David Eaton, Ph.D.
Bess Harris Jones Centennial Professor in Natural Resource Policy Studies
LBJ School of Public Affairs

CONTACT INFORMATION
Office: 512-471-8972
E-mail: eaton@mail.utexas.edu

BIOGRAPHY

David J. Eaton received his Ph.D. in environmental engineering and geography from The Johns Hopkins University. Eaton teaches courses on systems analysis, environmental and energy policy, and nonprofit management in the LBJ School. He has lectured in twenty countries and conducted field research in fifteen nations.

Eaton's current research concerns U.S.-Mexico environmental cooperation, new methods for evaluation of air pollution emissions, joint management by Palestinians and Israelis of shared groundwater, and water conservation in Texas. The Texas Department of Insurance used research on tort reform directed by Eaton as evidence to justify rebates of over $1.3 billion for liability insurance in Texas in 1997-1999.

EXPERIENCE
Dr. Eaton has been a Special Fellow to the United Nations Institute for Training and Research; Director of the UT Austin Center for Environmental Resource Management, and a co-chair of the Cross-Border Initiative for Research and Development at the University of Texas at Austin