Professor DeeVon Bailey

Professor DeeVon Bailey has had an Extension, research and teaching appointment at Utah State University since 1986. His Extension program has established deep roots with producer groups and public entities in North and South America, Asia, Africa and Europe. Over the years, Bailey has examined issues related to price formation, the marketability of genetically modified foods, the role of credence attributes in consumer demand and animal identification to ensure the safety of meat products throughout the food chain. Bailey has also created an enviable research record, with more than 40 refereed journal articles. He is also an outstanding educator, having worked with 20 master’s students and established the International MBA in food and agribusiness at Utah State University and the Royal Agricultural College in Great Britain.

Bailey has been honored by the profession and the university multiple times: he is a three-time winner of the Outstanding Extension Program by the Western Agricultural Economics Association and a two-time winner of the American Agricultural Economics Association Distinguished Group Extension Award. He was honored by USU with the E.G. Petersen Extension Award in 2003 and the D. Wynne Thorne Research Award in 2006, thus becoming the only person at USU to win both the Extension award and the research award. Bailey also received the WAEA Distinguished Scholar Award in 2009, as well as served as editor of the Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics (2004-2006) and President of the WAEA (2007).

Bailey is that extremely rare “quadruple threat”: an outstanding Extension specialist and leader, a renowned researcher, an exceptional teacher, and an enthusiastic supporter of the university and the profession.