
Areas of expertise
Applied EconomicsTransportation and Freight ServicesUrban and Regional Planning
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Agricultural Economics
University of California, Davis, CA, United States (2009)
Awards and Honors
- Student Career Success Influencer Award 2024 (2025)
- Student Career Success Influencer Award 2022 (2023)
- PhD. Student Job Market Paper Competition Runner Up (*with student) (2023)
- Best Dissertation Award (*with student) (2023)
- Best Dissertation Award Honorable Mention (*with student) (2023)
- John J. Jack Barriger Research Award (2022)
- NH Investments and Securities Best Paper Award (2021)
- Rod Ziemer Outstanding Ph.D. Paper Award (*with student) (2021)
- John E. Lee Award for Sustained Excellence in Group Economic Analysis (2019)
Courses
- AAEC 3690: Agribusiness Finance (Spring 2025)
- AAEC 6570: Economic Tools for Business Decisions (Spring 2025)
- AAEC 9000: Doctoral Research (Spring 2025)
- AAEC 9300: Doctoral Dissertation (Spring 2025)
- AAEC 8350: Research and Professional Development (Spring 2025)
- AAEC 9000: Doctoral Research (Summer 2025)
- AAEC 9300: Doctoral Dissertation (Summer 2025)
- AAEC 9000: Doctoral Research (Fall 2025)
- AAEC 9300: Doctoral Dissertation (Fall 2025)
Scholarly Works
- The Burden of Pulmonary Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Disease in the United States, ANNALS OF THE AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY, (2015).
- Quantifying the WASDE Announcement Effect, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, (2012).
- Estimating the market effect of a trade war: The case of soybean tariffs, FOOD POLICY, (2021).
- USDA ANNOUNCEMENT EFFECTS IN REAL-TIME, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, (2018).
- Estimating the Location of World Wheat Price Discovery, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, (2017).
Contact
Mailing Address
UGA – Ag & Applied Economics
315A Conner Hall
Athens, GA 30602
Shipping Address
UGA – Ag & Applied Economics
315A Conner Hall
Athens, GA 30602






