Department Directory - Department of Agricultural Economics

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.

Graduate Students

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

aagossadou@tamu.edu
AGLS 384
Amelia Ahles

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Behavioral and Experimental Economics

aahles@tamu.edu
Levenson Badio

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

levenson.badio@tamu.edu
AGLS 328
Shahin Bahramia Bdolmalaki

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Supply Chain Management

shasha13@tamu.edu
AGLS 383
Kodjo Barnor

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Trade Policy

kodjo.barnor@tamu.edu
AGLS 378
Sydney Beamon

Master of Science
Focus: Trade

sydney20beamon@tamu.edu
AGLS 210R
Ashton Betchan

Master of Science
Focus: Consumer Demand

betc38@tamu.edu
Mingdian Cai

Ph.D.. Agribusiness and Managerial Economics
Focus: Finance

caimingdian@tamu.edu
AGLS 341
Castillo Cameron

Master of Science
Focus: Economics of the Agricultural Labor Market

ccastillo.518@tamu.edu
AGLS 394
Samantha Cevallos Coronel

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

samantha.cevallos@tamu.edu
AGLS 389
Yayun Chen

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Energy Economics

birdy@tamu.edu
AGLS 387
Qiqi Chen

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Markets and Information Economics, Food and Agricultural Policy, Behavioral Economics

qiqi_chen@tamu.edu
AGLS 386
Muxi Cheng

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Resource Economics

mcheng21@tamu.edu
AGLS 387
Prince Danso

Master of Science
Focus: Food Policies, Food Security, Agricultural Economic Policies, International Food Policies

dansoprince333@tamu.edu
Yifan "Caroline" Dong

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Climate Change Economics, Energy Policy Analysis, Climate Change Economics Model Building

carolined7@tamu.edu
AGLS 363
Fan Fan

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Crop Insurance, Risk Management, Agricultural Finance, Green Finance

fanfan@tamu.edu
AGLS 385
Alexis Ghormley

Master of Science

alynicoleg@tamu.edu
AGLS 394
Natalie Graff

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Agricultural Policy

graffn@tamu.edu
AGLS 355
Cristina Griffith

Master of Science

ceg418@tamu.edu
AGLS 380
Macey Hammerstrom

Master of Science
Focus: Agricultural Policy

maceyhammerstrom@tamu.edu
AGLS 394
Hannah Hawkins

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Markets

hbhawk@tamu.edu
AGLS 379
Victoria Higdon

Master of Science
Focus: Policy & Trade Economics

victoriahigdon@tamu.edu
AGLS 383
Tyler Higgins

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: AGBU, Food Policy, Envionmental Economics

thiggs96@tamu.edu
Yijie Hou

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Consumer Behavior

yijie1996@tamu.edu
AGLS 328
Zichao Hu

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

zichaoh@tamu.edu
Junhua Huang

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Data Science

quinn0808@tamu.edu
AGLS 326
William Hussey

Master of Science
Focus: Insurance

hussey_will@tamu.edu
Ruixin Jia

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Behavioral Economics

rjia@tamu.edu
AGLS 324
Qinye Jiang

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Nutrition and Food Safety

qyjiang@tamu.edu
AGLS 384
Laura Jimenez

Master of Science
Focus: Commodity Agriculture, International & Domestic Competitveness

ljimenez@tamu.edu
AGLS 322
Rachel Judd

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Climate with Specific Interest in Agricultural Water Management

racheljudd@tamu.edu
AGLS 389
Nawon Kang

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Water Scarcity Adaptation Behaviors & Water Rights Market

nawonkang@tamu.edu
AGLS 387
Eden Lambert

Master of Science
Focus: Agricultural Policy & Policy Analysis

eden3102@tamu.edu
AGLS 394
Heeseong Lee

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Food Security, Food Consumption Behavior

hs.lee@tamu.edu
AGLS 382
Shi Eun Lee

Ph.D.. Agribusiness and Managerial Economics
Focus: Finance

sleee@tamu.edu
AGLS 341
Yuhong Lei

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Resource Economics

lyh983515371@tamu.edu
AGLS 361
Lingyi Li

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Resource Economics

ll799@tamu.edu
AGLS 361
Liuyang Li

Ph.D Agricultural Economics
Focus: Climate Change

liuyang@tamu.edu
AGLS 341
Aihui Li

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Demand Analysis, Industrial Organization, Commodity Futures, Business Forecasting

aihui_445@tamu.edu
AGLS 388
Nan Li

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Market Information and Consumer Behavior

nan_lee@tamu.edu
AGLS 326
Wei Li

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

weili@tamu.edu
AGLS 326
Weifang Liang

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Data Science

walala@tamu.edu
AGLS 388
Kuo Liu

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Demand Analysis

kliu2406@tamu.edu
AGLS 379
Rui Liu

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Behavioral Economics

liurui@tamu.edu
AGLS 389
Zehao Liu

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Resource Economics

lzh1996@tamu.edu
AGLS 361
Jingyi Liu

Ph.D AgrIcultural Economics
Focus: Environmental & Natural Resource Economics

jingyi@tamu.edu
AGLS 380
Mengqiao Liu

Ph.D Agricultural Economics
Focus: Applied Microeconomics and Finance

mengqiaoliu@tamu.edu
AGLS 341
Benjamin Lopez

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Nonprofit Organizations

bardiboo@tamu.edu
AGLS 384
Catherine Machado

Master of Science
Focus: Agricultural Policy

cmachado@tamu.edu
AGLS 394
Thomas Mclemore

Master of Science
Focus: Supply Chain & Retail Sector of Ag Industry

tgmclemore@tamu.edu
Vikas Mishra

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Food Economics, Health and Nutrition Economics, Consumed Demand, and Development Economics

mishra16vk@tamu.edu
AGLS 366
Makenzie Moon

Master of Science
Focus: Real Estate Market Research

makenzie.moon@tamu.edu
Henry Nelson

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Agricultural Policy

henryrognenelson@tamu.edu
AGLS 394
Thuy Nguyen Thi Bich

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

-nguyen.thuy@tamu.edu
AGLS 387
Macson Ogieriakhi

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Environmental and Resource Economics

xpmacs@tamu.edu
AGLS 383
Faith Parum

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Consumer Demand

faparum@tamu.edu
AGLS 379
Kevin Patel

Master of Science
Focus: Agricultural Economics regarding Managerial Capabilities and Data Analysis in Agribusiness

kevin2807@tamu.edu
Phatchaya Piriyathanasak

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Resource Economics

piri97@tamu.edu
AGLS 363
Samuel Lockhart Priestley

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Behavioral Economics

sam.priestley@tamu.edu
AGLS 210R
Youan Qian

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Behavioral Economics

qianyouan@tamu.edu
AGLS 324
Nemesio Ruiz Saiz

Master of Science
Focus: Rural Real Estate, Agribusiness Analysis & Forecasting, Rural Financial Markets & Planning, Land Economics

nrs1998@tamu.edu
James Samaroo

Master of Science

j.samaroo404@tamu.edu
Hakki Sengul

Master of Science
Focus: Agricultural Policy

hakkigokhan@tamu.edu
AGLS 328
Bingru Sheng

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Resource Economics

icebingo920@tamu.edu
AGLS 328
Siwan Song

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Land Economics

ptswsong@tamu.edu
AGLS 210R
Jonathan Tillinghast

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Resource Economics

jonathantillinghast@tamu.edu
AGLS 322
Brian Toney

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Behavioral Economics

briantoney76@tamu.edu
AGLS 382
Xuan Tu

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Finance

ted47@tamu.edu
AGLS 366
Dominic Vieira

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Development Economics

dvieira1@tamu.edu
AGLS 379
Federico Vollmer Nino

Master of Science
Focus: Agricultural Business Sustainability

fvollmern@tamu.edu
Lixing Wan

Ph.D AgrIcultural Economics
Focus: Environment & Resource Economics, Applied Econometrics

wanlx168@tamu.edu
Yuanhang Wang

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Development Economics

yw494@tamu.edu
AGLS 341
Xiaohan Wei

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Food Policy

xiaohanwei@tamu.edu
AGLS 324
Jeffrey Wright

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Economic Theory

jwright7@tamu.edu
AGLS 328
Tong Xiao

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Conflict and Development, Econometrics, Industry Organization, Bayesian Nonparametrics

xiaotong123@tamu.edu
AGLS 341
Hongli Xu

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Health Economics, Consumption and Demand Analysis

hongli.xu@ag.tamu.edu
AGLS 341
Tongxin Xu

Ph.D. AgrIcultural Economics

ftm5633@tamu.edu
AGLS 328
Wuzhenjun Xue

Ph.D.. Agribusiness and Managerial Economics
Focus: Development Economics

wx34j@tamu.edu
AGLS 408N
Weiling "Lydia" Yan

Ph.D. AgrIcultural Economics
Focus: Behavioral Economics

lydia_yan1@tamu.edu
AGLS 328
Yanjie Yang

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Labor Economics, Applied Econometrics, Health Economics

yangyi@tamu.edu
AGLS 385
Yifan Yang

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Energy Consumption & environmental Protection

yyf027463@tamu.edu
Wei Yang

Ph.D AgrIcultural Economics
Focus: Environment & Resource Economics

weiy@tamu.edu
AGLS 378
Zeyun You

Ph.D Agricultural Economics
Focus: Agribusiness (finance focused) & Behavioral Economics

zyou23@tamu.edu
Rong Zhang

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Industrial Organization

rongzhang@tamu.edu
AGLS 385
Liyuan Zhang

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

liyuan121104@tamu.edu
AGLS 328
Jingyuan Zhang

Ph.D.. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Behavioral Economics, Food Economics

jingyuan_zhang@tamu.edu
AGLS 389
Kaiyi Zhang

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Water Economics

zhangkaiyi19920211@tamu.edu
AGLS 363
Linling Zhang

Ph.D Agricultural Economics
Focus: Behavioral Economics

linling.zhang@tamu.edu
AGLS 387
Lunyu Zhao

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Resource Economics

zhaolunyu@tamu.edu
AGLS 387
Yaqing Zheng

Ph.D AgrIcultural Economics
Focus: Behavioral Economics

tesiazheng94@tamu.edu
AGLS 366
Shuzhong Zheng

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics

zhengshuzhong@tamu.edu
AGLS 328
Ziqin Zhou

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Crop Insurance

ziqin.zhou@tamu.edu
AGLS 378