Dave joined the Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics Department at MSU in 1998 where he focuses on conducting research and teaching Food Industry Management. Prior to MSU, he was an Assistant and then Associate Professor of Agribusiness Management at Florida A&M University (1993 to 1998). Dave teaches marketing and industrial organization and his research interests are:

• Supply Chain Management
• Food deserts and health economics
• International agribusiness marketing and trade
• International supply and demand analysis for fruits and vegetables
• Business strategies in an emerging country context

Selected Publications

Satimanon, T. and D.D. Weatherspoon. 2010, “Hedonic Analysis of Sustainable Food Products,” International Food and Agribusiness Management ReviewVolume 13, Issue 4, Best Paper Conference Theme Award.

Donnet, M. L., Jeitschko, T. D. and Weatherspoon, D. D. (2011), The Impact of E-Auctions in Adjusting Procurement Strategies for Specialty Coffee. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, 59: 63-86. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-7976.2010.01191.x

Donnet, M.L., D.D. Weatherspoon and C.B. Moss, 2010. "Measuring Food Product Differentiation by Quality Ratings: A Cross-Entropy Analysis of Specialty Coffee e-Auctions," Journal of Agricultural Economics, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 61(1), pages 122-137.

Weatherspoon, D.D. and A. Ross, “Designing the Last Mile of the Supply Chain in Africa: Firm Expansion and Managerial Inferences from a Grocer Model of Location Decisions,”International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, Volume 11, Issue 1 (2008).

Francis, J., D.D. Weatherspoon and J. Oehmke.  European Agricultrual Biotechnology Preferences and Policy: Growth and Trade Implications.”  Review of International Economics, 13(4)(Sept. 2005): 709-724.

Boselie, D., S. Henson and D.D. Weatherspoon. “Supermarket Procurement Practices in Developing Countries: Redefining the Roles of the Public and Private Sectors,” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, December 2003, Vol. 85, Issue 5 pp 1155-1161.

Weatherspoon, D.D., and T. Reardon, “The Rise of Supermarkets in Africa: Implications for Agrifood Systems and the Rural Poor,” Development Policy Review, 2003, 21(3): 333-355.