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John C. Becker, J.D.
Professor of Agricultural Economics and Law,
(Teaching, Research and Outreach) Department of Agricultural Economics and
Rural Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
16802: Director of Research, 1997-2000, The Agricultural Law Research and
Education Center at The Dickinson School of Law of The Pennsylvania State
University, Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013
207C Armsby Building, University Park, PA 16802
+1
814 863 0575
+1 814 865 3746 (fax)
e-mail: jcb1@psu.edu
B.A. Economics, LaSalle College, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania 1969
J.D., The Dickinson School of Law, Carlisle,
Pennsylvania 1972
Undergraduate Courses:
Graduate Courses:
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ERM 411, The Legal Aspects of Environmental Resource
Management
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AG EC 497A, Environmental Law and Regulation Applied
to Agriculture
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Law 956, Contemporary Issues in Agricultural Law
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Contemporary Issues in International Agriculture, The
Dickinson School of Law Summer session, 1999.
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Farmland Preservation, Drake University School of
Law, Summer, 1999 Agricultural Law Institute.
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Farmland Preservation, The University of Arkansas
School of Law, Fayetteville, AR, Spring, 2001
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Introduction to Agricultural Law, The University of
Arkansas at Little Rock, Summer Session, 1994.
Research Projects Completed or Now Underway:
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Center for Rural Pennsylvania project, “Employment
Laws and Regulations Applied to Agriculture”, 1989-1990, principal
investigator.
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U.S. department of Agriculture special project,
“Improving Pennsylvania Dairy Farm Profitability”, 1995-1998,
co-investigator.
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Departmentally funded project, “Farmland
Preservation: An Evaluation of Preferential Tax Assessment and the
Purchase of Conservation Easements”, co-investigator.
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Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department
of Agriculture project, “Community Based Environmental Education,
1997-1998, co-investigator.
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Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture funded
project, “Establishment of an Agricultural Law Resource and Reference
Center at The Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State
University, 1997-2000, co-principal investigator.
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Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture funded
project, “Alternative Conflict Resolution Strategies to Solve Community
Problems”, co-principal investigator.
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Environmental Protection Agency project,
“Environmental Law and Regulation Applied to Agriculture, 1999-2000,
co-principal investigator.
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U.S Department of Agriculture Forest Service funded
project, “Estate Planning Opportunities and Strategies for Private Forest
Land Owners in the Northeast Region”, 2000-2001, co-investigator.
Professional Associations:
Fellow of the American Bar Foundation: Member of: American, Pennsylvania
and Centre County Bar Associations; The Association of American Law Schools,
The American Agricultural Law Association
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