John Whitehead

John Whitehead is a professor in the Department of Economics at Appalachian State University. He received his PhD from the University of Kentucky in 1990 and has worked at East Carolina University (12 years) and UNC-Wilmington (3 years). In addition to two sections of economics principles each semester, he has taught benefit-cost analysis, environmental economics, international economics and senior seminar whilst at AppState. John's research interests include finding better ways to attach monetary values to environmental and natural resources for use in benefit-cost analyses (e.g., sea-level rise, recreational fishing). He is an Associate Editor at Marine Resource Economics and on the editorial council of the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. He is a member of the Scientific and Statistical Committee of the South Atlantic Fishery Managment Council and the past-president of the Socioeconomics Section of the American Fisheries Society. Previously he served on the Board of Directors of Association of Environmental and Resource Economists.