457.
  • D. Ervin, and A. Schmitz (1996) "A New Era of Environmental Management in Agriculture?," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 78, December: 1198-1206.
  • C. Ervin and D. Ervin (1982) "Economic and Social Factors Affecting the Use of Soil Conservation Practices: Hypotheses, Evidence and Policy Implications," Land Economics 58 (Aug.): 277-92.

(d) Synergistic Activities

  • Direct academic sustainability programs for PortlandStateUniversity
  • Co-PI on Mt.HoodForest sustainability indicators project, 2000-2006
  • Coordinate Graduate Certificate in Sustainability at PortlandStateUniversity
  • Teach “Economics of Sustainability” core course in Graduate Certificate in Sustainability at PortlandStateUniversity
  • Consult with Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development on policies to protect environmental services affected by agricultural production and trade
  • Teach course and conduct research on voluntary business environmental management
  • Expert panelist on Yale Environmental Indicators project

(e) Collaborators & Other Affiliations

Collaborators

  • Emery Castle, Oregon State University
  • Rick Welsh, ClarksonUniversity
  • Sandra Batie, MichiganStateUniversity
  • Madhu Khanna, University of Illinois
  • Junjie Wu, Oregon State University
  • Chantal Line Carpentier, U.N. Environment Program
  • Steven Buccola, OregonStateUniversity
  • Leland Glenna, PennsylvaniaStateUniversity
  • Cody Jones, PortlandStateUniversity

Graduate Advisor

  • Ph.D. (OregonStateUniversity) – Joe B. Stevens, Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics (OregonStateUniversity).

Thesis Advisor (selected)

  • Gladys Gonzales (Ph.D, 1985, U. Missouri)
  • Michael Dicks (Ph.D, 1986, U. Missouri)
  • Don McLeod (Ph.D, 1993, Oregon State University)
  • Cody Jones (Ph.D., PortlandStateUniversity, in process)