Dave Weatherspoon

Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies

Dr. Dave Weatherspoon is a Professor in the Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics Department and Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies in the office of the Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education at MSU. He is appointed in the tenure system. Prior to MSU, he was an Assistant and then Associate Professor of Agribusiness Management at Florida A&M University. Dave teaches food industry marketing and industrial organization courses.  He has led agribusiness programs and numerous research and evaluation teams for the World Bank, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United States Agency for International Development (USAID), global research institutes and universities to address the gnarly problems that poverty represents to millions of people in over 30 countries.  His research on domestic and international food supply chain issues has been referenced in the literature and in the popular press; New York Times, Washington Post, Detroit Free Press, BBC, and the Associated Press.  Currently his research is focused on the economics of food access, nutrition and health.

Dave Weatherspoon is Ashlee Barnes' mentor.