Pat Norris is the Guyers-Seevers Chair in Natural Resource Conservation at Michigan State University. She has conducted research and developed outreach programs addressing issues in soil conservation, water quality, groundwater management, wetland policy, land markets, land use conflicts and farmland preservation. In her extension work, she has focused largely upon natural resource policy issues, working with private resource owners, local governments, and state and federal agencies as they address the needs for and impacts of institutional change. In addition, her teaching responsibilities have included courses in natural resource economics, environmental economics, ecological economics, environmental science, and agricultural policy.

Professional Interests

• Economics of natural resource conservation
• Incentive-based natural resource conservation and environmental policy
• Conservation education

Selected Publications

B. James Deaton, John P. Hoehn and Patricia E. Norris. “Net Buyers, Net Sellers, and Agricultural Landowner Support for Agricultural Zoning.” Land Economics. 83(2007)153-165.

Patricia E. Norris and Gary D. Taylor. "Questions About Intent and Application of Michigan's Right to Farm Act." Planning and Zoning News. March 2007:5-11.

Anne Cullen, Patricia E. Norris, Wayne R. Beyea, Christine Geith and Gerald Rhead. “Expanding Education and Training Opportunities for Michigan Local Government Land Use Planning Officials.” Research Report 574, Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. April 2006.

Norris, Patricia E. and Satish Joshi. “Herman E. Daly, Joshua Farley, Ecological Economics: Principles and Applications.”  Journal of Ecological Economics. 55(November 2005):448-449.

B. James Deaton, Patricia E. Norris and John P. Hoehn. "Setting the Standard for Farmland Preservation: Do Preservation Criteria Motivate Citizen Support for Farmland Preservation?" Agricultural and Resource Economics Review. 32(October 2003): 272-281.