Wirth Biographical Sketch

FERDINAND F. WIRTH
Associate Professor , Food Marketing
St. Josephs University

Ferdinand Wirth joined the SJU Department of Food Marketing faculty as an Associate Professor in August 2008 after spending ten years as a University of Florida faculty member. He has more than 20 years of marketing employment experience in industry and government, including service as the Administrator of Agricultural Marketing and Development for the Delaware Department of Agriculture.

He has a B.A. degree with dual majors in Biology and Psychology from the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), an M.S. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Delaware, and a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from Louisiana State University, with Ph.D. minors in both Marketing and Economics.

His research program, focusing primarily on fruit and seafood marketing, has generated almost $1 million in grants and external funding. Research output to date includes one book chapter, 24 refereed journal articles in a wide variety of aquaculture, horticulture, and agriculture economics journals, 89 invited and selected presentations at professional meetings, and 26 presentations to commodity and community organizations.