He completed his Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resource Economics from Colorado State University in August, 2011. His dissertation is entitled “Accounting for Spatial Substitution Patterns and Bioeconomic Feedback Loops: An Economic Approach to Managing Inland Recreational Fisheries.” The first chapter of his dissertation will be appearing in the Journal of Aquaculture Economics and Management in late 2011. While earning his Ph.D., Daniel also taught introductory economics classes at three separate institutions, and earned the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture and Colorado State University’s College of Agriculture “Graduate Student Teacher of the Year” award in 2011.