People

Current Personnel

Faculty and Researcher

Name/EmailTitle/AffiliationAreas of Research

Michael Boland

[email protected]

Professor, Department of Applied Economics - Director of the Food Industry Center
  • Production and Marketing Economics

Metin Cakir

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Director of Graduate Studies, Professor, Department of Applied Economics 
  • Consumer Behavior and Household Economics

Gigi DiGiacomo

[email protected]

Research Fellow
  • Organic Agriculture
  • Integrated Pest Management
  • Horticultural Economics
  • Sustainable Food Systems
  • Business Planning, Invasive Species

Nicholas Gallagher

[email protected]

Assistant Professor
  • Agricultural economics
  • Producer's economic research
  • Risk management
  • Structural modeling
  • Mathematical programming
  • Dynamic programming
  • Machine learning

Hikaru Peterson

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Professor, Department of Applied Economics 
  • Consumer Behavior and Household Economics

Chengyan Yue

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Professor, Department of Applied Economics and Department of Horticultural Science
  • Consumer Behavior and Household Economics
  • Trade and Development Economics
  • Production and Marketing Economics