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Members
 Video: E-Agribusiness Group
Neal Hooker is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics at The Ohio State University. He has also worked at Colorado State University and Texas A&M University. He holds a research, teaching, and extension position in the general areas of agribusiness marketing, management, policy, and international trade. Dr. Hooker’s work focuses on the economics of food quality and particularly the management and marketing of safety and nutrition attributes by all types and sizes of agricultural and food firms. Hooker holds a Ph.D. in Resource Economics from the University of Massachusetts, a M.A. in Economics from the University of British Columbia, and a B.A. from the University of Essex. Contact Hooker.27@osu.edu Go to Neal's Web Page
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Stan Ernst is Economic Communication Specialist in the Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics at The Ohio State University. His research focuses on adoption of information technology by firms in the food and agriculture sector, specifically the role of attitude and experiences of firm managers in the adoption decision. Research over the past 15 years has related to IT adoption in newspapers; international food advertising; and sub-sectors of the Midwestern farm economy. Ernst also provides industry training on strategic use of new and emerging communication technologies. He holds a B.S. in Journalism from the University of Maryland and an M.S. in Agricultural Economics from The Ohio State University. Contact Ernst.1@osu.edu Go to Stan's Web Page
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Richard Widdows is Professor and Department Head of the Consumer Sciences and Retailing Department at Purdue University. Widdows has published widely in consumer sciences journals on topics related to consumer economics, customer satisfaction, and technology and the consumer. He has Taught in Universities and Colleges in the UK, the US, Australia, China, Taiwan and Malaysia. He has been active in the American Council on Consumer interests and the Society of Consumer Affairs Professionals in Business, has worked cooperatively on consumer satisfaction issues with several major Corporations. He holds a B.S. in Economics from the University of Leeds and an M. A. and Ph. D. from University of Missouri at Columbia. Contact: widdowsr@cfs.purdue.edu
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Leslie Stoel is an Assistant Professor at The Ohio State University in the Department of Consumer Sciences. Dr. Stoel holds a B.S. degree in Fashion Merchandising from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, a M.S. in Management from Purdue University, and a Ph.D. in Merchandising Management from Michigan State University. Stoel’s research examines competitive marketing strategies of retailers and their channel partners, primarily in the textile and apparel industries; consumer attitudes and shopping behaviors in malls and online; and retailer and consumer acceptance of the Internet. Contact: stoel.1@osu.edu Go to Leslie's Web Page.
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Casie Berning is an undergraduate student in the College of Food, Agriculture, and Environmental Sciences at The Ohio State University, majoring in Agribusiness and Applied Economics. She is minoring in Consumer Affairs in the college of Human Ecology. She has been working to identify who and where the major E-Grocers are in the US today. She is also working on enhancing our understanding of market selection processes used by the E-Grocery sector. Contact berning.8@osu.edu
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