Vita
Bruce B. Johnson
January 2006

Earned Degrees
B.S. Mechanized Agriculture, University of Nebraska , 1966
M.S. Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska , 1968
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University , 1975

Teaching Experience

Courses Taught Annually:

Natural Resource and Environmental Economics
Agricultural Real Estate Appraisal
Rural Community Economics
Ethics in Agriculture and Natural Resources

Teaching Philosophy:

“To provide an environment for learning in which each student has the opportunity and encouragement to reach their maximum potential.”

Employment History
Professor of Agricultural Economics, University of
Nebraska-Lincoln 1975-present

Economic Research Service , U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Washington , D.C. and East Lansing , Michigan 1968-1975

Professional Experience, Current

State faculty director of 6-state Great Plains Consortium distance-delivered Masters program in Community Development . Degree Program was launched, fall 2005

Co-director of Annual Nebraska Rural Poll. The annual survey provides valuable indicators of the state of rural Nebraska and the issues facing these rural places.

Principal Investigator of ongoing research on the Nebraska retailing patterns (time-series and cross-sectional). Special emphasis on rural economies and their retail viability.

Principal investigator of ongoing research of the Nebraska agricultural land markets. I have built a 25-year data series that has become the official most widely-used data base for agricultural land values and cash rents in Nebraska .

Honors and Awards
2004, Golden Quill Award for outstanding journal article, Journal of American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers.
2003, Outstanding Social Science Article in Great Plains Research
2001, Distinguished Teaching Award in the College of Agricultural and Natural Resource, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
1999, Distinguished Service Award from the Nebraska Chapter of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers.

Refereed Journal Publications
Nelson, Rex and Bruce B. Johnson. (2006), Underlying Causes and Implications of Nebraska Retail Trade Patterns. Great Plains Research, (forthcoming).

Kalinowski, K., Lynne, G.D., and Johnson B. (2006), Recycling as a Reflection of Balanced Self-Interest: A test of the Metaeconomics Approach Environment and Behavior, (forthcoming).

Helmers, G., Shaik, S., and Johnson B. (2005), Out – of – Sample Analysis of Forecasted Agricultural Land Values in the Western Corn Belt . Journal of American Society Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers. (2005 Annual Edition).

Cole, John D., Larry Janssen, and Bruce Johnson (2004), Equity and Risk Associated with Share and Cash Leasing: A Nebraska and South Dakota Case Study. Journal of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, (2004 Annual Edition.)

Drozd, David J. and Bruce B. Johnson, Dynamics of a Rural Land Market Experiencing Farmland Conversion to Acreages: The Case of Saunders County , Nebraska , Land Economics, Vol. 80, No. 2, (May 2004.)

Johnson, Bruce B. and John D. Cole, Was Old Jules Right? A Study of Soil Stewardship on Leased Land, Great Plains Research , 12(Fall, 2002).

Cole, John D. and Bruce B. Johnson, Soil Conservation on Leased Land: A Two-state Study, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, (March/April 2002).

Parsons, Gerald M. and Bruce B. Johnson, Does Teaching Ethics Make a Difference? A Preliminary Study Using an Outcomes Assessment Process, NACTA Journal , (March 2001).

Siles, M., L. Robinson, B. Johnson, G. Lynne, and D. Beveridge, Farmland Exchanges: Selection of Trading Partners, Terms of Trade and Social Capital, Journal of American Society Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers , (2000 Annual Edition).