 Dr. Gary W. Williams
Dr.
Williams is Professor of Agricultural Economics and Co-Director of the Agribusiness, Food, and
Consumer Economics Research Center (AFCERC). He is the AFCERC chief operations officer
responsible for managing the research program of the Center and leads AFCERC
research and outreach projects relating to commodity and agribusiness markets
and policy and international trade and policy. He is also an Associate Member of the
Masters of International Affairs faculty in the Bush School of Government and
International Affairs. His areas of teaching and research emphases
include commodity promotion programs, international agricultural trade and
development, agricultural policy, and marketing and price analysis. Dr. Williams was raised in Lubbock,
Texas and is a 1968 graduate of Monterey High School. He holds a Ph.D. and an M.S. degree in
Agricultural Economics from Purdue University (1978 and 1981) and a B.S. in
Economics from Brigham Young University (1974). Prior to joining the faculty at Texas
A&M University, he gained experience as a professor and Assistant
Coordinator of the Meat Export Research Center at Iowa State University,
Senior Economist at Chase Econometrics, agricultural economist for the USDA,
and Special Assistant to the U.S. Deputy Under Secretary of Agriculture for
International Affairs and Commodity Programs at USDA. Dr. Williams speaks fluent Spanish and
has lived and worked in Latin America throughout his career, focusing
particularly on NAFTA and other agricultural trade, policy, and development
issues. In recent years, he has
become particularly well known for his research on the economic effectiveness
of commodity checkoff programs, including those for soybeans, cotton, lamb,
Florida orange juice, propane, Texas citrus, Texas pecans, and others. He is also well known for his research
on U.S. and world oilseed and oilseed product markets and the U.S. livestock
industry including issues related to sheep and lamb markets and the effects
of concentration in the beef packing industry. He recently served as Chair of a
National Academy of Science Committee on the Status and Economic Performance
of the U.S. Sheep and Lamb Industry (see the Committee report: Changes in the
Sheep Industry in the United States: Making the Transition from Tradition).
Special Focus: Marketing, international trade and
development, and policy.
Office Phone: (979) 845-5911
E-mail: gwwilliams@tamu.edu
Homepage: Agribusiness,
Food, and Consumer Economics Research Center (AFCERC)
Curriculum Vitae: Download
Courses Taught at
Texas A&M (English):
· AGEC 652: International
Agribusiness Trade Analysis – Dept. of Ag. Econ. (Fall Semester)
· INTA 630: International Economic Development – Bush
School (Fall Semester)
· AGEC 429: Agricultural Policy
– Dept. of Ag. Econ. (Spring Semester)
Courses Taught at Various Latin
American Universities (Spanish):
· Comercio Internacional I
(La teoría de equilibrio general de comercio internacional)
· Comercio Internacional II
(El análisis de comercio internacional dentro del marco de equilibrio
parcial)
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