Professor & Extension Economist, Dept. of Agricultural Economics
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

A native of North Carolina, Charlie Hall received his BS in Agricultural Economics from the University of Tennessee in 1984 and his Master's Degree in Ornamental Horticulture and Landscape Design from the University of Tennessee in 1986. He then obtained his Ph.D. from Mississippi State University and began his academic career at Texas A&M University in 1988, where he spent 13 years on the faculty before returning to the University of Tennessee in 2002. Charlie rejoined Texas A&M University in 2007.

Charlie's Extension program focuses on the economics of producing and marketing horticultural products grown in Tennessee. His major areas of specialization include marketing strategies for firms at the wholesale and retail level, financial analysis for horticultural forms, and the situation/outlook for major horticultural crops.

An enthusiastic and humorous speaker at numerous regional, national and international meetings, Charlie is an Honorary Lifetime Member of the Texas Nursery and Landscape Association and has received TNLA's Award for Outstanding Service to the Nursery Industry. In academia, Charlie has received Texas A&M University's Association of Former Students' Distinguished Achievement Award in Teaching and the Vice Chancellor's Award in Excellence for Student Counseling and Relations and numerous Extension awards.