Berkwood M. Farmer is the Dean of the Raj Soin College of Business at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. Prior to coming to Dayton, he served as Dean of the College of Business and Economics at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia for ten years.

Dean Farmer received a Ph.D. in Economics from North Carolina State University. During his academic career, he has served on the faculty of the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York and the University of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia. Dean Farmer has also served as the Chief Agricultural Economist for the Commonwealth of Virginia.

In addition to research in the areas of higher education and economic development, Dean Farmer has been very active in economic development and community activities. He is currently a member of the Miami Valley Venture Funds Board of Advisors, i-Zone Governing Board, Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club of Dayton, Institutional Consulting Advisory Council of Paine Webber, Inc. in Richmond, Virginia, and a member of the Board of BB&T Bank-Virginia. He was a founding director of a bank and was a member of the Governor's Council of Economic Advisors in Virginia for eight years. During 1966, he served as a military officer in South Vietnam.

Dean Farmer's successful background in business, government and academics; his vision; and, his ability to get business and academics working together are just what the Raj Soin College of Business needs. Berkwood, his wife, Terri, and their ten-year old daughter, Bradley, live in Springboro.