Dr. Dixon Esseks
Public Administration, Land Use Regulations, Agriculture and the Environment
Professor Esseks received his B.A. degree from Oberlin College and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University. His teaching specialty is in policy analysis and program evaluation, particularly regarding land-use issues. In recent years his research has focused on housing affordability, the fiscal and public safety effects of scattered residential growth, and the environmental effects of agricultural and forest-land use. For his research, he has received grants or contracts from the Joyce Foundation, the American Farmland Trust, the U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service, the U. S. Forest Service, and the National Agricultural Land Study.
Evaluating the Forest Stewardship Program through a National Survey (De Kalb, IL: Center for Governmental Studies, 2000), 92 pages.
A Scattered Development @ Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy, 14 (Fall, 1999):24-28.
"Why targets of regulation do not comply: The case of conservation compliance," Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, July August 1997.
Producers and the 1995 Farm Bill, The American Farmland Trust, 1995.
"Midwestern Farmers' Perceptions of Monitoring for Conservation Compliance" Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, Sept. Oct. 1993.
Agriculture and the Environment: A Study of Farmers' Practices and Perceptions, The American Farmland Trust, 1990.
"Marketing the Conservation Reserve Program," Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, Sept. Oct. 1989.
"Rental Tenure and the Use of Conservation Practices," Land Use Policy, January 1989.
"Assessing the Effectiveness of Technical Assistance for Applying Soil Conservation Practices," Policy Studies Review, November 1986.
Contributions to The Protection of Farmland, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1981.