Recent Placements

Thomas W. Assefa (Ph.D., 2022)

IMMANA Postdoctoral Fellow, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University and Postdoctoral Research Fellow Adjunct, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia

Raghav Goyal (Ph.D., 2022)

Tenure-track Assistant Professor, Lousiana State University

Alankrita Goswami (Ph.D., 2021)

Tenure-track Assistant Professor; University of Manitoba

Dylan Turner (Ph.D., 2021)

Research Economist, USDA Economic Research Service (ERS)

Shruti Sharma (Ph.D., 2021)

Quantitative Analyst, US Bank

Juliana Santrock (MS, 2021)

Energy Analyst, Daymark Energy Advisors

William Davidson (MS, 2021)

Analyst, Augusta Locally Grown

Watson Cowart (MAB, 2021)

Loan Officer, AgGeorgia Farm Credit

Meagan Szydzik (MS, 2021)

Research Associate, Albany State University Georgia Water Planning and Policy Center

Mengyao Li (Ph.D., 2019)

ORISE Fellow, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Wenying Li (Ph.D., 2020)

Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Auburn University

Soye Shin (Ph.D., 2019)

Research Fellow, Lien Centre for Palliative Care, Duke-NUS Medical School

Benjamin Leiva (Ph.D., 2019)

Tenure-track Assistant Professor, Universidad del Valle de Guatamala

Amanda Harker Steele (Ph.D., 2019)

Senior Economist, KeyLogic Systems Inc.

Anthony Baffoe-Bonnie (Ph.D., 2018)

Assistant Professor, Department of Agriculture, Alcorn State University

Ran Huo (Ph.D., 2018)

Quantitative Analytics Specialist, Wells Fargo

Sharon P. Kane (Ph.D., 2018)

Senior Public Service Associate, University of Georgia Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development

Mona Ahmadiani (Ph.D., 2018)

Research Associate, Eudaimonia Institute, Wake Forest University

Pourya Valizadeh (Ph.D., 2018)

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

William M. Thompson (Ph.D., 2018)

Economist, IDinsight, New Delhi

Yifei Wu (Ph.D., 2017)

Vice President, International CCAR Modeling/Economic Indicator/Risk Management, Citibank

Haiyan Liu (Ph.D., 2017)

Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Waterloo

Grace Melo (Ph.D., 2017)

Assistant Professor, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Ashley Barfield (Ph.D., 2016)

Director of Tourism Research, State of Georgia

Daniel Akwasi Kanyam (Ph.D., 2016)

Assistant Professor, University of the Cumberlands

Ganna Sheremenko (Ph.D., 2016)

Senior Associate, ICF International, Atlanta GA

Anne Mandich (Ph.D., 2015)

Senior Associate dRSTi 360, San Francisco, CA

Na Hao (Ph.D., 2015)

Assistant Professor, School of Economics, Beijing Technology and Business University

Ting Meng (Ph.D., 2014)

Postdoctoral Fellow, City and Regional Planning Group, University of Pennsylvania

Sebastain Awondo (Ph.D., 2014)

Associate Researcher, Alabama Center for Insurance Information and Research, University of Alabama

Sam Kaninda (Ph.D., 2014)

Assistant Professor, Hutton School of Business, University of the Cumberlands

Ajita Atreya (Ph.D., 2013)

Research Fellow, Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, University of Pennsylvania

Ramesh Ghimire (Ph.D., 2013)

Post Doctoral Fellow, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, UGA

Dawit Mekonnen (Ph.D., 2012)

Associate Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC

Wesley Burnett (Ph.D., 2011)

Assistant Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics, West Virginia University