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Affiliation University of Houston, Texas

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Mailing Address University of Houston Houston, Texas 77204-5019 USA Home address: 2327 Goldsmith Houston, Texas 77030-1129 USA

Phone/Fax Number(s) Office: phone (713) 743-3838 fax (713) 743-3798 Home: phone (713) 6670743 fax (713) 660-8217

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Countries of Specialization Africa

Education Degrees: B.A. Government and Philosophy, University of New Mexico, 1959 M.A. Economics, University of New Mexico, 1960 Ph.D. Economics, University of Texas, 1965

Research Interests Specialization: Technology and Science in Economic Development Agricultural Technology and Food Production Economic Development of Africa, Asia and the Caribbean

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Publications * Scholarly Publications (major books and monographs only): Technology and the Economic Development of the Tropical African Frontier, Cleveland: The Press of Case Western Reserve University, 1969. Available from University Microfilms International, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Economic Development: The Cultural Context, New York: John Wiley, 1969 (coauthor, Oriol PiSunyer). Japanese translation, in print, Tokyo and Kyoto: Sanwa Shobo. Technology and Economic Change: Essays and Inquiries, Canada, McLoughlin Associates, Ltd., Monograph Series: Notes and Papers in Development, No. 9, 1974. A Theory of Technology: Continuity and Change in Human Development, Iowa State University Press, 1985. 3rd printing, 1989. Also available reprinted in India, 1989, Affiliated East West Press. Development Economics: Theory, Practice, and Prospects, Boston/ Dordrecht/London: Kluwer Academic Publishers, edited with an introductory chapter, 1989. Poverty Policy in Developing Nations (coeditor Harrell Rodgers), New York: JAI Press, December 1994. Agriculture and Modern Technology: A Defense, Iowa State University Press, 2001, 2nd printing, 2003. The Environment, Our Natural Resources, and Modern Technology, Iowa State Press: A Blackwell Scientific Publisher, 2002, Paperback reprint, 2003). Bountiful Harvest: Technology, Food Safety and the Environment, Cato Institute, 2002. Origins of the Organic Agriculture Debate, Iowa State Press: A Blackwell Scientific Publisher, 2003. Approximately 50 refereed articles in books and scholarly journals. A number of monographs and lengthy (even multivolume) consultants reports for development agencies. Research Advisory Committee, U.S. AID 19871993. Approximately 60 papers or other formal participation in International and National scholarly conferences. Over 500 book reviews including over 150 reviews for scholarly journals and over 400 for local newspapers. Numerous editorial boards, currently board, Technovation: An International Journal of Technical Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Elsevier), 1985 Numerous boards, currently on the Board of Directors, American Council on Science and Health. Chairman, Advisory Committee, Houston Blues Society, 19931996 Board, Arnett Cobb Texas Jazz Museum Project, 1995 Board, Texas Blues Project, 1995-1997 Member, Fellow and Special Advisors Board, CPTM, 1998- International Development Experience: Consulting, Research, Seminars in well over 50 countries in Africa, Asia, Caribbean and Latin America. Research in 12 others and research and papers in 8 European countries. Books translated and reprinted. Numerous articles reprinted in collections and overseas. About 10 review articles. Numerous radio and TV interviews, local and national in the U.S. and for international shortwave broadcast. Newspaper, TV and radio interviews (including shortwave) in Africa and Asia.

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