John C. Beghin
Professor of Economics
Biography
A native of Belgium, John Beghin joined ISU in
1998. From 1999 to 2007, Beghin was the director of FAPRI and the division head of the Trade and Agricultural Policy
Division (TAP) at the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development at ISU.
He holds one of the two Marlin Cole Professorships in International
Agricultural Economics at ISU. Before joining ISU, he spent 10 years at North
Carolina State University. He has held visiting appointments at INRA, the OECD,
and the University of Sydney.
Beghin's research interests include agricultural
trade policy analysis, and the interface between trade growth and the
environment with emphasis on agriculture. He holds a Ph.D. in agricultural and
resource economics from the University of California at Berkeley. He is married
to Yalem Teshome; they have a daughter, Carla
who plays a lot with Cathy Kling's
daughter, Maggie.
Email: beghin@iastate.edu