Faculty Member Information
Dr. John P. Nichols |
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About Dr. Nichols:
Professor and Head of the Department of Agricultural Economics at Texas A&M University. His research and teaching program includes agricultural and food product marketing and policy and international agribusiness. Dr. Nichols' teaching responsibilities have included agribusiness and food marketing, strategic marketing and planning, and agricultural and food policy. Primary research interests have focused on producer-based collective marketing programs, evaluation of marketing strategies, and food industry marketing. Dr. Nichols is a member of the Executive Committee of the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association and has served as planning chair for several IAMA World Food and Agribusiness Forums. Throughout his career at Texas A&M University Dr. Nichols has been active in various administrative leadership roles in the Department and with the College and Experiment Station. Since the early 1990s he has directed a series of agribusiness education projects in Russia, Armenia, and Georgia. Dr. Nichols received his B.S. and Ph.D. from Cornell University, and his M.S. from Michigan State University.
Selected Publications:
Nayga, Jr. R.M., W. Aiew, and J.P. Nichols, "Information Effects on Consumers' Willingness to Purchase Irradiated Food Products." Review of Agricultural Economics 27:37-48, 2005.
Aiew, Wipon, Rodolfo M.Nayga, Jr., and J.P. Nichols, "The Promise of Food Irradiation: Will Consumers Accept It?" Choices Third Quarter 2003:pp 31-34.
Armbruster, Walter J., and J.P. Nichols, "Commodity Promotion Policy." The 2002 Farm Bill: Policy Options and Consequences, Farm Foundation, Chicago, Ill. 2001. Pp 195-200.
Kadyrkanova, Indira, David A. Bessler, and J.P. Nichols, "On Milk Prices in Kyrgyzstan." Applied Economics 32 (2000): 1465-1473.