Staff Biographical Page: David McGranahan

Briefly

David McGranahan is a Senior Economist in the Resource and Rural Economics Division. His current research focuses on rural population and employment change, with projects on the roles of natural amenities, farming and farm programs, and the "creative class." Earlier research emphases included the adoption of new technologies by rural manufacturers and the importance of education for rural development.

Current Projects

• Rural growth in the 1990s: Amenities; creative class and entrepreneurship (with Timothy R. Wojan and Dayton Lambert (U. of Tenn.)).
• Farm programs and rural development (with Pat Sullivan, Roger Claassen and Timothy Wojan).

Education

Ph.D., Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

M.A., Rural Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

B.A., Economics, Harvard University

Professional Affiliations

Southern Regional Science Association (Past-president; Council), Regional Science Association International, Rural Sociological Society, American Agricultural Economic Association (intermittent)

Publications

ERS publications by this author

McGranahan, D.A., & Thomson, K.J. "Environment, Land Use and Amenities: The New Dimension of Rural Development." EuroChoices 7:1(April 2008): 30-37.

McGranahan, D.A. "Landscape Influence on Recent Rural Migration in the U.S." Landscape and Urban Planning. 85:3-4 (April 2008): 228-240. Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2007.12.001

Wojan, T.R., Lambert, D.M., & McGranahan, D.A. "Emoting with Their Feet: Bohemian Attraction to Creative Milieu," Journal of Economic Geography 7:6 (November 2007):711-736; Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1093/jeg/lbm029.

McGranahan, D.A., & Wojan, T.R. "The Creative Class: A Key to Rural Growth," Amber Waves 5:2(April 2007):16-21.

McGranahan, D.A., & Wojan, T.R. "Recasting the Creative Class to Examine Growth Processes in Rural and Urban Counties," Regional Studies 41:22(April 2007):197-216.

Wojan, T.R., & McGranahan, D.A. "Ambient Returns: Creative Capital's Contribution to Local Manufacturing Competitiveness," Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 36:1(April 2007):133-148.

Wojan, T.R., Lambert, D.M., & McGranahan, D.A. "The Emergence of Artistic Havens: A First Look," Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 36:1 (April 2007):53-70.

McGranahan, D., & Sullivan, P. "Farm Programs, Natural Amenities, and Rural Development," Amber Waves 3:1(February 2005):28-35.

McGranahan, D.A. "The Persistence of County High School Dropout Rates in the Rural South, 1970-2000," Review of Regional Studies 34:3(Winter 2004):288-302.

Sullivan, P., Hellerstein, D., McGranahan, D., & Vogel, S. "Farmland Retirement's Impact on Rural Growth," Amber Waves 2:5(November 2004):22-29. Reprinted, Amber Waves, July 2006.

Sullivan, P., & others. Conservation Reserve Program: Economic Implications for Rural America, ERS-AER 834 (September 2004).

McGranahan, D.A. "How People Make a Living in Rural America." In D.L. Brown and L.E. Swanson (eds), Challenges for Rural America in the 21st Century. Penn State University Press (2003).

McGranahan, D.A., & Beale, C.L. "The Roots of Rural Population Loss," Amber Waves 1:1 (February 2003):10.

Whitener, L., & McGranahan, D.A. "Rural America: Opportunities and Challenges," Amber Waves 1:1 (February 2003):14-21.

McGranahan, D.A. "Local Context and Advanced Technology Use by Small, Independent Manufacturers in Rural Areas," American Journal of Agricultural Economics 84:5(December 2002): 1237-1245.

McGranahan, D.A., & Beale, C.L. "Understanding Rural Population Loss," Rural America, 17:4 (Winter 2002):2-11.

McGranahan, D.A. "New Economy Manufacturing Meets Old Economy Education Policies in the Rural South," Rural America 15:4(Winter 2001):19-27.

McGranahan, D.A. "The Importance of Manufacturing in the Rural South," The Rural South: Preparing for the Challenges of the 21st Century, No. 22, Mississippi State, Southern Rural Development Center, September 2001.

McGranahan, D.A. "Patterns in Skills and Manufacturing in Rural and Urban America." In S. A. Rosenfeld(ed.), Learning Now: Skills for the Information Economy, Community College Press, Washington, DC, 2000, pp. 53-68.

Gale, H.F., McGranahan, D.A., & others. Rural Competitiveness: Results of the 1996 Rural Manufacturing Survey, AER 776 (1999).

McGranahan, D.A. "The Geography of New Manufacturing Technology: Implications for the Nonmetropolitan South," Southern Rural Sociology, 15(1999):84-103.

McGranahan, D.A. Natural Amenities Drive Rural Population Change, AER-781, (1999).

Earlier research appeared in ERS reports, Growth and Change, Rural Sociology, Regional Science Review, and American Sociological Review.