Professor Steven C. Hackett

In his 19-year career Professor Steven Hackett has published more than 36 scholarly refereed journal articles, books, and technical reports relating to economics and public policy. He is author of the textbook Environmental and Natural Resources Economics: Theory, Policy and the Sustainable Society 3rd edition (New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2006), which has been adopted at colleges and universities in the US and abroad. Dr. Hackett has been active in regional economic development, and served as founding director of HSU's Office for Economic and Community Development. In recent years Dr. Hackett has served as a senior consulting economist for various regional jurisdictions, and has received an American Planning Association award for economic development planning. His research has been supported by extramural grants and contracts from organizations such as the National Science Foundation, the National Marine Fisheries Service, the California Sea Grant Program, the California Department of Fish and Game, the California Ocean Protection Council, the California Integrated Waste Management Board, the California Seafood Council, and the Institute of the North Coast. His policy research on California's Dungeness crab fishery (in collaboration with colleagues at HSU and at UC-Davis) received the 2005 gold award for best refereed journal article by the Association of Natural Resource Extension Professionals. In recognition of his research into regional economic issues, and what HSU President Rollin Richmond described as "the clarity and significance his work brings to global questions of environmental economics," Hackett was selected as Humboldt State University's Scholar of the Year for 2005.

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