Derrill Watson's CV

My complete curriculum vitae below the fold, albeit without formatting for technical reasons.
Derrill D. Watson II, Ph.D.

FIELDS OF CONCENTRATION:
          Primary Fields:              Food and Agricultural Policy; Development Economics

          Secondary Economics Fields:          Macroeconomics; Agricultural Economics
          Secondary Public Policy Fields: Quantitative Methods; Political Economy

PUBLICATIONS

Watson and Pinstrup-Andersen (2010), “The Nutrition Situation in Sub-Saharan Africa,” in Pinstrup-Andersen (ed.) The African Food System and its Interaction with Human Health and Nutrition, Cornell University Press, p. 14-33. – peer reviewed, an invited presentation

Pinstrup-Andersen and Watson (2011), Food Policy for Developing Countries: The Role of Government in Global, National and Local Food Systems, Cornell University Press.

Pinstrup-Andersen and Watson (forthcoming), “The Food System and Natural Resource Management,” prepared as an invited presentation for the Global Development Network 2009 Conference.

   Philips and Watson, "Miami Rice: Virtue or Vice?" – A case study on the effects of trade liberalization on    Haiti rice production.

WORK IN PROGRESS:

1. Where There’s a Will: The Role of Political Will in Reducing Hunger – A journal article (revise and resubmit) empirically testing the relationship between political will and hunger

2. Hunger Inequality: Ethics and Aid – A journal article on global inequality, using an axiomatic framework to examine optimal aid allocations

3. Political Will and Aid’s Effect on Growth – A journal article showing that low political will can produce false positives in panel data analyses of aid’s effect on growth.

4. Meatpacking in a Changing World – A book on how the meatpacking industry has changed in the US and developing countries from 1970 to 2010, comparing meat sector policies.

5. Health Interventions in Developing Countries: Applying Nutrition Research to Economic Frameworks – A journal article joint with Rebecca Stoltzfus

EDUCATION:

          Ph. D. Economics, Cornell University, January 2009

          M. A. Economics, Cornell University, January 2007

 B. A. Economics, Brigham Young University, May 2002, magna cum laude and Honors Program

WORK & ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:

Postdoctoral Research, Cornell University, Nov 2008 to present.

          Wrote textbook and articles, mentored students, assisted with grant proposal

Instructor, appointed volunteer

          Friday Forum, LDS Church Education System Institute of Religion, Fall 2004 to Fall 2009.

              Designed curriculum, taught undergraduate and graduate students, assessed performance

Research Assistant

       Per Pinstrup-Andersen, Cornell University, Summer 2003 – Wrote manuscript on meatpacking

       Jed DeVaro, Cornell University, Fall 2003 to Spring 2004 – Empirical labor economics

       James B. McDonald, Brigham Young University, Fall 2000 to Spring 2001 – Programmed econometric models in MATLAB

Teaching Assistant

       Intro. Macroeconomics, Pavel Vacek, Cornell University, Summer 2004.

Intro. Econometrics, Eric Eide, James B. McDonald, and Michael Ransom, Brigham Young University, Spring 2001, Fall 2001, and Spring 2002 respectively.

       Statistics for Economists, Eric Eide, Brigham Young University, Fall 2000.

AWARDS, GRANTS, AND HONORS:

   Richard L. Staley Education Foundation grant, 2002-2008

   H. B. Earheart Foundation fellowship, 2002

   Phi Kappa Phi (Golden Key) National Honor Society, Feb 2001 to 2008

   National Merit Scholarship, Brigham Young University, 1996-1997 and 2000-2002

   Eagle Scout, 1992

MEMBERSHIPS AND ORGANIZATIONS:

American Economic Association, 2006-present

Agriculture and Applied Economics Association, 2008-present

American Public Policy and Management, 2010-present

ADDITIONAL SKILLS, LEADERSHIP, AND SERVICE:

Fluent in German.  Rudimentary knowledge of Spanish and French.

Voted member of local political party committee: July 2010-present.

Appointed member of church coordinating committee 2000-2007; membership clerk and/or bishop’s executive secretary, entrusted with confidential information 2007-present.

Some programming experience in Excel, STATA, MATLAB, HTML, and Visual Basic.

Diversity teaching training: teaching students with special needs workshop.

Attended Cornell Center for Teaching Excellence seminars and workshops 2009-present.

Attended Foundation for Economic Education five day workshop on Austrian Economics, 1996 and 2001

Provided elderly care community service 2000-2002, and 2007.