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Chris Boyer

Professor & Head | Agricultural and Resource Economics
Overview

My teaching and research programs focuses on farm business management decisions that help producers maximize profits and/or manage risk. The goal of these programs is to enhance the long-term economic sustainability of farm businesses in Tennessee and across the United States. I work with multidisciplinary teams of scientists and Extensions Specialists to identify relevant and important real-world questions and to develop practical solutions. This research enhances my teaching program of farm financial management, investment analysis of technology adoption, data analysis, and land valuation. I have co-developed an AREC study aboard course to Argentina focused on the their global agricultural supply chain.

Research Focus

Farm Business Management & Risk Management for crop and beef cattle producers

Teaching Focus

AREC 312: Rural Real Estate Appraisal; AREC 324: Applications of Quantitative Method; AREC 444: Agricultural Production Technology Management; AGNR 491: Agricultural Business of Argentina

Courses
Below are courses taught during the current or past three academic years. Consult Timetable for the most current listing of courses and instructor(s).
ALEC 202 - Leadership and Diversity in Organizations and Communities
3 credit hour(s)

Analysis of the dynamic interactions of personal characteristics, technical skills, interpersonal influence, commitment, goals, and power necessary for both leader and follower effectiveness in complex agricultural and natural resource organizations. Examination of leadership theories and their applications in diverse organizations and communities. Satisfies Volunteer Core Requirement: (EI)

Other Instructors: Beasley, Victoria Utsman

Semesters Offered: Fall
ALEC 210 - Effective Oral Communications in Digital Environments
3 credit hour(s)

Enables students to develop and master communication skills in digital environments. Students will learn and apply verbal and nonverbal communication strategies relevant to the delivery of formal online presentations, interviews, webinars, and workshops in a digital age. Satisfies Volunteer Core Requirements: (OC)

Other Instructors: Beasley, Victoria Utsman

Semesters Offered: Fall
ALEC 211 - Knowledge, Society, and Leadership
3 credit hour(s)

Explores the development of life science and agricultural knowledge and the competing schools of thought on how to develop an educational system in a democratic society. Early debates centered on agriculture as a science, an art, or simply a mass of empiricism. Major thinkers of agriculture and education believed in the power of educating the masses and the social power of knowledge. Current and historical models of agricultural leadership, education, and communications will be interpreted through cultural and historically significant works, figures, and schools of thought. Satisfies Volunteer Core Requirement: (AH)

Other Instructors: Colclasure, Blake Clayton | Beasley, Victoria Utsman

Semesters Offered: Fall
ALEC 325 - Philosophy of Sustainable Agriculture
3 credit hour(s)

This course examines the human dimension of cultural values and how they influence the questions we ask and priorities we develop related to sustainable agriculture. Students will engage with texts from philosophical naturalism, pragmatism, transcendentalist literature, and modern poetry. Topics to be covered related to sustainable agriculture in the course are human values, leadership, naturalistic inquiry, pragmatism, and ecological existentialism. Satisfies Volunteer Core Requirement: (AH) (EI)

Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring
ALEC 510 - Leadership, Inquiry, and Ethics
3 credit hour(s)

Examination of philosophical foundations and frameworks involved with shaping human values and ethical decision making in diverse leadership contexts.

Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.

Semesters Offered: Summer
ALEC 677 - Emergent Trends and Critical Issues in Leadership
3 credit hour(s)

Examination of emergent trends, current issues, philosophical thought, and pragmatic approaches to solving problems in a variety of leadership contexts. Topics including, but not limited to, organizational structure and equity, civility (dialogue and deliberation), inclusive leadership, adaptable and transformational leadership, thought leading, global and social impacts of leadership, and critical and creative thinking in leadership will be covered in this course.

Registration Restriction(s): minimum student level – graduate.

Semesters Offered: Spring
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865-974-5005

cboyer3@tennessee.edu

ORCID: 0000-0002-1393-8589
Curriculum Vitae
308G Morgan Hall
2621 Morgan Circle Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996
Education and Training
  • Doctorate, Agricultural Business and Management, Oklahoma State University, 2011
  • MS, Agricultural Business and Management, Texas A&M Univ College Station, 2008
  • BS, Agricultural Business and Management, Texas A&M Univ College Station, 2006
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Chris Boyer

Professor & Head | Agricultural and Resource Economics
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865-974-5005

cboyer3@tennessee.edu

ORCID: 0000-0002-1393-8589
Curriculum Vitae
308G Morgan Hall
2621 Morgan Circle Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996
Education and Training
  • Doctorate, Agricultural Business and Management, Oklahoma State University, 2011
  • MS, Agricultural Business and Management, Texas A&M Univ College Station, 2008
  • BS, Agricultural Business and Management, Texas A&M Univ College Station, 2006
Overview

My teaching and research programs focuses on farm business management decisions that help producers maximize profits and/or manage risk. The goal of these programs is to enhance the long-term economic sustainability of farm businesses in Tennessee and across the United States. I work with multidisciplinary teams of scientists and Extensions Specialists to identify relevant and important real-world questions and to develop practical solutions. This research enhances my teaching program of farm financial management, investment analysis of technology adoption, data analysis, and land valuation. I have co-developed an AREC study aboard course to Argentina focused on the their global agricultural supply chain.

Research Focus

Farm Business Management & Risk Management for crop and beef cattle producers

Teaching Focus

AREC 312: Rural Real Estate Appraisal; AREC 324: Applications of Quantitative Method; AREC 444: Agricultural Production Technology Management; AGNR 491: Agricultural Business of Argentina

Courses
Below are courses taught during the current or past three academic years. Consult Timetable for the most current listing of courses and instructor(s).
ALEC 202 - Leadership and Diversity in Organizations and Communities
3 credit hour(s)

Analysis of the dynamic interactions of personal characteristics, technical skills, interpersonal influence, commitment, goals, and power necessary for both leader and follower effectiveness in complex agricultural and natural resource organizations. Examination of leadership theories and their applications in diverse organizations and communities. Satisfies Volunteer Core Requirement: (EI)

Other Instructors: Beasley, Victoria Utsman

Semesters Offered: Fall
ALEC 210 - Effective Oral Communications in Digital Environments
3 credit hour(s)

Enables students to develop and master communication skills in digital environments. Students will learn and apply verbal and nonverbal communication strategies relevant to the delivery of formal online presentations, interviews, webinars, and workshops in a digital age. Satisfies Volunteer Core Requirements: (OC)

Other Instructors: Beasley, Victoria Utsman

Semesters Offered: Fall
ALEC 211 - Knowledge, Society, and Leadership
3 credit hour(s)

Explores the development of life science and agricultural knowledge and the competing schools of thought on how to develop an educational system in a democratic society. Early debates centered on agriculture as a science, an art, or simply a mass of empiricism. Major thinkers of agriculture and education believed in the power of educating the masses and the social power of knowledge. Current and historical models of agricultural leadership, education, and communications will be interpreted through cultural and historically significant works, figures, and schools of thought. Satisfies Volunteer Core Requirement: (AH)

Other Instructors: Colclasure, Blake Clayton | Beasley, Victoria Utsman

Semesters Offered: Fall
ALEC 325 - Philosophy of Sustainable Agriculture
3 credit hour(s)

This course examines the human dimension of cultural values and how they influence the questions we ask and priorities we develop related to sustainable agriculture. Students will engage with texts from philosophical naturalism, pragmatism, transcendentalist literature, and modern poetry. Topics to be covered related to sustainable agriculture in the course are human values, leadership, naturalistic inquiry, pragmatism, and ecological existentialism. Satisfies Volunteer Core Requirement: (AH) (EI)

Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring
ALEC 510 - Leadership, Inquiry, and Ethics
3 credit hour(s)

Examination of philosophical foundations and frameworks involved with shaping human values and ethical decision making in diverse leadership contexts.

Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.

Semesters Offered: Summer
ALEC 677 - Emergent Trends and Critical Issues in Leadership
3 credit hour(s)

Examination of emergent trends, current issues, philosophical thought, and pragmatic approaches to solving problems in a variety of leadership contexts. Topics including, but not limited to, organizational structure and equity, civility (dialogue and deliberation), inclusive leadership, adaptable and transformational leadership, thought leading, global and social impacts of leadership, and critical and creative thinking in leadership will be covered in this course.

Registration Restriction(s): minimum student level – graduate.

Semesters Offered: Spring
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