Richard T. Carson is a Professor at the University of California, San Diego. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in French and Political Science from Mississippi State University in Mississippi State, MS, USA and a Master of Science degree in the School of Public and International Affairs at The George Washington University in Washington D. C., USA. 

He further honed his expertise by earning a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Agriculture and Resource Economics from the University of California, Berkeley, in Berkeley, CA, USA.