Disciplines: Agricultural Sciences, Business, and Economics
Timothy J. Richards is the Morrison Chair of Agribusiness in the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, where he conducts research on quantitative marketing, data analytics, retailing strategy, agricultural labor, and food policy. He has published over 105 articles in top economics, marketing, and agricultural economics journals; has won twelve Article of the Year awards; and is co-editor of the American Journal of Agricultural Economics. Dr. Richards also does extensive consulting work in the food retailing and manufacturing industries for clients that include Walmart, Kroger, SuperValu, Hormel, Sara Lee, JBS Swift, and Foster Farms. He holds an undergraduate business degree from the University of British Columbia, where he majored in Economics and Finance, and a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from Stanford University.