Placements

Graduate Student Placement Coordinator: Ben Cowan

Job Market Guide
Current Job Market Candidates

Zhazira Alisheva Email: zhazira.alisheva@wsu.edu	Webpage: https://students.ses.wsu.edu/zhazira-alisheva/ Email: zhazira.alisheva@wsu.edu Dissertation Title: Three Essays on Health Economics Major Professor: Bidisha Mandal Research Interest: Health Economics, Applied Econometrics, Applied Microeconomics, Change Point Estimation Position Accepted: Post-doctoral researcher, National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Salim Ahmed Said Al Jahwari Email: s.aljahwari@wsu.edu	Webpage: https://students.ses.wsu.edu/salim-al-jahwari/ Dissertation Title: The International Economics of Gulf Cooperation Council Deficits and Reserves Major Professors: Dr. Jinhui Bai, Dr. Salvador Ortigueira, and Dr. Mark Gibson Research Interest: International Economics, Public Economics, Applied Econometrics Position Accepted: Financial Stability Executive, Central Bank of Oman
Nawwaf Mohammed Aljulaifi Email: nawwaf.aljulaifi@wsu.edu	Webpage: https://students.ses.wsu.edu/nawwaf-aljulaifi/ Dissertation Title: The Strategic Effects of Environmental Regulation on Investment in Environmental R&D and Advertising Major Professor: Ana Espinola-Arredondo Research Interest: Microeconomics, Industrial Organization, Environmental Economics Position Accepted: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, King Saud University
Botir Okhunjanov Email: botir.okhunjanov@wsu.edu	Webpage: https://students.ses.wsu.edu/botir-okhunjanov/ Dissertation Title: Three Essays on Applied Microeconomics Major Professors: Dr. Jill McCluskey, Dr. Ron Mittelhammer and Dr. Ana Espinola-Arredondo Research Interest: Industrial Organization, Applied Econometrics and Statistics, Environmental & Resource Economics Position Accepted: Visiting Assistant Professor, Denison University
Joshua Olsen Email: joshua.olsen@wsu.edu	Webpage: https://students.ses.wsu.edu/josh-olsen/ Dissertation Title: Essays on Wildland Fire and Housing Major Professors: Jonathan Yoder, Gregmar Galinato, and Randy Fortenbery Research Interest: Econometrics, Environmental Economics and Industrial Organization Position Accepted: Data Scientist/Economist at Colaberry Inc. for Bayer Crop Science
Tiana Randriamaro Email: mary.randriamaro@wsu.edu	Webpage: https://students.ses.wsu.edu/mary-randriamaro/ Dissertation Title: Essays on water utility economics and the value of time Major Professor: Joe Cook Research Interest: Behavioral Economics, Natural Resource Economics, Experimental Economics, and Environmental Economics Position Accepted: Economist at A2F Consulting in Rockville, Maryland
Golam Saroare Shakil Email: golamsaroare.shakil@wsu.edu	Webpage: https://students.ses.wsu.edu/golam-shakil/ Dissertation Title: Three essays in econometrics, agricultural and welfare economics Major Professors: Dr. Thomas L. Marsh, Dr. Jill McCluskey, and Dr. Ron Mittelhammer Research Interest: Econometrics and Applied Econometrics, International Trade and Policy, Agricultural Economics and Input Substitute Choice. Position Accepted: Post-doctoral researcher, Global Health Group, Washington State University
Azhar Uddin Email: azhar.uddin@wsu.edu	Webpage: https://students.ses.wsu.edu/azhar-uddin/ Dissertation Title: Essays on Development Economics and Consumer Demand: Evidence from Primary Data Major Professors: Shanthi Manian, R. Kariina Gallardo, and Jill McCluskey Research Interest: Development Economics, Experimental Economics, Consumer demand and novel technologies Position Accepted: Post-doctoral Research Associate Institute for Research and Education to Advance Community Health Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine Washington State University

2020-21 PhD Students Job Market Placement

Christopher Ambrose Webpage: https://students.ses.wsu.edu/christopher-ambrose Email:christopher.ambrose@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Three Essays on the Impacts of Recreational Marijuana Legalization Major Professor: Benjamin W. Cowan Research Interest: Health Economics, Applied Microeconomics, Applied Econometrics, Industrial Organization Position Accepted: Post-doctoral researcher, Murphy Institute, Tulane University, New Orleans
Yenjae Chang Webpage: https://students.ses.wsu.edu/yenjae-chang/ Email: yenjae.chang@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Three Essays on Market Power and Consumer Welfare Major Professor: Jia Yan Research Interest: Industrial Organization, Energy and Environmental Economics, Transportation Economics, Public Economics Position Accepted: Associate Research Fellow, Korea Energy Economics Institute
Xi Gu Webpage: https://students.ses.wsu.edu/xi-gu/ Email: xi.gu@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Essays on Consumer Demand and Production Risk Major Professor: Dr. Thomas L. Marsh Research Interest: Applied Microeconomics, Applied Econometrics, Consumer Demand, Agricultural Economics, Quantitative Methods Position Accepted: Colaberry, Data Scientist position at Bayer
Afrin Islam Webpage: https://students.ses.wsu.edu/afrin-islam/ Email: afrin.islam@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Essays on Food Choices and Health Outcomes Major Professors: Dr. Jill J. McCluskey, Dr. Thomas L. Marsh and Dr. Ron Mittelhammer Research Interest: Applied Econometrics, Economics of Media, Food Policy, Climate Change Position Accepted: Assistant Professor of Instruction, Department of Economics, Temple University, Philadelphia.
Jikhan Jeong Webpage: https://students.ses.wsu.edu/jikhan-jeong/ Email: Jikhan.Jeong@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Business Economics of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Big Data Major Professor: H. Alan Love Research Interest: Business Economics of AI and Big Data, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Discrete Choice Model, Energy Economics. Position Accepted: Visiting Assistant Professor of Data Science & Business Analytics, Florida Polytechnic University
Samantha Johnson Webpage: https://students.ses.wsu.edu/samantha-johnson/ Email: samantha.r.johnson@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Cause and Effect of Marketing Order Terminations Major Professors: Jill J. McCluskey and Mike Brady Research Interest: Agriculture, Industrial Organization, Applied Microeconomics Position Accepted: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Oklahoma.
Alexander Kappes Webpage: https://students.ses.wsu.edu/alexander-kappes/ Email: alexander.kappes@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: The Economics of Livestock Health, Disease, and Production Major Professors: Thomas L. Marsh and J. Shannon Neibergs Research Interest: Applied Statistical Learning, Agricultural Economics, Global Health and Development Position Accepted: Post-doctoral researcher, Global Health Group, Washington State University
Ashutosh Kumar Wepage: https://students.ses.wsu.edu/ashutosh-kumar/ Email: ashutosh.kumar@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Three Essays in Health and Environmental Economics Major Professor: Benjamin W. Cowan Research Interest: Applied Microeconomics, Health Economics, Development Economics Position Accepted: Post-doctoral researcher, Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Hao Li Webpage: https://students.ses.wsu.edu/hao-li/ Email: haoli.li@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Advances In Applied Agricultural and Experimental Economics Major Professor: Dr. Jonathan Yoder Research Interest: Primary: Applied Econometrics Secondary: Environmental and Natural Resources Economics, Agricultural Economics. Position Accepted: Data scientist, Bayer Crop Science LLC
HyunJin Lim Webpage: https://students.ses.wsu.edu/hyunjin-lim/ Email: hyunjin.lim@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Three Essays on Organic Agriculture Major Professor: Michael Brady Research Interest: Applied microeconomics, Agricultural economics, and Environmental and resource ecnomics Position Accepted: Deputy Director 2050 Carbon Neutrality Commission, Korea
Jugal Marfatia Webpage: https://jugalmarfatia.netlify.com Email: jugal.marfatia@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Application of Machine Learning in Health Economics. Major Professors: Jill J. McCluskey and Mike Brady Research Interest: Econometrics, Machine Learning, Data Science Position Accepted: Data Scientist, Analytics: Facebook
Chelsea Pardini Webpage: https://students.ses.wsu.edu/chelsea-pardini/ Email: chelsea.pardini@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Three Applications of Game Theory to Environmental and Conflict Economics Major Professor: Dr. Ana Espínola-Arredondo Research Interest: Primary: Environmental & Natural Resource Economics, Environmental Justice, Political Economy of Settler Colonialism Secondary: Health Economics, Industrial Organization Position Accepted: Post-doctoral researcher, New York University (Institute for Policy Integrity)
Joseph Patten Webpage: https://students.ses.wsu.edu/joseph-patten/ Email: joseph.patten@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Essays on Higher Education, Developmental Economics, and Esports Economics Major Professors: Dr. Ben Cowan and Dr. Jon Yoder Research Interest: Industrial Organization, Game Theory, Behavioral and Public Economics Position Accepted: Data Scientist, Capital One
Nicholas Potter Webpage: https://students.ses.wsu.edu/nicholas-potter/ Email: nicholas.a.potter@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Essays in Climate and Resource Economics Major Professors: Dr. Michael Brady Research Interest: Climate economics, Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Conflict, Spatial Econometrics, Bayesian Statistics Position Accepted: Economist, USDA
Mursaleen Shiraj Webpage: https://students.ses.wsu.edu/molla-shiraj/ Email: m.shiraj@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Applications of Causal Inference and Policy Analysis Major Professors: Dr. Ron Mittelhammer, Dr. Jill McCluskey and Dr. Jia Yan Research Interest: Applied Econometrics; Health Economics; Agricultural, Environmental and Natural Resource Economics. Position Accepted: Assistant Director-Research at Moody's Analytics, West Chester, PA.
Joshua Tibbitts Webpage: https://students.ses.wsu.edu/joshua-tibbitts/ Email: joshua.tibbitts@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: The Economics of Pain Major Professors: Jill McCluskey and Ron Mittelhammer Research Interest: Health Economics, Behavioral Economics, Pain, Public Economics Position Accepted: Assistant Professor, Brigham Young University, Idaho
Wenjun Wu Webpage: http://students.ses.wsu.edu/wenjun-wu/ Email: wenjun.wu2@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Three Essays on Fertility Decision Making Major Professors: Bidisha Mandal Research Interest: Development Economics, Health Economics, Behavior Economics, Econometrics Position Accepted: Tax Policy Specialist at Washington State Department of Licensing

2019-20 PhD Students Job Market Placement

Modhurima. Amin Webpage modhurima.amin@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Choices and Safety in the U.S. Retail Industry Major Professor: Jill J. McCluskey Research Interest: Applied Econometrics, Industrial Organization, Energy and Resource Economics, Change Points in High Dimensional Data Position Accepted: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Applied Econometrics, Statistics and Data Science, Texas Tech University
Syed Badruddoza Webpage s.badruddoza@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Retail Markets for Organic Dairy Major Professor: Jill J. McCluskey Research Interest: Retail Market Analysis, Agribusiness, Classifier Regression Models Position Accepted: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Applied Econometrics, Statistics and Data Science, Texas Tech University
Bain, Ryan Webpage ryan.bain@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Essays on Price Formation of Commodities and Consumer Goods Major Professors: Randy Fortenbery Research Interest: Food and Agricultural Economics, Applied Econometrics Position Accepted: Analyst, Oregon Public Utility Commission
Youngran Choi Webpage youngran.choi@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Essays on consumer choices and public health Major Professor: Thomas L. Marsh Research Interest: Primary: Applied Microeconomics, Applied Econometrics, Health Economics Secondary: Agricultural Economics Position Accepted: Tenure−Track Assistant Professor of Business Analytics, Embry−Riddle Aeronautical University
Christopher Clarke Webpage christopher.clarke@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Dissertation: Public Capital, Politics, and Inequality Major Professors: Ray Batina Research Interest: Public Policy, Applied Econometrics, Industrial Organization Position Accepted: Instructional Assistant Professor, University of Houston
J. Bradley Eustice Webpage jbradley.eustice@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Topics in Spatial-Temporal Economics Major Professor: Jia Yan Research Interest: Applied Microeconomics, Behavioral Economics, Applied Econometrics Position Accepted: Data Scientist. Lowe's Companies, Inc.
Dolores Garrido Webpage m.garridogarcia@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Innovation, Green Labels, and Consumer Preferences Major Professor: Dr. Ana Espinola-Arredondo and Dr. R. Karina Gallardo Research Interest: Primary: Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Game Theory, Consumer preferences for food, technology and information Secondary: Industrial Organization, Rural Development Position Accepted: Visiting Assistant Professor at Union College.
Hyeonjun Hwang Webpage hyeonjun.hwang@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Measuring, Designing and Simulating Treatments in Economics. Major Professor: Dr. Jonathan Yoder Research Interest: Applied Econometrics, Applied Microeconomics, Health Economics, Transportation Economics, Urban Economics, Public Policy Position Accepted: Associate Research Fellow, Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade
Anika Islam, Webpage: https://students.ses.wsu.edu/anika-islam/ Email: anika.islam@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Essays on Energy and Evnvironmental Economics" Major Professor: Dr. Ana Espinola Arredondo Research Interest: Energy Economics, Environmental and Resource Economics, Game Theory, Industrial Organization, Applied Econometrics Position Accepted: Economist, Washington DC
Webpage moses.luri@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Essays in water resource management and adaptation, and development economics Major Professors: Dr. Jonathan Yoder Research Interest: Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Applied econometrics, Applied Microeconomics, Development Economics, and System Resilience Modeling Position Accepted Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, College of Wooster, Ohio
James Miller Webpage james.miller@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Post Disability and Maternity Leave Employment – Considering Education Interactions and State Mandates Major Professor: Bidisha Mandal Research Interest: Health Economics, Health Policy, Disability and Family Leave Position Accepted: Ph.D. Economist, Idaho
Yousef Nazer Webpage youself.nazer@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Impacts of New Technology on Market Power: The Case of the Petroleum Industry Major Professors: Jill J. McCluskey and Alan Love Research Interest: Macroeconomics, Financial, and Energy Markets Sovereign Wealth Funds New Empirical Industrial Organization Position Accepted: Energy Program Officer, International Monetary Fund
Jake Wagner Webpage jake.wagner@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Three Essays in Resource Economics Major Professor: Joseph Cook Research Interest: Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries, Enviromental and Resource Economics, Non-market Valuation, Discrete Choice Economics Position Accepted: Assistant Research Professor, Washington State University
Yektansani, Kiana Webpage kiana.yektansani@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Essays in Environmental Regulation Design and Product Differentiation Major Professors: Ana Espínola-Arredondo, Jill J. McCluskey Research Interest: Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Industrial Organization, Mathematical and Stochastic Modeling, Behavioral Economics Position Accepted: Lecturer position at University of Illinois at Chicago

2018-19 PhD Students Job Market Placement

Kuan Ju Chen Webpage kuan718.chen@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Essays on Environmental Economics and Sustainable Energy Major Professor: Dr. Thomas L. Marsh Research Interest: Environmental and Resource Economics, Agricultural Economics, Experimental Economics, Applied Econometrics Position Accepted: Assistant Professor, University of Guam
Pak-Sing Choi Webpage paksing.choi@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Mechanism Design in Environmental Economics Major Professors: Félix Muñoz-García and Ana Espínola-Arredondo Research Interest: Environmental Economics, Industrial Organization, Applied Microeconomics, Public Economics Position Accepted: Assistant Professor, National Central University, Taiwan
Grant, Kara Webpage kara.grant@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Essays in Food and Health Economics Major Professors: Karina Gallardo and Bidisha Mandal Research Interest: Food Policy, Health Economics, Applied Econometrics, Industrial Organization Position Accepted: Assistant Professor of Economics, Missouri Western State University
Boris Houenou Webpage boris.houenou@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Essays on Health and Economics of Diseases Major Professors: Thomas L. Marsh and Bidisha Mandal Research Interest: Primary: Applied Econometrics, Health Economics, Development Economics, Natural Resources Economics Secondary: Public Economics, Financial Economics, Industrial Organization, Game Theory Position Accepted: Model Monitoring Analyst at Umpqua Bank
Ae Rin Jung Webpage aerin.jung@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Consumer Perception on Organic Mergers and Technology Adoption Major Professors: Ana Espínola-Arredondo and R. Karina Gallardo Research Interest: Applied Econometrics, Applied Microeconomics, Agricultural Economics Position Accedted: Post-Doctorate Position, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Korea
Jukwan Lee Webpage jukwan.lee@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Essays in Consumer Choice and Public Policy Major Professors: Jia Yan Research Interest: Applied Microeconomics, Industrial Organization, and Agricultural Resource Economics Position Accepted: Korea Institute for International Economic Policy
Kwan Young Lee Webpage kwan.lee@wsu.edu@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Trade in Agricultural Goods and Cultural Goods Major Professors: R. Karina Gallardo, Andrew Cassey Research Interest: Cultural industry research, trade, labor Position Accepted: Research Associate, Korea Culture and Tourism Institute, Cultural Industry Research Center
Zongyu Li Webpage zongyu-li@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Essays in Consumer Behavior and Grower Preference Analysis for Agricultural Economics Major Professors: R. Karina Gallardo and Vicki McCracken Research Interest: Behavioral economics and applied econometrics Position Accepted: Data Analytics Coordinator – Louisiana Department of Health
Timothy Nadreau Webpage timothy.nadreau@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Improved Methods for Characterizing Industries in Regional Economics Major Professors: Michael Brady and Philip Watson Research Interest: Regional Economics and Geography, Computable General Equilibrium Analysis, International Trade Position Accepted: Assistant Research Professor, Washington State University
HyunJyung Oh Webpage hyunjyung.oh@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Essays on Internal Household Dynamics Major Professor: Dr. Robert Rosenman Research Interest: Labor Economics, Spatial Econometrics, Social Economics, Development Economics Position Accepted: Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Business, Piedmont International University
Ryne Rohla Webpage ryne.rohla@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Policies, Politics, and Polities Major Professor: Gregmar I. Galinato Research Interest: Political Economy, Public Economics, Spatial Econometrics Position Accepted: Postdoctoral Scholar, UCLA
Xiaodong (Eric) Lang Webpage ericlang@wsu.edu@wsu.edu/small>	Dissertation Title: Essays on Transportation Economics, Energy Policy, and Supply Chain Finance Major Professors: Dr. Alan Love and Dr. Eric Jessup Research Interest: Applied Microeconomics, Energy Economics, Transportation Economics, Applied Econometrics, Industrial Organization, Financial Economics Position Accepted: Forensic Economist, Thomas Roney LLC Economic Consulting

2017-18 PhD Students Job Market Placement

Haseeb Ahmed Webpage haseeb.ahmed@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Livestock Management, Human Health and Welfare in Agricultural Households Major Professor: Benjamin Cowan Research Interest: Applied Econometrics, Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Health and Development Economics Position Accepted: Assistant Professor at Information Technology University Lahore Pakistan
Matthew Birch Webpage matthew.birch@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Financial Aid Policies and Enrollment Behavior in Higher Education Major Professor: Robert Rosenman Research Interest: Education Economics, Industrial Organization, Applied Econometrics, Public Policy Position Accepted: Assistant Professor at Texas Lutheran University
Nathan Delay Webpage nathan.delay@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Agricultural Risk Management Policy and Producer Decision Making Major Professors: Hayley H. Chouinard, Thomas L. Marsh Research Interest: Agricultural Policy and Risk Management, Applied Econometrics, Environmental and Natural Resource Economics Position Accepted: Assistant Professor at Purdue University
Anthony Delmond Webpage anthony.delmond@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Essays on Perception of Quality Major Professor: Jill J. McCluskey Research Interest: Industrial Organization, Applied Microeconomics, Applied Econometrics Position Accepted: Assistant Professor at University of Tennessee, Martin
Brett Devine Webpage brett.devine@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Essays on Industrial Organization Major Professor: Felix Munoz-Garcia and Jonathan Yoder Research Interest: Economics of Information and Entrepreneurship, Industrial organization, Development economics, Econometrics Position Accepted: Assistant Professor, Hamline University
Isaac Duah Webpage isaac.duah@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Essays in Energy and Policy Major Professor: Alan Love Research Interest: Energy Economics, Natural Resource and Environmental Economics, Applied Econometrics Position Accepted: Senior Regulatory Specialist, Commonwealth Edison, Chicago, IL
Eric Dunaway Webpage eric.dunaway@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Essays on Campaign Finance, Cheap Talk, and Vaccination Choice Major Professor: Félix Muñoz-García Research Interest: Industrial Organization, Game Theory, Behavioral, and Public Economics Position accepted: Assistant Professor, Wabash College
Zhuang Hao Webpage zhuang.hao@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Three Essays on Health Economics Major Professor: Benjamin W. Cowan Research Interest: Health Economics, Economics of Education, Public Economics, Labor Economics, Applied Microeconomics Position Accepted Assistant Professor of Economics at Beihang University, Beijing, China
Yeon A Hong Webpage yeona.hong@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Essays on Determinants of Environmental Outcomes, and Agricultural Policy Major Professors: Gregmar I. Galinato and R. Karina Gallardo Research Interest: Agricultural Economics, Environmental Economics, Applied Econometrics, Development Economics Position Accepted: Research Fellow at the Korea Rural Economic Institute
Dila Ikiz Webpage dila.ikiz@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Essays on International Trade, Development, and Agribusiness Major Professor: Karina Gallardo Research Interest: Primary: International Trade, Development Secondary: Agribusiness Position: Lecturer at Koc University, Turkey
Kiriti Kanjilal Webpage kiriti.kanjilal@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Essays in Behavioral Industrial Organization and Natural Resource Economics Major Professors: Dr. Félix Muñoz-García Research Interest: Microeconomics, Game Theory, Behavioral Economics, Natural Resource Economics, Energy Economics. Position Accepted: Assistant Professor, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi
Lyudmyla Kompaniyets Webpage l.kompaniyets@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Topics in Consumer Health Decisions Major Professor: Dr. Robert Rosenman Research Interest: Econometrics, Health Economics Position Accepted: Steven M. Teutsch Prevention Effectiveness Fellow, Center for Disease Control
Rui Luo Webpage rui.luo2@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Essays on Financial Economics Major Professor: Jia Yan Research Interest: Financial Economics, Corporate Finance, Financial Accounting, Asset Pricing Position Accepted: Assistant Professor at the University of International Business and Economics
Alisher Mamadzhanov Webpage mamajanov@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Markets For Energy and Local Food Major Professor: Jill McCluskey and Ana Espinola-Arredondo Research Interest: Natural Resource, Environmental Economics, Energy Economics Position Accepted: Environmental Affairs Officer, United Nations
Austin Miller Webpage austin.m.miller@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: On The Role of Psychological Variables in Decision Making Major Professor: Dr. Robert Rosenman Research Interest: Microeconomic Theory, Judgement and Decision Making, Economic Psychology, Public Policy Position Accepted: Assistant Professor, Hamline University
Jiehong Qiu Webpage jiehong.qiu@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Essays on Empirical Industrial Organization Major Professor: Dr. Jia Yan Research Interest: Empirical Industrial Organization, Applied Microeconomics, Applied Econometrics Position Accepted: Co-founder of Bayes Data Intelligence
Xinlong Tan Webpage xinlong.tan@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Three Essays on Empirical Industrial Organization Major Professor: Jia Yan Research Interest: Empirical Industrial Organization, Applied Econometrics, Transportation Economics Position Accepted: Chief Data Officer, Bayes Data Intelligence Technology Service Inc.
Xiangrui Wang Webpage xiangrui.wang@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Three Essays on Natural Resource Economics, Agricultural Policy, and Food Policy Major Professor: Ron C. Mittelhammer Research Interest: Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Agricultural Economics, Industrial Organization, Applied Microeconomics Position Accepted: Assistant Professor at Renmin University, China
Melissa A. Wright Webpage meliss.a.wright@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Essays on Food and Nutrition Policy Major Professors: Hayley H. Chouinard, Bidisha Mandal Research Interest: Agricultural Economics, Food Policy, Industrial Organization, Applied Econometrics Position Accepted: Assistant Professor, Delaware Valley University
Qingqing Yang Webpage qingqing.yang@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Three Essays on Health and Socioeconomic Status Major Professor: Robert Rosenman Research Interest: Health Economics, Behavioral Economics, Applied Econometrics, Natural Resource and Environment Position Accepted: Model Validation Analyst (AVP), Bank of the West BNP Paribas.
Haowei Yu Webpage haowei.yu@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Essays on Environmental Economics Major Professor: Gregmar I. Galinato Research Interest: Environmental Economics, Agricultural Economics, Applied Microeconomics Position Accepted: Postdoctoral Fellow, City University of Hong Kong
You Zhou Webpage you.zhou@wsu.edu	Dissertation Title: Issues in Public Infrastructure Spending and Transportation Major Professor: Gregmar I. Galinato Research Interest: Applied Microeconomics, Transportation Economics, Applied Econometrics, Development Economics, Trade Position Accepted: OBOR Fellow at University of Hong Kong