Robert J. Johnston, Ph.D.

Associate Director Connecticut Sea Grant College Program and Assistant Professor Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
University of Connecticut

Biographical Sketch

Robert J. Johnston is currently Associate Director of Connecticut Sea Grant and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Connecticut. He received his BA in Economics from Williams College in 1990 and a Ph.D. in Resource Economics from the University of Rhode Island in 1996.

His areas of interest include land use and conservation; valuation of non-market resources; and the economics of coastal and marine policy. His research and outreach activities have been supported by such agencies as the National Science Foundation, the USDA National Research Initiative, the USDA Fund for Rural America, the Sea Grant College Program, the US Environmental Protection Agency, the International Maritime Organization, and the United Nations Development Programme.