Pablo R. Martinez
Pablo R. Martinez, Ph.D.
pablo.martinez-mejia@ttu.edu
prmartinez@hotmail.com
EDUCATION
 Auburn University
Ph.D. (2006)
Major: Agricultural Business and Economics
M.S. (2004)
Major: Agricultural Business and Economics
 Iowa State University
B.S. (1996)
Major: Agricultural Business
Major: Animal Science
 Pan-American Agriculture School, “Zamorano”
A.S.: General Agriculture.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2015 – Pres. Instructor. PFP 5322 (Introduction to Applied Personal Finance); face to face and
online section. Department of Personal Financial Planning, Texas Tech
University, Lubbock, Texas.
July-2105
Adjunct Instructor. BUS 1000 (Introduction to Business), BUS (Business
Communication), BUS 2950 (Project Management), and BUS 1770 (Customer
Service). Virginia College, Lubbock, Texas.
2012-2013
Visiting Instructor. PFP 2315 (Personal Financial Planning for Professionals) and
PFP 5371 (Fundamentals of Personal Financial Planning). Department of Personal
Financial Planning, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.
2007-2008
Visiting Instructor. AAEC 2005 (Fundaments of Agricultural Economics), Spring
and Fall 2007, and AAEC 3315 (Agricultural Price Theory), Spring 2007.
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Texas Tech University,
Lubbock, Texas.
2004-2006
Instructor. ECON 2020 (Microeconomics), Fall 2004, Spring 2005, and Spring
2006. Department of Economics, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama.
2001
Agricultural Business Instructor and advisor in several undergraduate theses.
Department of Intensive Crops Production, Pan-American Agriculture School.
Zamorano, Honduras.
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1998-2000
Quality Control and Personnel Management Instructor. Duties included assisting
macroeconomics and finance laboratories, preparing class materials for Macro
and Microeconomics courses, and elaborating, in collaboration with other
instructors, the manuals for the areas of personnel management, cost accounting,
quality control, finance and marketing. Department of Agribusiness, PanAmerican Agriculture School, Zamorano, Honduras.
RELEVANT CLASSES ATTENDED
 PFP 4370 (Personal Financial Planning Capstone).
 PFP 5371 (Fundaments of Personal Financial Planning).
 FINC 7640 (Advanced Investments).
 FIN 350 (Business Finance).
 STAT 7840 (Applied Multivariate Statistical Analysis).
 STAT 227 (Introduction to Business Statistics).
 ACCT 284 (Financial Accounting).
 MKTG 7400 (Global Marketing and Distribution).
 MKTG 7410 (Analysis of Consumer Behavior).
 ECON 7110 (Microeconomics I) and ECON 7120 (Microeconomics II).
 ECON 7210 (Macroeconomics I) and ECON 7220 (Macroeconomics II).
 ECON 6600 (Business and Economic Forecast).
 ECON 8710 (International Trade).
PROFESIONAL EXPERIENCE
2015 – Pres. Instructor. Department of Personal Financial Planning, Texas Tech University,
Lubbock, Texas.
2014-2015.
Adjunct Instructor. Business Program. Virginia College, Lubbock, TX.
2012-2013
Visiting Instructor. Department of Personal Financial Planning, Texas Tech
University, Lubbock, Texas.
2008-2012
Post-Doctoral Research Associate. Department of Agricultural and Applied
Economics, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.
2001-2006
Graduate Research Assistant. Department of Agricultural Economics PD/A
CRSP, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama.
Accounts Controller. Department of Agribusiness, Pan-American Agriculture
School, Zamorano, Honduras.
1997
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1996
Poultry Farm Manager. CADECA S. DE R.L. Tamara, Honduras.
1995-1996
Animal Science Lab Assistant. Department of Animal Science, Iowa State
University, Ames, Iowa.
PROFESIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
2012-present Financial Planning Association.
ADDITIONAL PROFESIONAL TRAINING
2011
Annual Bankers Agricultural Credit Conference. International Cultural Center, Texas
Tech University, November 12.
2011
CERI/ICRC Annual Research and Outreach Symposium. Merket Alumni Center,
Lubbock, Texas, March 29.
2008
International Conference on Sorghum for Biofuel. Omni Houston hotel, Houston,
Texas, August 19-22.
2001
Workshop: “Project Evaluation Systems”. Pan-American Agriculture School,
Zamorano, Honduras.
2000
Workshop: “Improvement of the Process of Teaching – Learning by Doing”. PanAmerican Agriculture School, Zamorano, Honduras.
1999
Workshop: “Development of Effective Management Skills”. Pan-American Agriculture
School, Zamorano, Honduras.
1998
Seminar: “Environmental Economics and Economical Assessment”. Centro
Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza, Turrialba, Costa Rica.
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
2005
Field research: dissertation data collection. Nicaragua. November – December.
2004
Lecturer. Regional Training Program. Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture Collaborative
Research Support Program. Luis Poma Training Center, San Salvador, El Salvador.
October 7 - 10.
2004
Lecturer. Regional Training Program. Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture Collaborative
Research Support Program. Ave Maria College, San Marcos, Nicaragua. October 1-4.
2002
Field research. Thesis data collection. Olancho, Honduras. July – August.
PUBLICATIONS
 Martinez-Mejia, P. and Jaime E. Malaga. (2012) The growing importance of Brazil, Russia,
India, and China (BRIC) on food global trade. The Global Studies Journal, 5(1), 35-46.
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 Malaga, J., Xu, B. and Martinez-Mejia, P. (2011) Marketing promotion of agricultural
products: the rural dimension of the GO TEXAN program. Journal of Agricultural and
Applied Economics, 43(3), 433-442.
 Martinez-Mejia, Pablo and Jaime E. Malaga. (2009) The effect of ethanol production on
coarse grains: new price relationships. Journal of Agribusiness, 27(1/2), 33-47.
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Martinez-Mejia, P.R., Molnar, J., Trejos-Castillo, E., Meyer, D, Meyer, S.T., and Tollner, W.
(2004) Cluster membership as a competitive advantage in aquaculture development: A case
study of tilapia producers in Olancho, Honduras. Aquaculture Economics and Management,
8(5/6), 281-294.
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Molnar, J., E. Trejos-Castillo, P. Martinez-Mejia, S. Triminio, W. Tollner, B. Verma, and D.
Meyer.. 2002. Small-scale tilapia producers find success in Honduras – Case studies show
farmers use aquaculture for nutrition, income. Global Aquaculture Advocate 5(6): 24-27.
TECHNICAL RESEARCH REPORTS
 Lyford, C.P., J. Malaga, B. Chidmi, and P. Martinez-Mejia. (2012) Expanding US Sorghum
Exports to Sub-Saharan Africa: A Key Fast Growing Export Market. Expected Aggregate
Growth for 10 Years. Proposal for the Emerging Markets Program, FAS, USDA.
 Malaga, J.E. and P. Martinez-Mejia. (2010) Biennium Impact Report: Reporting Period 20082009 Bienium. Impact Evaluation for the GO TEXAN Partner Program (GOTEPP).
 Malaga, J.E. and P. Martinez-Mejia. (2010) An Evaluation of the GO TEXAN Marketing
Program. Results of the 2010 GO TEXAN Members survey.
 Trejos-Castillo, E., P. Martinez-Mejia, J. Molnar, D. Meyer, S. Triminio-Meyer. E. Tollner,
and B. Verma. (2004) Income, Food security, and Poverty Reduction: Case Studies of
Functioning Clusters of Small- and Medium-scale Producers of Tilapia in Honduras. Pond
Dynamics / Aquaculture CRSP Information Leaflet No.1280. (Spanish language) Auburn:
Auburn University, International Center for Aquaculture and Aquatic Environments,
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology.
CONFERENCE ARTICLES
 Martinez-Mejia, Pablo and Jaime E. Malaga. The growing importance of Brazil, Russia, India
and China (BRIC) on food global trade. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on
Global Studies, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, 20-22 June 2012.
 Malaga, J.E. and Pablo Martinez-Mejia. Global agricultural markets: recent changes and
trends in revealed comparative advantage and competitiveness. Proceedings of the
International Conference of Climate Change, Recycling of Agricultural Resources,
Technology Improvement and Agricultural Management, Huazhong Agricultural University,
College of Economics and Management and College of Land Management, Wuhan, China,
January 7-10, 2012.
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 Martinez-Mejia, Pablo and Jaime E. Malaga. World Agricultural markets: revealed
comparative advantage and competitiveness 1995-2009. Proceedings of the conference
Economics of Agriculture and Environmental Science in the Context of Globalization and
Regional Challenges, National University of Life and Environmental Science of Ukraine,
Kyiv, Ukraine, October 24-25, 2011.
 Martinez-Mejia, Pablo. Understanding the aquaculture knowledge and information system for
commercial tilapia production in Nicaragua. World Aquaculture Conference. Fortezza da
Basso Convention Centre Firenze (Florence), Italy, 2006.
 Martinez-Mejia, Pablo. Cluster membership as a competitive advantage in aquaculture
development: case study of tilapia producers in Olancho, Honduras. Aquaculture America.
International Convention Center, Louisville, Kentucky, 2003.
 Martinez-Mejia, Pablo. Decision making methodology. Cluster membership as a competitive
advantage in aquaculture development: case study of tilapia producers in Olancho, Honduras.
Gran Hotel Sula, San Pedro Sula, Honduras, 2003.
 Molnar, J., E. Trejos, P. Martinez-Mejia, S. Triminio, D. Meyer, W. Tollner, and B. Verma.
Case studies of successful small and medium-scale aquacultural development in Honduras.
Poster presentation to the Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, Montreal,
Canada, 2003.
 Martinez-Mejia, Pablo. Commercial tilapia production in Olancho, Honduras: organization,
costs, and markets. Presented to the Agricultural Workers Conference, at Tuskegee
University, Alabama, December, 2002.
 Molnar, J., E. Trejos, P. Martinez-Martinez, B. Verma, W. Tollner, S. Triminio and D. Meyer.
Advancing Aquacultural Development through the third sector: advantages and liabilities of
NGO networks for technology transfer in Honduras. Poster Presentation at the Annual
Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Boston, February,
2002.
 Molnar, J. E. Trejos-Castillo, P. Martinez-Mejia, S. Triminio, W. Tollner, B. Verma, and D.
Meyer. Fish culture as a sustainable rural livelihood: case studies of functioning clusters of
successful small-scale tilapia producers in Honduras. Published abstract for the Annual
Meeting of the World Aquaculture Society, Beijing, 2002.
GRANT APPLICATIONS
 Gustafson, W., J. Johnson, P. Johnson, J. Malaga and P. Martinez-Mejia. (2010). Food
security through Personal Financial Planning: enhancing the sustainability of Beginning
Farmers and Ranchers Business in Texas. Submitted to the Beginning Farmer and Rancher
Development Program of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Total federal funds
requested 249,631. (Not funded).
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 Jeff Johnson, Phillip Johnson, Jaime Malaga, A. William Gustafson, Kelly Y. Lange, and
Pablo Martinez-Mejia. (2010) Grant request for developing a personal financial planning
program for young farmers and ranchers. Submitted to the CASNR Research and Graduate
Studies Committee for Research Enhancement funds. Total funds requested 5,000. (Funded).
HONORS AND AWARDS
1994-1996
Fulbright Scholarship “CAMPUS VIII” to pursue studies at Iowa State
University, Ames Iowa.
1995
National Student Leadership Seminar in Diplomacy and Global Affairs, Claude
and Mildred Pepper Democracy Scholarship, Washington, D.C.
1995
Gamma Sigma Delta, Iowa State Chapter.
1995
Alpha Zeta. Iowa State Chapter.
TEACHING INTERST
 Forecasting methods
 Finance
 Personal finance
 International trade
 Business management
 Marketing
RESEARCH INTEREST
 Data management
 Personal financial planning applications
 International trade
 Comparative advantage and competitiveness
SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE
 Microsoft Word.
 Microsoft Excel.
 Microsoft Power Point.
 SAS.
 SPSS.
LANGUAGES
 Spanish
 English
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