Michael J. Ellerbrock Professor Natural Resources and Economic Education Ph.D. 1980, Clemson University Office: 218 Hutcheson Hall Phone: (540) 231-7722 FAX: (540) 231-7417 E-mail: mebrock@vt.edu

Professor Ellerbrock was formerly assistant vice president for Academic Affairs at East Texas State University, where he received the Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award. He has been editor of the AAEA Newsletter and serves on the Board of Directors of the Virginia Council on Economic Education. He has also received the Virginia Tech University SPORN Award and the Southern Agricultural Economics Annual Teaching Award. Mike also was awarded the 2002 USDA/NASULGC National Award for Teaching Excellence for all fields of Agriculture, Natural Resources, Human and Veterinary Sciences.

Professor Ellerbrock conducts training in conflict resolution via the Virginia Natural Resources Leadership Institute.

Professor Ellerbrock is also the Head of the Center for Economic Education at Virginia Tech.

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Selected Publications:: 

Ellerbrock, M. J., "A True Education: To Be Drawn Out," Teaching Excellence at a Research-Centered University, 2006, 13: 85-91.

Ellerbrock, M. J., "The Sorcerer's Tool: Technology as Servant or Master?" Conservation Ecology, 2001, 5(1): 18.

Ellerbrock, M. J., and M. J. Norton, "Epistemological Foundations of Teaching and Learning through the Land Grant System," Review of Agricultural Economics, Spring/Summer 2000, 22(1): 219-228.

"Putting Food On The Table: We Are All Farmers" (with G. Wilkins), The Senior Economist 9:1 (September 1993): 8-9. 

"Issues In Undergraduate Agricultural Economics Education: Discussion," in Proceedings of the Teaching Workshop at the AAEA Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, August 1992.