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In the Department of Agricultural Economics, our faculty and staff are committed to the growth of our students. We prepare them for excellence and ensure they succeed in today’s dynamic economy. Connect with us if you’d like to learn more about what we offer.

Master of Agribusiness
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Graduate Students

  • Agossadou, M. Arsène J.

    M. Arsène J. Agossadou

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    Focus: Demand analysis, Development Economics, Food Economics and Policy, Food Security, Experimental and Behavioral Economics Market and Price Analysis

    [email protected]

    AGLS 366

  • Ahire, Amit Bapu

    Amit Bapu Ahire

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    Focus: Environmental Economics, Climate change, Mathematical programming

    [email protected]

  • Alaparthi, Sushma

    Sushma Alaparthi

    Master of Science

    Focus: Sustainable agriculture and resource economics

    [email protected]

  • Allen, Alexis “Aly”

    Alexis "Aly" Allen

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    Focus: Agricultural Policy

    [email protected]

    AGLS 392

  • Amponsah, Hagar

    Hagar Amponsah

    Master of Science

    [email protected]

  • Andhuri, Bai Prasad Reddy

    Bai Prasad Reddy Andhuri

    Master of Science

    Focus: E-Commerce in Agriculture, Agribusiness Management

    [email protected]

  • Badio, Levenson

    Levenson Badio

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    [email protected]

    AGLS 328

  • Baik, Yeongseon

    Yeongseon Baik

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    Focus: Environmental Economics, Non-Market Valuation, Policy Evaluation

    [email protected]

    AGLS 328

  • Bandimekala, Yashaswini

    Yashaswini Bandimekala

    Master of Science

    Focus: Agro-Climatic Data Analysis

    [email protected]

  • Barnor, Kodjo

    Kodjo Barnor

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    Focus: Trade Policy

    [email protected]

    AGLS 378

  • Bobbie, Kelvin

    Kelvin Bobbie

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    Focus: Agricultural Finance, Risk Management, and Applied Econometrics

    [email protected]

    AGLS 341

  • Castillo, Cameron

    Cameron Castillo

    Master of Science

    Focus: Economics of the Agricultural Labor Market

    [email protected]

  • Cevallos Coronel, Samantha

    Samantha Cevallos Coronel

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    [email protected]

    AGLS 389

  • Chaulagain, Dikshya

    Dikshya Chaulagain

    Master of Science

    Focus: Agricultural markets and policy

    [email protected]

    AGLS 411

  • Chen, Feiyang

    Feiyang Chen

    Master of Science

    Focus: Experimental and Behavioral Economics

    [email protected]

  • Chen, Kaiyan

    Kaiyan Chen

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    Focus: Food marketing and consumer behavior

    [email protected]

  • Chen, Qiqi

    Qiqi Chen

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    Focus: Bioeconomy, Food and Agricultural Policy, Markets and Information Economics

    [email protected]

    AGLS 324

  • Choi, Jaehyun

    Jaehyun Choi

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    Focus: Agricultural and Food Policy, Behavioral Economics, Rural Development

    [email protected]

  • Costuros, Andreas

    Andreas Costuros

    Master of Science

    Focus: Cocoa Checkoff Program Utilizing Bond Graphs

    [email protected]

  • Dandala, Sravya

    Sravya Dandala

    Master of Science

    Focus: Food security, Poverty and Policy analysis

    [email protected]

  • Dong, Caroline

    Caroline Dong

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    Focus: Climate Change Economics, Energy Policy Analysis, Technology Impact, Linear Optimization Model

    [email protected]

    AGLS 383

  • Dutton, Jaci

    Jaci Dutton

    Master of Science

    Focus: Agriculture and Food Policy

    [email protected]

    AGLS 387

  • Frey, Millie

    Millie Frey

    Master of Science

    Focus: Developing Agriculture through Policy Implementation

    [email protected]

  • Garza, Isabella

    Isabella Garza

    Master of Science

    Focus: Agricultural Policy

    [email protected]

    AGLS 387

  • Ghimire, Aarati

    Aarati Ghimire

    Master of Science

    Focus: Food Security, International Agricultural Development

    [email protected]

  • Gibson, Owen

    Owen Gibson

    Master of Science

    Focus: Agriculture and Food Policy

    [email protected]

    AGLS 363

  • Greaves, Blake

    Blake Greaves

    Master of Science

    Focus: Agricultural Food Policy

    [email protected]

    AGLS 387

  • Guerra Su, Rodrigo

    Rodrigo Guerra Su

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    [email protected]

    AGLS 386

  • Herring, Cole

    Cole Herring

    Master of Science

    Focus: Livestock and Production Economics

    [email protected]

    AGLS 326

  • Horlick, Ben

    Ben Horlick

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    Focus: Behavioral & Experimental Economics - Decision Theory

    [email protected]

    AGLS 326/Centeq 215

  • Yijie Hou - No photo available

    Yijie Hou

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    Focus: Consumer Behavior

    [email protected]

    AGLS 328

  • Huang, Junhua

    Junhua Huang

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    Focus: Data Science

    [email protected]

    AGLS 326

  • Im, Junhyeok

    Junhyeok Im

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    Focus: Agricultural Economics

    [email protected]

  • Jiang, Qinye

    Qinye Jiang

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    Focus: Nutrition and Food Safety

    [email protected]

    AGLS 384

  • Judd, Rachel

    Rachel Judd

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    Focus: Climate with Specific Interest in Agricultural Water Management

    [email protected]

    AGLS 389

  • Juuko, Frank

    Frank Juuko

    Master of Science

    Focus: Perception of Texas-based agricultural co-ops on the acceptance and use of AI for effective decision making

    [email protected]

  • K C, Sushan

    Sushan K C

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    Focus: Agricultural price analysis, industrial organization and commodity risk management.

    [email protected]

  • Kancharla, Swetha

    Swetha Kancharla

    Master of Science

    [email protected]

  • Kang, Nawon

    Nawon Kang

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    Focus: Water Scarcity Adaptation Behaviors & Water Rights Market

    [email protected]

    AGLS 387

  • Kim, Seung Yun

    Seung Yun Kim

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    [email protected]

  • Kouda Dabre, Gladys

    Gladys Kouda Dabre

    Master of Science

    Focus: Development Policy, Food security, Impact Evaluation

    [email protected]

  • Ku, Conley

    Conley Ku

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    Focus: International Development

    [email protected]

    AGLS 382

  • Kyei, Emmanuel

    Emmanuel Kyei

    Master of Science

    Focus: Production Economics, Livestock Economics, Risk Analysis, Food Price Forecasting, Agricultural Insurance, Agricultural Policy Analysis

    [email protected]

  • Lee, Shi Eun

    Shi Eun Lee

    Ph.D.. Agribusiness and Managerial Economics

    Focus: Finance

    [email protected]

    AGLS 341

  • Lee, Heeseong

    Heeseong Lee

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    Focus: Food Security, Food Consumption Behavior

    [email protected]

    AGLS 382

  • Lei, Yuhong

    Yuhong Lei

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    Focus: Resource Economics

    [email protected]

    AGLS 361

  • Li, Aihui

    Aihui Li

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    Focus: Demand Analysis, Industrial Organization, Commodity Futures, Business Forecasting

    [email protected]

    AGLS 388

  • Li, Wei

    Wei Li

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    [email protected]

    AGLS 326

  • Li, Liuyang

    Liuyang Li

    Ph.D Agricultural Economics

    Focus: Climate Change

    [email protected]

    AGLS 341

  • Liang, Weifang

    Weifang Liang

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    Focus: Data Science

    [email protected]

    AGLS 388

  • Liao, An-Ting

    An-Ting Liao

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    Focus: Environmental Economics, Economic Development

    [email protected]

    AGLS 326

  • Liu, Zehao

    Zehao Liu

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    Focus: Resource Economics

    [email protected]

    AGLS 361

  • Liu, Jiadong

    Jiadong Liu

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    Focus: Food Policy, Nutrition Security, Consumer Behavior

    [email protected]

    AGLS 366

  • Liu, Jingyi

    Jingyi Liu

    Ph.D AgrIcultural Economics

    Focus: Environmental & Natural Resource Economics

    [email protected]

    AGLS 380

  • Liu, Rui

    Rui Liu

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    Focus: Behavioral Economics

    [email protected]

    AGLS 382

  • Ma, Tiantai

    Tiantai Ma

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    Focus: Machine Learning, Applied Microeconomics

    [email protected]

    AGLS 210R

  • Machado, Catherine

    Catherine Machado

    Master of Science

    Focus: Agricultural Policy

    [email protected]

    AGLS 394

  • Martin, Camden

    Camden Martin

    Master of Science

    Focus: Agricultural Economics

    [email protected]

  • Martins Moreira, Felipe

    Felipe Martins Moreira

    Master of Science

    Focus: Behavioral Economics, Agribusiness Finance

    [email protected]

    AGLS 327E

  • Monroy Garzon, Nataly

    Nataly Monroy Garzon

    Master of Science

    [email protected]

    AGLS 328

  • Nguyen Thi Bich, Thuy

    Thuy Nguyen Thi Bich

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    '[email protected]

    AGLS 387

  • Parker, Emily

    Emily Parker

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    Focus: Agricultural Markets and Policy Analysis

    [email protected]

    AGLS 322

  • Peng, Yao

    Yao Peng

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    Focus: Supply Chain, Risk Management, Farm Management

    [email protected]

  • Platt, Spencer

    Spencer Platt

    Master of Science

    [email protected]

  • Preethika, Dholamulla K. Nilani

    Dholamulla K. Nilani Preethika

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    [email protected]

  • Qian, Youan

    Youan Qian

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    Focus: Behavioral Economics

    [email protected]

    AGLS 324

  • Richards, Madalyn

    Madalyn Richards

    Master of Science

    Focus: Agricultural Policy

    [email protected]

  • Sagrim, Jessica

    Jessica Sagrim

    Master of Science

    Focus: Sustainable agricultural development, food security, agricultural policy analysis

    [email protected]

  • Sheng, Bingru

    Bingru Sheng

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    Focus: Resource Economics

    [email protected]

    AGLS 328

  • Shia, Chi Hang (Edward)

    Chi Hang (Edward) Shia

    Master of Science

    Focus: Climate Change

    [email protected]

  • Sun, Ningxiang

    Ningxiang Sun

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    Focus: Agricultural Finance, Markets and Information Economics

    [email protected]

  • Sura, Rupasri

    Rupasri Sura

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    [email protected]

  • Taylor, Karuna “Rue”

    Karuna "Rue" Taylor

    Master of Science

    Focus: International Agriculture, Development Economics

    [email protected]

  • Tillinghast, Jonathan

    Jonathan Tillinghast

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    Focus: Resource Economics

    [email protected]

    AGLS 322

  • Tonami, Kai

    Kai Tonami

    Master of Science

    Focus: International Trade

    [email protected]

  • Tu, Xuan

    Xuan Tu

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    Focus: Asset Pricing, Commodities, Global Dynamics, Portfolio Theory, Risk Management

    [email protected]

  • Vei, Sopoude

    Sopoude Vei

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    [email protected]

  • Vulgamore, Paige

    Paige Vulgamore

    Master of Science

    Focus: Agricultural Policy

    [email protected]

    AGLS 387

  • Vyvlecka, Claire

    Claire Vyvlecka

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    [email protected]

    AGLS 380

  • Wan, Lixing

    Lixing Wan

    Ph.D AgrIcultural Economics

    Focus: Environment & Resource Economics, Applied Econometrics

    [email protected]

  • Wang, Xinran

    Xinran Wang

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    Focus: Climate Change Economics

    [email protected]

    AGLS 411

  • Wei, Xiaohan

    Xiaohan Wei

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    Focus: Food Policy

    [email protected]

    AGLS 324

  • Wilder, Ash

    Ash Wilder

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    [email protected]

  • Williams, Jared

    Jared Williams

    Master of Science

    Focus: Finance, Commodity Futures

    [email protected]

  • Xicay, Anderson

    Anderson Xicay

    Master of Science

    Focus: Production Economics

    [email protected]

  • Xu, Tongxin

    Tongxin Xu

    Ph.D. AgrIcultural Economics

    Focus: Food and agricultural markets, machine learning

    [email protected]

    AGLS 210R

  • Xu, Hongli

    Hongli Xu

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    Focus: Health Economics, Consumption and Demand Analysis

    [email protected]

    AGLS 341

  • Xue, Wuzhenjun “Aaron”

    Wuzhenjun "Aaron" Xue

    Ph.D.. Agribusiness and Managerial Economics

    Focus: Sustainable Economic Development, Strategic Management, Risk Management

    [email protected]

    AGLS 408N

  • Yang, Wei

    Wei Yang

    Ph.D AgrIcultural Economics

    Focus: Environment & Resource Economics

    [email protected]

    AGLS 378

  • Yang, Yifan

    Yifan Yang

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    Focus: Energy Consumption & environmental Protection

    [email protected]

  • Yang, Yanjie

    Yanjie Yang

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    Focus: Labor Economics, Applied Econometrics, Health Economics

    [email protected]

    AGLS 385

  • Yeturu, Nikhitha

    Nikhitha Yeturu

    Master of Science

    Focus: I explore the intersection of agricultural markets, sustainability, and policy through economic and business analysis to support resilient, data-driven agribusiness decisions

    [email protected]

  • Zhang, Yue

    Yue Zhang

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    Focus: Development Economics

    [email protected]

  • Zhang, Rong

    Rong Zhang

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    Focus: Industrial Organization

    [email protected]

    AGLS 385

  • Zhang, Kaiyi

    Kaiyi Zhang

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    Focus: Water Economics

    [email protected]

    AGLS 363

  • Zhang, Liyuan

    Liyuan Zhang

    Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

    [email protected]

    AGLS 328

  • Zhang, Linling

    Linling Zhang

    Ph.D Agricultural Economics

    Focus: Behavioral Economics

    [email protected]

    AGLS 387

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