Thomas R. Degregori (University of Houston, Texas)

Submitted: Fri, 22 August 2003



Thomas R. DeGregori           
Professor of Economics        
University of Houston                res.    2327 Goldsmith
Houston, Texas  77204-5019  USA              Houston, Texas 77030-1129 USA

phone (713) 743-3838                 phone  (713) 6670743
fax   (713) 743-3798                 fax    (713) 660-8217
E-mail  trdegreg@uh.edu              Web    http://www.uh.edu/~trdegreg


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


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.

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