Thomas G. Johnson

Dr. Thomas G. Johnson is professor emeritus and formerly the Frank Miller Professor of Agricultural and Applied Economics, and professor in the Harry S Truman School of Public Affairs at the University of Missouri. His research areas include the causes and consequence of rural economic development, fiscal and economic impact analysis, local government finance, renewable energy, rural entrepreneurship, broadband, land use and rural transportation. He has studied rural policy issues in Canada, Ukraine, the European Union, and Korea. He recently served on an OECD team reviewing English Rural Policy. He is a founding member of the International Comparative Rural Policy Studies Consortium. He is the 2002 Fellow of the Southern Regional Science Association, 2006 recipient of the Outstanding Contribution through Economics Award from the Northeast Agricultural and Resource Economics Association, and 2007 recipient of the USDA Undersecretary’s Group Honor Award for Excellence. Professor Johnson has authored over 250 articles, papers, and book chapters and has co-authored or co-edited 7 books.