Shannon Ferrell

Dr. Ferrell is an associate professor in the Oklahoma State University Department of Agricultural Economics. Since joining Oklahoma State University, he has provided over 300 extension seminars and workshops throughout North America with a cumulative audience in excess of nearly 19,000 while authoring over fifty extension publications, including five books and numerous journal articles. His extension activities encompass all areas of agricultural law, and he also teaches the agricultural law courses at both Oklahoma State University and the University of Oklahoma College of Law. He served as president of the Oklahoma Renewable Energy Council in 2006 and helped establish the Hall Estill firm’s Renewable Energy Practice Group before joining OSU in the summer of 2007. He continues to work with the wind energy industry, helping landowners negotiate wind energy development agreements and assisting with the development of legislation for the industry. He served as one of the principal drafters for the Oklahoma Wind Energy Development Act, the Oklahoma Airspace Severance Restriction Act, and the Exploration Rights Act of 2011. Dr. Ferrell currently serves as the Agricultural representative on the Oklahoma Environmental Quality Board.