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Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist
(940) 647-3908
[email protected] - ## Donna Adcock
Academic Advisor IV
[email protected] - ## 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] - ## Clara Aguilar
Business Coordinator I
979-314-8171
[email protected] - ## Amit Bapu Ahire
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Environmental Economics, Climate change, Mathematical programming
[email protected] - ## Mona Ahmadiani
Research Assistant Professor
[email protected] - ## Sushma Alaparthi
Master of Science
Focus: Sustainable agriculture and resource economics
[email protected] - ## Susan Alcala
Academic Advisor I
[email protected] - ## Alexis "Aly" Allen
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Agricultural Policy
[email protected] - ## Stephen Amosson
Professor Emeritus - ## Hagar Amponsah
Master of Science
[email protected] - ## David Anderson
Professor and Extension Specialist - Livestock and Food Product Marketing
(979) 393-0939
[email protected] - ## Bai Prasad Reddy Andhuri
Master of Science
Focus: E-Commerce in Agriculture, Agribusiness Management
[email protected] - ## Levenson Badio
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
[email protected] - ## Anthony Baffoe-Bonnie
Assistant Professor
956.271.1300
[email protected] - ## Shahin Bahramia Bdolmalaki
Post Doctorial Research Associate
Focus: Supply Chain Management
[email protected] - ## Yeongseon Baik
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Environmental Economics, Non-Market Valuation, Policy Evaluation
[email protected] - ## Maria Bampasidou
Research Associate Professor
979.393.0887
[email protected] - ## Yashaswini Bandimekala
Master of Science
Focus: Agro-Climatic Data Analysis
[email protected] - ## Kodjo Barnor
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Trade Policy
[email protected] - ## Blake Bennett
Professor and Extension Management Economist
(972) 952-9273
[email protected] - ## David Bessler
Professor Emeritus - ## Frederick Boadu
Professor
979-845-4410
[email protected] - ## Kelvin Bobbie
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Agricultural Finance, Risk Management, and Applied Econometrics
[email protected] - ## Ivan Borja
Program Director
[email protected] - ## Henry Bryant
Research Professor
(979) 845-5913
[email protected] - ## Mary Bryk
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
(979) 862-2294 - ## Loren Burns
Program Manager, Agribusiness, Food, and Consumer Economics Research Center
(979) 393-0906
[email protected] - ## Yuri Calil
Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist
361-698-7421
[email protected] - ## Oral Capps
Executive Professor and Regents Professor, Co-Director of the Agribusiness, Food and Consumer Economics Research Center, Southwest Dairy Marketing Endowed Chair
(979) 393-0909
[email protected] - ## Cameron Castillo
Master of Science
Focus: Economics of the Agricultural Labor Market
[email protected] - ## Samantha Cevallos Coronel
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
[email protected] - ## Dikshya Chaulagain
Master of Science
Focus: Agricultural markets and policy
[email protected] - ## Hannah Chavarria
Academic Advisor III
[email protected] - ## Qiqi Chen
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Bioeconomy, Food and Agricultural Policy, Markets and Information Economics
[email protected] - ## Feiyang Chen
Master of Science
Focus: Experimental and Behavioral Economics
[email protected] - ## Kaiyan Chen
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Food marketing and consumer behavior
[email protected] - ## Donna Chester
Program Manager
(979)393-0915
[email protected] - ## Kyoungin Choe
Lecturer - ## Jaehyun Choi
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Agricultural and Food Policy, Behavioral Economics, Rural Development
[email protected] - ## Dee Cochran
Program Coordinator I
979-393-0950
[email protected] - ## Richard Conner
Professor Emeritus - ## Andreas Costuros
Master of Science
Focus: Cocoa Checkoff Program Utilizing Bond Graphs
[email protected] - ## Ronald Crowe
Instructional Assistant Professor
979-393-0941
[email protected] - ## Sravya Dandala
Master of Science
Focus: Food security, Poverty and Policy analysis
[email protected] - ## Tracy Davis
Administrator I
(979) 393-0864
[email protected] - ## Merri Beth Day
Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist
[email protected] - ## Senarath Dharmasena
Instructional Associate Professor
(979) 862-2894
[email protected] - ## Caroline Dong
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Climate Change Economics, Energy Policy Analysis, Technology Impact, Linear Optimization Model
[email protected] - ## Tiffany Dowell Lashmet
Professor and Extension Specialist for Agricultural Law
(806) 677-5600
[email protected] - ## Jaci Dutton
Master of Science
Focus: Agriculture and Food Policy
[email protected] - ## Frank Edwards
Professor Emeritus - ## Richard A. Edwards
Professor Emeritus - ## David P. Ernstes
Senior Research Associate
979-845-7042
[email protected] - ## Lawrence Falconer
Professor Emeritus - ## Chengcheng Fei
Assistant Professor
979-393-0902
[email protected] - ## Paul Feldman
Assistant Professor
[email protected] - ## Bart Fischer
Research Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Agricultural and Food Policy Center
(979) 845-5913
[email protected] - ## Candice Foster
Program Manager-Outreach
979-393-0948
[email protected] - ## Millie Frey
Master of Science
Focus: Developing Agriculture through Policy Implementation
[email protected] - ## Stephen Fuller
Professor Emeritus
979-774-3759
[email protected] - ## Angel Futrell
Manager for Alumni and Donor Engagement
(979) 458-9761
[email protected] - ## Anil Kumar Reddy Gandlaparthi
Master of Science
[email protected] - ## Lucas Garcia
Instructional Assistant Professor
956.271.1321
[email protected] - ## Manuel de J. Garcia
Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist
956-968-5581
[email protected] - ## Isabella Garza
Master of Science
Focus: Agricultural Policy
[email protected] - ## Aarati Ghimire
Master of Science
Focus: Food Security, International Agricultural Development
[email protected] - ## Owen Gibson
Master of Science
Focus: Agriculture and Food Policy
[email protected] - ## Caroline Gleaton
Administrative Associate V
[email protected] - ## Natalie Graff
Research Assistant Professor
(979) 845-5913
[email protected] - ## Blake Greaves
Master of Science
Focus: Agricultural Food Policy
[email protected] - ## Ron Griffin
Professor Emeritus
979-777-4434
[email protected] - ## Wade Griffin
Professor Emeritus
979-776-8743
[email protected] - ## Rodrigo Guerra Su
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
[email protected] - ## Tanya K. Gunnels
Business Administrator I
979-314-8170
[email protected] - ## Michael Haby
Professor Emeritus - ## Daniel Hanselka
Extension Program Specialist
(979) 393-0901
[email protected] - ## Rachelle Hargis
Administrative Coordinator I
979-393-0955
[email protected] - ## Nathan Harness
Instructional Professor and Director of Financial Planning Program
(979) 393-0932
[email protected] - ## Wayne Hayenga
Professor Emeritus
[email protected] - ## Brian Herbst
Research Associate - ## Cole Herring
Master of Science
Focus: Livestock and Production Economics
[email protected] - ## Heather Hirsch
Director of Corporate Philanthropy
979-431-3740
[email protected] - ## Ben Horlick
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Behavioral & Experimental Economics - Decision Theory
[email protected] - ## Yijie Hou
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Consumer Behavior
[email protected] - ## Junhua Huang
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Agricultural Economics, Economics of Food Policy Program Evaluation, Applied Econometrics
[email protected] - ## Junhyeok Im
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Agricultural Economics
[email protected] - ## Ariun Ishdorj
Associate Professor and Regional Director, Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture and Development
(979) 845-6322
[email protected] - ## Akash Issar
Post Doctorial Research Associate
[email protected] - ## Qinye Jiang
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Nutrition and Food Safety
[email protected] - ## Jason Johnson
Associate Professor and Extension Economist for Management
(254) 968-4144
[email protected] - ## Joseph Johnson
Instructional Assistant Professor
[email protected] - ## DeDe Jones
Senior Extension Program Specialist - Risk Management
806-677-5667
[email protected] - ## Eluned Jones
Emeritus Professor
[email protected] - ## Rachel Judd
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Climate with Specific Interest in Agricultural Water Management
[email protected] - ## Kathy Junek
Business Associate III
979-314-8172
[email protected] - ## 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] - ## Sushan K C
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Agricultural price analysis, industrial organization and commodity risk management.
[email protected] - ## Greg Kaase
Senior Extension Program Specialist
(979) 393-0882
[email protected] - ## Kashi Kafle
Assistant Professor
(979) 393-0885
[email protected] - ## Swetha Kancharla
Master of Science
[email protected] - ## Nawon Kang
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Water Scarcity Adaptation Behaviors & Water Rights Market
[email protected] - ## Will Keeling
Extension Program Specialist
(806) 746-6101
[email protected] - ## Shahriar Kibriya
Research Assistant Professor
(979) 458-9395
[email protected] - ## Nicholas Kilmer
Senior Lecturer
979-393-0932
[email protected] - ## Seung Yun Kim
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
[email protected] - ## Brandy Kines
Director of Development
979-431-4133
[email protected] - ## Emmy Kiphen
Extension Program Specialist
(979) 393-0890
[email protected] - ## Steven Klose
Professor and Associate Head for Extension
(979) 393-0899
[email protected] - ## George Knapek
Project Director
(979) 845-5913
[email protected] - ## Ronald Knutson
Professor Emeritus - ## Shelby Kouba
Strategic Initiatives Coordinator
[email protected] - ## Gladys Kouda Dabre
Master of Science
Focus: Development Policy, Food security, Impact Evaluation
[email protected] - ## Conley Ku
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: International Development
[email protected] - ## Emmanuel Kyei
Master of Science
Focus: Production Economics, Livestock Economics, Risk Analysis, Food Price Forecasting, Agricultural Insurance, Agricultural Policy Analysis
[email protected] - ## Ron Lacewell
Professor Emeritus - ## Shi Eun Lee
Ph.D.. Agribusiness and Managerial Economics
Focus: Finance
[email protected] - ## Heeseong Lee
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Food Security, Food Consumption Behavior
[email protected] - ## Yuhong Lei
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Resource Economics
[email protected] - ## Karen S. Lepley
Assistant Director – Master of Agribusiness
(979) 393-0884
[email protected] - ## Marissa Lepper
Assistant Professor
979-393-0929
[email protected] - ## Wei Li
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
[email protected] - ## Aihui Li
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Demand Analysis, Industrial Organization, Commodity Futures, Business Forecasting
[email protected] - ## Liqing Li
Assistant Professor
[email protected] - ## Liuyang Li
Ph.D Agricultural Economics
Focus: Climate Change
[email protected] - ## Xinyu Li
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
[email protected] - ## Weifang Liang
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Data Science
[email protected] - ## An-Ting Liao
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Environmental Economics, Economic Development
[email protected] - ## Zehao Liu
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Resource Economics
[email protected] - ## Rui Liu
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Behavioral Economics
[email protected] - ## Yong Liu
Assistant Professor
979-393-0872
[email protected] - ## Jingyi Liu
Ph.D AgrIcultural Economics
Focus: Environmental & Natural Resource Economics
[email protected] - ## Jiadong Liu
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Food Policy, Nutrition Security, Consumer Behavior
[email protected] - ## Mengqiao Liu
Assistant Research Scientist - ## Mengqiao Liu
Assistant Research Scientist
979-676-8345 - ## Jeanie Long Izurieta
Program Manager-Financial Planning
979-393-0886
[email protected] - ## Emiliano Lopez Barrera
Assistant Professor
(979) 326-9055
[email protected] - ## Tiantai Ma
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Machine Learning, Applied Microeconomics
[email protected] - ## Catherine Machado
Master of Science
Focus: Agricultural Policy
[email protected] - ## Alek Maisashvili
Associate Research Scientist
979-845-5913
[email protected] - ## Nolan Maldonado
Content Strategist
[email protected] - ## Camden Martin
Master of Science
Focus: Agricultural Economics
[email protected] - ## Felipe Martins Moreira
Master of Science
Focus: Behavioral Economics, Agribusiness Finance
[email protected] - ## Bruce McCarl
University Distinguished Professor
(979) 393-0905
[email protected] - ## Dean McCorkle
Senior Extension Program Specialist – Economic Accountability
(979) 393-0900
[email protected] - ## James McGrann
Professor Emeritus - ## Grace Melo
Assistant Professor
(979) 587-4224
[email protected] - ## Max (Dusty) Menzies
Instructional Associate Professor and Associate Head for Undergraduate Programs
(979) 393-0915
[email protected] - ## Toni Merchant
Senior Business Administrator I
979-314-8173
[email protected] - ## James Mjelde
Professor
(979) 393-0931
[email protected] - ## Nataly Monroy Garzon
Master of Science
[email protected] - ## Laura Muntean
Press and Media Relations
(979) 803-1287
[email protected] - ## Madison Murchison
Project Specialist
(512) 897-7077
[email protected] - ## Chloe Muzny
Program Coordinator-Dianne & M. Edward Rister'74 Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program
979-393-0954
[email protected] - ## Rodolfo M. Nayga, Jr.
Professor
979-393-0863
[email protected] - ## Gene A. Nelson
Professor Emeritus
(979) 218-4381
[email protected] - ## Henry "Hank" Nelson
Research Assistant Professor
Focus: Agricultural Policy
979-845-5913
[email protected] - ## Desmond Ng
Associate Professor
(979) 393-0898
[email protected] - ## Thuy Nguyen Thi Bich
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
'[email protected] - ## John P. Nichols
Emeritus Professor
(979) 218-9351
[email protected] - ## Sandra Norman
Program Coordinator II
979.845.5913
[email protected] - ## Roger Norton
Research Professor of Agricultural Economics, Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Director of the Texas A&M Center for Coffee Research and Education
979-450-8318
[email protected] - ## Harun Onder
Associate Professor and Howard G. Buffett Endowed Chair on Conflict and Development, Director of Conflict and Development Program
(979) 393-0825
[email protected] - ## Joe Outlaw
Regents Fellow, Professor and Extension Economist
(979) 845-5913
[email protected] - ## Natalie Outlaw
Program Manager
(979) 393-0949
[email protected] - ## Congrong Ouyang
Assistant Professor - ## Marco Palma
Professor and Director of the Human Behavior Laboratory and Leader of Research
(979) 393-0928
[email protected] - ## John Park
Interim Director of the Master of Agribusiness Program, Roy B. Davis Professor of Agricultural Cooperation and Extension Specialist
(979) 393-0881
[email protected] - ## Doyoung Park
Assistant Professor
[email protected] - ## Emily Parker
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Agricultural Markets and Policy Analysis
[email protected] - ## Lisa Patterson
Program Manager, AgriLife Extension Tax Workshops
979-393-0888
[email protected] - ## Felipe Peguero
Assistant Professor
956-271-1300
[email protected] - ## Yao Peng
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Supply Chain, Risk Management, Farm Management
[email protected] - ## John Penson
Professor Emeritus - ## Sandra Pierce
Extension Program Specialist
(915) 872-8791
[email protected] - ## Spencer Platt
Master of Science
[email protected] - ## Dholamulla K. Nilani Preethika
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
[email protected] - ## Edwin Price
Professor Emeritus
[email protected] - ## Emily Pyle
Program Coordinator
979-393-0924
[email protected] - ## Youan Qian
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Behavioral Economics
[email protected] - ## Xudong Rao
Research Associate Professor
[email protected] - ## Luis Ribera
Professor & Extension Specialist; Director, Center for North American Studies
979-393-0883
[email protected] - ## Madalyn Richards
Master of Science
Focus: Agricultural Policy
[email protected] - ## James Richardson
Professor Emeritus - ## Ed Rister
Professor and holder of the Dianne and M. Edward Rister ’74 Endowed Chair in Agribusiness Entrepreneurship; Director of the Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program
(979) 393-0870
[email protected] - ## David Roach
Lecturer
979-393-0930
[email protected] - ## John R.C. Robinson
Professor and Extension Specialist for Cotton Marketing
(979) 393-0892
[email protected] - ## C. Parr Rosson
Professor Emeritus - ## Mani Rouhi Rad
Assistant Professor
979-393-0960
[email protected] - ## Jessica Sagrim
Master of Science
Focus: Sustainable agricultural development, food security, agricultural policy analysis
[email protected] - ## Victoria Salin
Professor Emeritus
[email protected] - ## Robert "Bud" Schwart
Professor Emeritus
[email protected] - ## Carl Shafer
Professor Emeritus - ## W. Douglass Shaw
Professor Emeritus - ## Bingru Sheng
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Resource Economics
[email protected] - ## Chi Hang (Edward) Shia
Master of Science
Focus: Climate Change
[email protected] - ## Richard Shumway
Professor Emeritus
(509) 335-1007
[email protected] - ## Anita Singh
Administrative Associate V
979-393-0866
[email protected] - ## Roland Smith
Professor Emeritus - ## Edward Smith
Professor Emeritus - ## Simon Somogyi
Department Head and Professor and Kerry Litzenberg Endowed Chair
979-213-5734
[email protected] - ## Henry Clark Springfield
Professor of Practice
(979) 393-0920
[email protected] - ## Kenneth W. Stokes
Professor Emeritus
254-918-1493
[email protected] - ## Melyssa-Anne Stricklin
Senior Academic Advisor
[email protected] - ## Ningxiang Sun
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Agricultural Finance, Markets and Information Economics
[email protected] - ## Rupasri Sura
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
[email protected] - ## Greg Taylor
Professor Emeritus - ## Karuna "Rue" Taylor
Master of Science
Focus: International Agriculture, Development Economics
[email protected] - ## Chrystol Thomas
Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist
979-393-0946
[email protected] - ## Troy Thompson
Assistant Professor of Practice
(979) 393-0953
[email protected] - ## Jonathan Tillinghast
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Resource Economics
[email protected] - ## Kai Tonami
Master of Science
Focus: International Trade
[email protected] - ## Xuan Tu
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Asset Pricing, Commodities, Global Dynamics, Portfolio Theory, Risk Management
[email protected] - ## Pourya Valizadeh
Research Assistant Professor
(979) 845-3096
[email protected] - ## Dmitry Vedenov
Associate Professor
(979) 393-0935
[email protected] - ## Sopoude Vei
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
[email protected] - ## Bridgette Vickers
Academic Advisor IV
[email protected] - ## Xavier Villavicencio
Instructional Assistant Professor
[email protected] - ## Paige Vulgamore
Master of Science
Focus: Agricultural Policy
[email protected] - ## Claire Vyvlecka
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
[email protected] - ## Jamie Rae R. Walker
Associate Professor and Extension Specialist
(972) 952-9214
[email protected] - ## Mark Waller
Professor Emeritus
[email protected] - ## Lixing Wan
Ph.D AgrIcultural Economics
Focus: Environment & Resource Economics, Applied Econometrics
[email protected] - ## Xingguo Wang
Research Assistant Professor
Focus: Agricultural Policy
302-509-1905
[email protected] - ## Lingxiao Wang
Post Doctorial Research Associate
Focus: Consumer Demand and Health Economics
[email protected] - ## Xinran Wang
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Climate Change Economics
[email protected] - ## Kaitlyn Weber
Instructional Assistant Professor and Assistant Head of Undergraduate Operations
979-393-0913
[email protected] - ## Merritt Weeks
Assistant Director of the Dianne and M. Edward Rister ’74 Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program
(979) 393-0918
[email protected] - ## Xiaohan Wei
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Food Policy
[email protected] - ## Mark Welch
Professor and Extension Economist for Grain Marketing
(979) 393-0891
[email protected] - ## Bob Whitney
Regents Fellow and Extension Program Specialist
(979) 571-2086
[email protected] - ## Ash Wilder
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
[email protected] - ## Gary Williams
Professor Emeritus
[email protected] - ## Jared Williams
Master of Science
Focus: Finance, Commodity Futures
[email protected] - ## Richard Woodward
Professor
(979) 393-0869
[email protected] - ## Jeffrey Wright
Assistant Professor - San Angelo - District Extension Specialist
Focus: Economic Theory
325-657-7309
[email protected] - ## Andrew Wright
Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist
[email protected] - ## Ximing Wu
Professor
(979) 393-0940
[email protected] - ## Anderson Xicay
Master of Science
Focus: Production Economics
[email protected] - ## Hongli Xu
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Health Economics, Consumption and Demand Analysis
[email protected] - ## Tongxin Xu
Ph.D. AgrIcultural Economics
Focus: Food and agricultural markets, machine learning
[email protected] - ## Wuzhenjun "Aaron" Xue
Ph.D.. Agribusiness and Managerial Economics
Focus: Sustainable Economic Development, Strategic Management, Risk Management
[email protected] - ## Yanjie Yang
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Labor Economics, Applied Econometrics, Health Economics
[email protected] - ## Wei Yang
Ph.D AgrIcultural Economics
Focus: Environment & Resource Economics
[email protected] - ## Yifan Yang
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Energy Consumption & environmental Protection
[email protected] - ## 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] - ## Samuel Zapata
Associate Professor
(956) 271.1300
[email protected] - ## Yu (Yvette) Zhang
Professor and Associate Head of Research and Graduate Programs
(979) 393-0897
[email protected] - ## Kaiyi Zhang
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Water Economics
[email protected] - ## Rong Zhang
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Industrial Organization
[email protected] - ## Linling Zhang
Ph.D Agricultural Economics
Focus: Behavioral Economics
[email protected] - ## Liyuan Zhang
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
[email protected] - ## Yue Zhang
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
Focus: Development Economics
[email protected] - ## David Zilberman
Distinguished Professor- UC Berkeley Hagler Fellow
510-642-6570