Dr. Thomas Wahl

Dr. Wahl is the Director of the IMPACT Center and a Professor in the School of Economic Sciences at Washington State University. His research interests include international marketing and trade as well as food demand analysis. He has been associated with the IMPACT Center since 1990 with projects focusing on trade policy, including APEC, NAFTA and WTO; food demand in the Pacific Rim; world wheat trade; and consumer attitudes towards GMOs and BSE (Mad Cow Disease). Dr. Wahl grew up on a crop and livestock farm in Iowa. He received his undergraduate and Ph.D. degrees from Iowa State University. In 1990 he joined the Agricultural Economics department at WSU. As part of his research, Dr. Wahl has traveled extensively in the Pacific Rim, particularly in China, and is always looking for potential markets for products produced in the Pacific Northwest as well as potential alternative crops and products for our producers.