Ph.D. Agricultural Economics – 1994 – Iowa State University
B.Sc. Agricultural Economics – 1989 – University of Ghana

Dr. Osei is an economist by training, though he also has substantial expertise in computer modeling. He received graduate training in agricultural economics after a BSc in the same field from the University of Ghana in his native country of Ghana. He has over 25 years of expertise in the analyses and computer modeling of alternative policies and practices related to water quality and agricultural production. He is a prominent economic modeler, having developed economic models for agro-environmental and health economic analyses. Dr. Osei has also published in a number of interdisciplinary journals and is currently the editor in chief of the Texas Journal of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Dr. Osei was on the staff of the Texas Institute for Applied Environmental Research for 20 years and is currently a faculty member of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at Tarleton State University. Dr. Osei is unabashedly Christian, a member of the Seventh Day Adventist church in Stephenville, Texas. Having been raised Methodist and attended a number of charismatic churches on numerous occasions, he has a broad perspective of Christian faith and is not ashamed to share his faith in the appropriate settings.
Dr. Osei has a personal interest in water ministry. As a young boy growing up in Accra, Ghana, he personally experienced water shortages on numerous occasions, when he had to accompany his siblings to fetch water from a well a good distance from home prior to going to school. He has family in Ghana and friends in many African countries and is eager to use the skills the Lord has provided him to be of service to many who lack physical water, and many others who do not know the Living Water.