GLENN CLIFFORD WEBSTER AMES

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE:

Dr. Ames, Director of the Office of International Public Service and Outreach, has extensive experience in managing student and faculty exchanges, curriculum and economic development projects.  Since 1973, he has been awarded a wide range of external contracts and grants supporting graduate student training in the Congo, institution building in Burkina Faso, student exchange programs in the Republic of Georgia (USIA Samantha Smith program), curriculum reform with the University of the West Indies in Trinidad (USIA College and University Affiliation Program), and directing graduate students from Russia, Armenia and Tajikistan under the auspices of the Edmund S. Muskie & Freedom Support Act Graduate Fellowship Program.  He has studied Small Farmer Associations in the Dominican Republic and farm credit needs in El Salvador and Bolivia.

EDUCATION:
Ph.D. University of Tennessee, 1969‑1973
M.A.  Northern Illinois University, 1966‑1968
B.S. Ed. Mansfield State College, 1960‑1964

ACADEMIC POSITIONS HELD:
Director, Office of International Public Service and Outreach, Sept. 15, 2001- present.
Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Georgia, 1987-2000.
Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Georgia, 1980-1987.
Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Georgia, 1973‑1980.
AID 211(d) Fellow, Dept. of Agricultural Economics, University of Tennessee, 1969‑1973.
Social Studies Teacher, City School District, Rochester, NY, 1968‑1969.
Graduate Teaching Assistant Northern Illinois University, 1966‑1968.
Volunteer, Peace Corps, Washington, DC/Venezuela, 1964‑1966

LANGUAGES: (N.B. Fluent=5)                  Reading           Writing            Speaking
English                                                            5                    5                        5
Spanish                                                           4                    3                        4

SELECTED ARTICLES:

Sun, G.J., James E. Epperson and Glenn C. W. Ames. "An International Trade Analysis of the Impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement on U.S. Pecan Prices.” Agribusiness: An International Journal. 12(3)1996:167-174.

Santillan, Manlio, G.C.W. Ames, and J.E. Epperson.  “U.S. Agricultural Trade with Mexico: What is the Role of Trade Assistance with Our Southern Neighbor?”   Journal ofInternational Food and Agribusiness Marketing.  9 No. 2 (1997):19-34.

Marin, L. M., J. E. Epperson, and Glenn C. W. Ames. “Characteristics of Firms Engaged in the Fruit and Vegetable Trade Between the United States and Latin America.” PoliticasAgricolas.  3, No. 1 (1998): 69-89.

Marin, L.R., J.E. Epperson, and Ames, G.C.W.  “A Profile of Firms Engaged in Fruit and Vegetable Trade Between the United States and Latin America.”  J. of Food Distribution Research.  19, No. 1  (Feb. 1998):50-55.

Lanfranco, Bruno A., G. C. W.Ames, and Chung L. Huang. “Food Demand Among Hispanic Households: Revisiting Engels Law.”Politicas Agricolas. 4 (3) 2000:69-92.

Ames, Glenn C. W. and Jack E. Houston, Jr. “Establishing an Agribusiness Study Abroad Course in Mexico: A Project in Internationalizing the Curriculum.” Journal of Agribusiness.    19, No. 2 (2001):213-223.

Lanfranco, Bruno, A., Glenn C. W. Ames, Chung L. Huang, and Forrest Stegelin. “WIC and the Demand for Food by the Hispanic Community in the United States,” Journal of Food Distribution Research. 23, No. 1(2001):85-96.

HONORS AND AWARDS:
D. W. Brooks Faculty Award for Excellence in International Agriculture,1987.
Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher, Agricultural and Applied Economics, 1993.
Outstanding Graduate Faculty Member, Agricultural and Applied Economics, 1995.
Outstanding Graduate Faculty Member, Agricultural and Applied Economics, 1998.

SELECTED COMPETITIVE GRANTS RECEIVED:
Agricultural Economic Development (Zaire) RFP #660‑0052; with Ivery D. Clifton and B.R. Miller; Agency for International Development through South-East Consortium for International Development; $354,441; 1978‑83.

Thesis Supervision Under 052 Participant Training Project (Zaire); Agency for International Development, South-East Consortium for International Development; $100,000+; 1980-83.

Training, Internships, Exchanges and Scholarships (TIES) project for training in agribusiness and rural education, funded by USAID, $298.298, 2004-2006. (Partner Universidad Veracruzana).

Training, Internships, Exchanges and Scholarships (TIES) project for training in math, science and ESOL for teacher-trainers in Mexico, funded by USAID, $299.851, 20064-2009.

SELECTED INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Peace Corp Volunteer Venezuela 1964-66; Mid-term project evaluator USAID Mali 1976; Co-Author, Human Resource/Economic Development Project Burkina Faso 1977; University Training Coordinator (Zaire 052 Project) 1978-83 and 1985; Mid-term project evaluator Purdue-Niger Cereals Research Project mid-term evaluation team, Niamey, Niger 1985; Curriculum evaluation, U. West Indies, Trinidad, 1997.

CITIZENSHIP: U.S. Citizen