Graduate Program Highlights

Defenses

This semester, eight graduate students at the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics successfully defended their dissertations.

Ashley Gatto, MAB Candidate
- "Determinants of SARE Funding in the Southeastern United States: The Role of Agricultural Scale and Commodity Value"
Radita Hossain, MS Candidate
- "Estimating Willingness to Pay for Bio-Friendly Packaging: Political and Demographic Heterogeneity"
Sulakshan Neupane, Doctoral Candidate
- "Issues in Health Economics: Expanded Child Tax Credit, Coronary Heart Disease, and Diabetes"
Haewon Oh, Doctoral Candidate
- "Essays on Policy Interventions and Economic Behavior: Health, Welfare, and Consumption"
Shikshit Parajuli, MS Candidate
- "Economic and Risk Implications of Cover Crop Adoption in Georgia Row Crop Systems"
Saurabh Sharma, MS Candidate
- "Impact of the New Skill-Based AEWR System on the Profitability of Vidalia Onion Production"
Nabila Tahsin, MS Candidate
- "Effect of Sibling Childcare on Schooling: Time Use Evidence from Rural Ethiopia"
Tyler Williamson, MAB Candidate
- "Understanding Industry Perspectives on Gas and Battery Powered Landscaping Equipment"

Three Minute Thesis

Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is a professional and highly engaging international research communication competition developed by the University of Queensland. This competition requires contestants to explain their thesis or dissertation topic and its significance in three minutes or less using only a single static presentation slide. The following students competed in the 3MT at the departmental level and will advance to the next stage at the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.

Ph.D. Department Winner: Susmitha Kalli
Ph.D. Department Runner-Up: Kealey Collison
M.S. Department Winner: Katie Harper
M.S. Department Runner-Up: Shitshit Parajuli