Dean, School of Management

Professor, Economics

Phone: 907-474-7116

Email: mlherrmann@alaska.edu

Vita

Dr. Mark Herrmann is a fisheries economist and has performed research on Alaska's salmon, halibut, crab and Pollock fisheries.

Dr. Herrmann has completed more than 30 externally funded projects for federal and state agencies including the National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, NOAA and Alaska Sea Grant. He also served on the scientific and statistical committee and the crab plan team of the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council. He earned his undergraduate and master's degrees in agricultural economics from the University of California Davis in 1982 and 1985, respectively, and a Ph.D. in agricultural economics from Washington State University in 1990.

As Dean, Dr. Herrmann supervises academic programs offering baccalaureate degrees in accounting, business administration, economics and emergency management, as well as graduate degrees in business administration and resource and applied economics. Under Herrmann's leadership, the School has continued to meet the rigorous standards set forth by the professional education community and has again achieved premier business school accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). The UAF School of Management is the oldest accredited business school in Alaska.

Prior to becoming Dean, Dr. Herrmann was the SOM Interim and Associate Dean and is in his 21st year with the School.

Dr. Herrmann enjoys fishing and coaching youth baseball during the summers. He and his wife Diane have three sons: Jake, Ben and Dylan.

• Williams, A. H., Herrmann, M. L. , & Criddle, K. R. (2009).  The Effects of Chilean Coho Salmon and Trout Aquaculture on Markets for Alaskan Sockeye Salmon.   North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 29, 1777-1796.  

• Criddle, K. R. & Herrmann, M. (2008).  A State Space Bioeconomic Model of Pacific Halibut.   Natural Resource Modelling, 21 (1), 117-147.  

• Herrmann, M. L. & Greenberg, J. (2007).  The Demand and Allocation of Alaska and Canadian Snow Crab.   Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 55 (1), 27-48.  

• Herrmann, M. L. & Criddle, K. (2006).  An Econometric Market Model for the Pacific Halibut Fishery.   Marine Resource Economics, 21 (2), 129-158.  

• Herrmann, M. L., Xu, P., Dong, L. C. , Fong, Q. S. , & Crapo, C. (2006).  Rating Alaska Salmon Protein Concentrate in China.   Journal of Food Products Marketing, 12 (1), 57-85.