Resume

Dr. James R. Simpson

(April 14, 2010)

 

CONTACT:                               Personal Telephone:        253 941 3415     (USA)  Cell: 253 293 8210

Personal Fax:                 253 941 3415     (USA)

                                                Email:                           jamesrsimpson@gmail.com

                                                Web site:                       www.jamesrsimpson.com

 

STATUS:                      United States citizen.  Health excellent

 

PROFESSION:              International Agricultural Economist

 

EDUCATION:                           1965     BS Agricultural Economics and Animal Science, 

                                                            University of Arizona, USA

1968     MS Agricultural Economics, University of Arizona, USA

1974     Ph.D. Agricultural Economics, Texas A & M University, USA

 

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:       2010-present      Affiliate Professor, Thomas S. Foley Institute for

Public Policy and Public Service

Washington State University

 

2006-Present      President and Seattle representative, Asian Water and Resources Institute (AWARI)

 

2006-2009         Affiliate Professor, Impact Center

                        Washington State University

 

2006                 Professor Emeritus, Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan

 

1998 – 2006      (March) Professor of International Agriculture

Faculty of Intercultural Communication

Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan

 

                                                1996 – 1998      Professor

                                                                        Faculty of Economics

                                                                        Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan

 

1996                 Professor Emeritus, University of Florida            

 

1977 - 1996       Professor and Extension Livestock Economist

Food and Resource Economics Department

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida, USA

 

1975 - 1977       President and Senior Economist

InterAmerican Research Associates

San Jose, Costa Rica and Tucson, Arizona

 

1974 - 1975       Development Economist, Cooperative League of the USA, Santiago, Chile

 

1968 - 1970       Livestock Development Economist and Assistant Professor

New Mexico State University

Paraguay

 

1968                                  Development Economist, Robert Nathan and Associates

                        Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico

FOREIGN WORK EXPERIENCE:

LONG-TERM:

Paraguay                       2 years                          1968-1970

Chile                             1 1/2 years                     1974-1975

Costa Rica                     1 1/2 years                     1975-1977

Japan and China (PRC)   1 year                           1986

Japan                            10 years  April, 1996 to March 2006

SHORT-TERM:

Argentina, Australia, Belize, Botswana, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, China (PRC), Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Panama, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Thailand, and Uruguay.

 

                        OTHER PROFESSIONAL RELATED VISITS:

Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, England, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Peru, Poland, Spain, Switzerland.

 

LANGUAGE CAPABILITIES:

English (native)

Japanese            (intermediate level reading, writing and speaking)

Spanish             (completely fluent speaking, reading and writing)

Portuguese         (mild understanding)

Italian               (mild understanding)

PUBLICATIONS:

Over 400 articles, monographs and software as well as nine books, over 100 presentations and 9 books

 

Simpson, James R., and Donald E. Farris.  The World's Beef Business.  Ames:  Iowa State University Press, 1982;

Simpson, James R. and Phylo Evangelou, eds. Livestock Development in Subsaharan Africa: Constraints, Prospects, Policy.  Boulder, Colo.  Westview Press, 1984;

Simpson, James R., Tadashi Yoshida, Akira Miyazaki and Ryohei Kada.  Technological Change in Japan's Beef Industry.  Boulder, Colo., Westview Press, 1985;

Simpson, James R., The Economics of Livestock Systems in Developing Countries: Farm and Project Analysis.  Boulder, Colo., Westview Press, 1988;

Simpson, James R.  Economia de Sistemas de Produccion Ganadera en American Latina. (in Spanish). The Economics of Livestock Systems in Latin America).  Gainesville, FL.  Editorial Agropecuaria Latinoamericana, Inc., 1989;

 

Simpson, James R., Xu Cheng and Akira Miyazaki, China's Livestock and Related Agriculture:  Projections to 2025.  Wallingford, Oxon, U.K. CAB International, 1994 (also published in Chinese);

Simpson, James R., Yoichi Kojima, Ryohei Kada, Akira Miyazaki and Tadashi Yoshida.  Japan’s Beef Industry: Economics and Technology for the Year 2000.  Wallingford, Oxon, U.K., CAB International, 1996 (also published in Chinese).

Simpson, James R. これでいいのか日本の食糧、アメリカ人研究者の警告。東京、家の光協会、２００２(in Japanese). Is Today’s Food Situation Good for Japan? Warning From an American Researcher.  Tokyo, Ienohikari Publishing Co. 2002

Simpson, James R. and Masaru Yamada.              これでいいのか食料貧国日本：私たちの安全な食を守るには。東京。家の光協会、２００４ (Is it Right that Japan be a Food Poor Country: What Should We do to Protect Our Food?).  Tokyo, Ienohikari Publishing Co. 2004. (in Japanese).

 

CONSULTING

            Extensive consulting with organizations such as The World Bank, The Latin American Development Bank, The Asian Development Bank, the CG System of International Research Centers, Government  of Japan, Union of Cooperatives Japan, as well as private companies, non-profit organizations and law firms.