James W. Dunn
Professor of Agricultural Economics
Pennsylvania State University

James W. Dunn has been at Penn State since 1977, doing teaching, research, and extension in the areas of agricultural marketing, agricultural policy, food industry economics, and trade.  He works especially in the areas of agricultural markets and price risk management.  He teaches about the Economics of the Food System and Marketing Decisions. He is also the undergraduate coordinator for the Agribusiness Management Program.

Jim grew up in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.  He earned his Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics at Oklahoma State University, and previous degrees from South Dakota State University.   He has worked in Ireland, Mexico, Australia, Namibia, and 12 of the newly independent states in Eastern and Central Europe.  He spent the latter half of 1995 as a Congressional Fellow working on the Farm Bill out of Senator Rick Santorum's office.  From 1999 to 2002, he was director of the Cooperative Business Education and Research Program. In 2008, he and H. Louis Moore were the winners of the W. LaMarr Kopp International Achievement Award.

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