Formal Education

Ph.D. Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley, 1994
    Fields: Resource and Environmental Economics, Development Economics
M.S. Applied Economics, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1987
B.A. Economics, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1983, Highest Honors in Major

Professional Positions

• Associate Professor (7/05 - present) Department of Applied Economics and Statistics, Clemson University
• Assistant Professor (8/01-7/05) Assistant Professor and Economic Development Specialist (8/00-7/01), Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Clemson University
• Assistant Research Economist (8/98-7/00) and Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher (8/95-7/98),
• Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley
• Research Consultant, International Food Policy Research Institute (7/94-7/95).
• Staff Research Associate, University of California, Los Angeles (4/94-6/94).
• Postdoctoral Research Economist (1/94-5/94) and Graduate Student Researcher (10/93-12/93), Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley
• Affiliate Research Scholar, International Rice Research Institute (6/90-5/91).

Recent Teaching Experience

• Mathematical Economics Camp for Graduate Students, Clemson University, Summer 2005
• Advanced Natural Resource Economics and Dynamic Optimization, Spring 2004
• Multidisciplinary Graduate Seminar in Biocomplexity Topics, Fall 2002-Spring 2004
• Applied Mathematical Economics (graduate course), Clemson University, Fall 2003
• Natural Resource Economic Theory and Policy, Clemson University, Spring 2003
• Biocomplexity Topics, Celmson University, Fall 2002 and Spring 2003
• Land Economics, Clemson University, Spring 2002
• Introductory Statistics, Department of Experimental Statistics, Clemson University, Fall 2001
• Advanced Topics in Natural Resource Economics, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Policy, University of California, Berkeley, Fall 1999
• Applied Microeconomics, Department of Economics, San Francisco State University, Fall 1997
• Graduate Seminar in Economic Geography: Microeconomic Analysis of Environmental Problems, Department of Geography, San Francisco State University, Fall 1997
• Environmental Economics, Department of Economics, San Francisco State University, Fall 1996 and Fall 1995
• Econometrics, Department of Economics, Santa Clara University, Spring 1995 and Lecturer, Department of Economics, California State University Hayward, Fall 1994
• Intermediate Microeconomics, Department of Economics, Santa Clara University, Winter 1995 and Spring 1995

Competitive Grants and Scholarships

• North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, 2005-2006
• South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Quality, 2002-2006
• U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2002-2004
• U. S. Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2001-2004
• Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2001-2005
• National Science Foundation, 2001-2002
• California Golf Course Superintendents Association, California Golf Course Owners Association, Southern and Northern California Golf Association, Northern and Southern California Sections of the Professional Golfers' Association, Northern California and San Francisco Club Managers Association, 2000-2001
• California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, 1999-2000
• California Landscape Contractors Association, 1999
• Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics, University of California, 1998-2000
• Horticultural Research Institute, 1998
• Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of California, 1997-1998
• Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics, University California, 1997-1999

Current Research

• Costs of Stream Restoration in North Carolina
• Costs of Stream Restoration at Simpson Creek
• Changing Land-Use and the Environment: Determinants of Land-Use Urbanization and Costs of Stormwater Management
• Analysis of the Use of Silt Fences on Residential Lots Under Construction
• Economic Impacts of California's Top Five Specialty Crops

Refereed Journal Articles

Templeton, S., Cheryl Brown, G. Goldman, Seung Jick Yoo, and Vijay Pradhan. 2000. "An Economic Analysis of Environmental Horticulture with a Focus on California." HortScience 35 (6): 1-6

Templeton, S., Seung Jick Yoo, and D. Zilberman. 1999. "An Economic Analysis of Yard Care and Synthetic Chemical Use: The Case of San Francisco." Environmental and Resource Economics 14 (3): 385-397

Templeton, S. and S. Scherr. 1999. "Effects of Demographic and Related Microeconomic Change on Land Quality in Hills and Mountains of Developing Countries." World Development 27 (6): 903-918.

Zilberman, D., S. Templeton, M. Khanna. 1999. "Agriculture and the Environment: An Economic Perspective with Implications for Nutrition." Food Policy 24 (2-3): 211-229.

Templeton, S., D. Zilberman, and S. J. Yoo. 1998. "An Economic Perspective on Outdoor Residential Pesticide Use." Environmental Science and Technology 2 (17): 416-423.

Templeton, S. and G. Goldman.1996. "Estimating Economic Activity and Impacts of Urban Forestry in California with Multiple Data Sources from the Early 1990s." Journal of Arboriculture 22 (3 ): 131-143.

Templeton, S. and G. Goldman. 1995. "Urban Forestry Adds $3.8 Billion in Sales to California Economy." California Agriculture 50 (1): 6-10.

Book Chapters, Discussion Papers, Magazine Articles, and Working Papers

Templeton, S.R., C.V. Privette, III, J.C. Hayes, C. Post, and Ritu Sharma. 2004. Demonstration and Evaluation of Processed Forest Biomass in Bioretention Cells for Reduction of Wildfire Hazard and Treatment of Stormwater Runnoff. Final Project Report to the South Carolina Forestry Commission.

Templeton, S.R., M.S. Henry, Bihui Jin and D. Zilberman. 2002. Economic Impacts of California's Golf Course Facilities in 2000. Research Report RR 02-01, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Clemson University and Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley, CA.

Templeton, S.R. 2002. Economic Impacts of Environmental Horticulture in California, South Carolina, and the U.S. Tim D. Davis and Victor A Gibeault, editors, Proceedings of the Symposium on Urban Agriculture: Emerging Opportunities in Science, Education and Policy, pp 117-124.

Templeton, S.R. and S.J. Scheer. 2001. "Population and Land Quality on Tropical Hillsides, Box. 3/1." In E.M. Bridges, I.D. Hannam, L.R. Oldeman, F.W.T. Penning de Vries, S.J. Scheer and S. Sombatpanit, editors. Response to Land Degradation, pg. 65, Oxford and IBH Publiching Co. Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi.

Templeton, S. 2001. Synthetic Fertilizers and Pesticides on Residential Landscapes: An Issue of Growing Importance on the Urban-Rural Fringe. Southern Perspectives 5(1): 14-16.

Templeton, S. 2000.  "Economic Contributions of Environmental Horticulture in California, South Carolina, and the United States." ANLA Today, 12(3):6-7, American Nursery and Landscape Association.

Scherr, S.J. and S. Templeton. 2000. "Impacts of Population Increase and Economic Change on Mountain Forests." In M. Price and N. Butt (eds.). Forests in Sustainable Mountain Development: A State-of-Knowledge Report for 2000, pp. 90-96, International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO). London: CAB International.

Templeton, S., A. Storer, D. Wood, T. Gordon, and Brian Wright. 1999. "Economic Damages of Pitch Canker and Risk Reduction Policies: A Preliminary Overview." In M. Devey, C. Matheson, and T. Gordon (eds.) Current and Potential Impacts of Pitch Canker in Radiata Pine: Proceedings of the IMPACT Monterey Workshop, pgs. 25-26, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CISRO), Forestry and Forest Products, Canberra, Australia.

Templeton, S., C. Brown, G. Goldman, S. J. Yoo, and V. Pradhan. 1999. An Analysis of the Horticultural Economy in California. Working Paper No. 883. Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Policy, University of California at Berkeley, May.

Templeton, S., C. Brown, G. Goldman, S. J. Yoo, and V. Pradhan. 1997. "Economic Contributions of Environmental Horticulture in California: Preliminary Findings." In Master Gardener International Conference: Proceedings, Sacramento, California, July 16-19, 1997, University of California, Davis.

Papers and Posters at Professional Meetings

Templeton, S.R., S.J. Yoo, D. Zilberman and Andrew Dabalen. 2005. Heterogeneity in Household Use of Agricultural Chemicals for Pest-Soil Management and Labor for Yard Care. Paper presented at the 75th Annual conference of the Southern Economic Association, Washington DC, November 18.

Sharma, R., S.Templeton, C. Privette, J.Hayes, and W. Hunt. 2005. "An Economic Analysis of Costs of Bioretention Cells and Stormwater Ponds." Paper to be presented at the 85th Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Economics Association, New Orleans, LA, March 23-26, and at "Emerging Issues along Urban-Rural Interfaces: Linking Science and Society," a conference sponsored by the USDA Forest Service, the National Science Foundation and Auburn University's Center for Forest Sustainability, Atlanta GA, March 13-16.

Templeton, S. 2004. "Demographic, Economic, and Political Determinants of Land Development in the U.S." Selected short paper for Session 33: Land Use Topics at the Annual Meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, Denver, CO, August 2.

Templeton. S.R. and Ritu Sharma. 2003. Demographic, Economic, Environmental, and Political Determinants of Land Development in the United States. Selected poster for the Chapman Conference on Ecosystem Interactions with Land-Use Change, American Geophysical Union, 17, June 2003, Santa Fe, NM.

Templeton, S.R. and Ritu Sharma. 2003. Determinants of Statewide Land Development in the United States. Selected paper for the 35th Annualconomic Impacts of Environmental Horticultural Industries in California, South Carolina, and the U.S. Invited paper for Urban Agriculture: Emerging Opportunities in Science, Education, and Policy, a symposium hosted by Texas A&M in Dallas, TX, May 20-22, 2002.

Templeton, S., M. Ward, and D. Zilberman. "Household Allocation of Time and Money for Do-It-Yourself Yard Care." Paper presented at the 48th Annual North American Meeting of the Regional Science Association International, Charleston, SC, Nov. 16, 2001.

Templeton, S., A. Storer, D. Wood, P. Berck, T. Gordon. "Estimating Fiscal and Green Waste Impacts of Pitch Canker in California's Urban Forests." Paper PResented at the 40th Annual Meeting of the Southern Regional Science Association, Sustin, Texas, April 7, 2001.

Templeton, S., S. J. Yoo, D. Zilberman, and A. Dabalen. "Household Use of Labor and Synthetic Chemicals for Yard Care," Paper presented at the 50th International Atlantic Economic Conference, Charleston, South Carolina, Oct. 18, 2000.

Templeton, S., S. J. Yoo, and D. Zilberman. "An Economic Analysis of Yard Care and Synthetic Chemical Use: The Case of San Francisco." Paper presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Western Regional Science Association, Monterey, CA, February 21, 1998.

Templeton, S., C. Brown, G. Goldman, S. J. Yoo, V. Pradhan. "Economic Contributions of Horticulture in California in the mid-1990s." Paper presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Western Regional Science Association, Monterey, CA, February 21, 1998.

Templeton, S., Andrew Dabalen, S. J. Yoo, and D. Zilberman. "Determinants of Chemical Use and Labor Time in Yard Production in the U.S." Paper presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Western Regional Science Association, Monterey, CA, February 20, 1998.

Templeton, S. and S. Scherr. "Effects of Demographic Change on Hilly-Mountainous Land in Developing Countries: A Microeconomic Analysis of Empirical Evidence." Invited poster presented at the 23rd International Conference of Agricultural Economists, Sacramento, California, August 14, 1997.

Templeton, S. and S. Scherr. "A Microeconomic Analysis of Empirical Evidence about the Effects Demographic Change and Related Factors on Hilly-Mountainous Land Quality in Developing Countries." Paper presented at the 72nd Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association International, Seattle, Washington, July 13, 1997.

Other Participation in Professional Meetings

Moderator, Session on Environmental and Natural Resource Issues, 35th Annual Meeting of the Southern Agricultural Economics Association, Mobile AL, February 3, 2003.

Discussant, Restructuring a Resource-Dependent Economy: Policies and Progress, by John Munro, 48th Annual North American Meeting of the Regional Science Association International, Charleston, SC, November 17, 2001

Discussant, The Environmental Kuznets Curve for U.S. Counties: A Spatial Analysis, by Anil Rupasingha and Stephan J. Goetz, 48th Annual North American Meeting of the Regional Science Association Internation, Charleston, SC, November 16, 2001.

Discussant, Contingent Valuation and Land-Use Patterns in the Enoree River Watershed, by K. Khandke, K. Peterson, B. Booth and S. Holladay, 40th Annual of the Southern Regional Science Association, Austin, TX, April 7, 2001.

Discussant, Land Use Suitability for Sustainable Development: Spatial Decisions Support System, Reza Banai, 40th Annual Meeting of the Southern Regional Science Association, Austin, TX, April 6, 2001.

Discussant, "Agricultural Diversification: Meodeling of Farmers' Behavior Using Logit Analysis: An African Case Study--Mauritius" by N. Dowdar and "Information Structure and the Tragedy of the Commons in Resource Extraction" by R. Amir and N. Nannerup, 50th International Atlantic Economic Conference, Charleston, SC October 17, 2000.

Discussant, "State-Space vs. Multiple Regression for Forecasting Urban Water Demand," by R. B. Billings and D.E. Agthe, 37th Annual Meeting of the Western Regional Science Association, Monterey, CA, February 20, 1998.

Talks at Conferences, Meetings, and Workshops

"Economic Impacts of Golf Course Facilities in California in 2000," presentation of results to the Golf Research Task Force, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley, December 6, 2002.

"Development, Costs, and Induced Innovations," invited speech at 'Integrating Natural Resource Management with Development: A Sensible Approach to Growth,' a symposium sponsored by the S.C. Chapter of the Soil and Water Conservation Society, January 2, 2002.

Templeton, S. "Phase II of the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System's Stormwater Program: An Opportunity for Clemson University Extension," talk delivered to water quality specialists, Sandhill Research and Education Center, Columbia, SC, June 22, 2001.

Templeton, S. "Sustainable Development: Concepts and Questions," session 'Community and Economic Development,'" Agriculture and Natural Resources Conference: Linking Tradition and Transition, Clemson University, Columbia, SC, December 6, 2000.

Templeton S. “Sustainable Development and Governance”, session entitled ‘Governing Sustainably,’ Sustainable Development: Building Quality Communities, conference sponsored by the Southern Rural Development Center, Nashville, Tennessee, October 11-12, 2000.

Templeton, S. "The Economy of Environmental Horticulture: Applied Research and Public Education," seminar, Department of Horticulture, Clemson University, September 12, 2000.

Templeton S. “Fiscal and Green Waste Impacts of Pitch Canker in California's Urban Forests: A Progress Report”, bimonthly meeting of the Pitch Canker Task Force, Monterey, California, May 17, 2000.

Templeton, S. “Economic Issues of Pinus radiata Improvement and the Forest Products Industry in New Zealand: An Applied Research Agenda”, quarterly meeting of the New Zealand Radiata Pine Breeders Cooperative, Nelson, New Zealand, March 16, 2000.

Templeton, S. “Estimating Fiscal and Green Waste Impacts of Pitch Canker in California's Urban Forests”, Threats to the Urban Forest, conference sponsored by the Western Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture and the California Urban Forests Council, Salinas, California, March 12, 1999.

Foreign Languages

Tagalog, Cebuano, Spanish

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