“Dan is an associate professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics at MSU.  His research and teaching efforts are centered in the area of environmental and natural resource economics, with a particular focus on using survey methods to analyze the benefits and costs of non-market goods such as coastal wetlands and ecosystem services, and market goods such as alternative fuels and oysters. He serves as an associate editor for Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy, and is a past Director for the Southern Agricultural Economics Association.  Dan received his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 2005.  Dan and his wife Angie have 5 kids, Maria, Anna, Ellie, Blaise, and Lucy.”