Summer 2023

Christina Biedny (Ph.D.) - Exploring the Relationship Between Highspeed Broadband Internet and Economic Development: Three Essays on Availability and Impact - Brian Whitacre

 

Spring 2023

• Ryan Loy (Ph.D.) - Incorporating Flavor in a Wheat Breeding Program - Bailey Norwood
• Hannah Baker (M.S.) - Patch-Burning and Grazing: An Economic Analysis of Rangeland Management of Oklahoma Cow-Calf Producers - Hannah Shear
• Grace Baxter (M.S.) - Targeting Prime: Examining the Economic Elements Behind Wagyu-Influenced Cattle - Kellie Raper
• Jenna Bryant (M.S.) - Borrower Perceptions of Additional Lender Services: An Oklahoma AgCredit Example - Eric DeVuyst
• Kristina Harwell (M.S.) - Factors Affecting Respiratory Vaccination of Beef Cattle in Oklahoma - Amy Hagerman
• George Cole Patterson (M.S.) - Using Informative Bayesian Priors and On-Farm Experimentation to Predict Optimal Site-Specific Nitrogen Rates - Wade Brorsen
• Alicia Young (M.S.) - Factors Affecting Crop Insurance Use Among Underserved Producers - Cheryl DeVuyst
• Jacob Base (M.Ag) - Creative Component: - Wade Brorsen
• Sarah Kearns (M.Ag) - Creative Component: The Humane Society of Stillwater: Donor Database Dilemma - Bailey Norwood
• Jack Long (M. Ag) - Creative Component: Dual Use Wheat and Risk Management Alternatives for Oklahoma Cattle Producers - Derrell Peel
• Gavin McReynolds (M.Ag) - Creative Component - A Sensitivity Analysis Using a Fully Integrated Financial Model for OSU's Thermal Energy Storage System Initiative - John Michael Riley
• Gretchen Skaja (M.Ag) - Formal Report: Entrepreneurship Roadmap: Key Stages of Developing Business - Rodney Holcomb
• Gavin Stika (M.Ag) - Professional Internship with Boise Valley Feeders in Parma, Idaho - Wade Brorsen
• Jakob Uribe (M.Ag) - Creative Component is Career Liaison Schedule Optimization using GAMSIDE - Wade Brorsen

 

Fall 2022

• Joo Hun Han (Ph.D.) – The Impact of Aging and Underemployment on Income Disparity and Professional Networks and Technology Adoption; Advisor – Chanjin Chung
• Tori Marshall (Ph.D.) – Agricultural Firm Resilience to Disasters Domestically and Abroad: Applications in Animal Health; Advisor – Amy Hagerman
• Davood Poursina (Ph.D.) – Whole Farm Experimentation: Making It Profitable; Advisor – Wade Brorsen

 

Summer 2022

• Whoi Cho (Ph.D.) – COMBINING TWO SAMPLING METHODS, BAYESIAN MULTILEVEL MODELING, AND BUILD-MAINTENANCE SOIL PHOSPHORUS; Advisor - Wade Brorsen
• Yejun Choi (Ph.D.) – Analyses of Market Power for US and International Beef Markets; Advisor - Dayton Lambert
• Edwin Coleman (M.S.) – IMPACT OF CONSERVATION PROGRAMS ON GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTIONS FROM AGRICULTURAL LANDS IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS; Advisor - Bailey Norwood
• Claudia Alejandra Mendoza (Ph.D) – Three Essays on Rural Health Economics; Advisor - Brian Whitacre
• JeongSeung Kim (Ph.D.) – Intertemporal Change in Cost Efficiency and Its Determinants Using a Base Period Approach: An Evidence from Korean Rice Farms; Advisor - Chanjin Chung
• Miyeon Son (Ph.D.) – Two Essays on Equilibrium Displacement Models; Advisor - Dayton Lambert

 

Spring 2022

• Lindsey Ashinhurst (M.S.) – The Impact of COVID-19 on Food Assistance Requests at an Oklahoma Food Pantry; Advisor - Bailey Norwood
• Glenn Conover (M.S.) – Measuring Technical and Economic Efficiency of Rainfed Double Cropping Systems in the Southern Great Plains; Advisor - Lixia Lambert
• Greg Garrison (M.S.) – Cell Based Meat Budget and Igenity Panel Scores in a Cow-Calf Operation; Advisor - Wade Brorsen
• Emma Hayhurst (M.S.) – Resilience of Grain Storage Markets to Upheaval in Futures Markets; Advisor - Wade Brorsen 
• Ralph Jean-Pierre (M.S.) – An analysis of African Swine Fever Consequences on Rural Economies and Smallholder Swine Producers in Haiti; Advisor - Amy Hagerman
• Seokil Lee (Ph.D.) – PROBABILITY OF MIGRATION OF SUGARCANE APHID, CORRELATION OF WEATHER VARIABLES, AND IMPACT ON SORGHUM INFESTATION IN OKLAHOMA; Advisor - Jeff Vitale
• Camryn Lucas (M.S.) – Honey Production: What's the Buzz? Advisor - Notie Lansford
• Michael (Ethan) McGill (M.S.) – The Oklahoma Stocker Cattle Industry: Structure and Function; Advisor - Derrell Peel
• Jacob Sestak (M.S.) – Economics of Cover Crops, Tillage, and Cool-Season Grazing in Southern Great Plains Cattle Operations; Advisor - Wade Brorsen
• Sarah Spradlin (M.S.) – The Role of Beef Imports in the United States; Advisor - Bailey Norwood
• Erica Wiebe (M.S.) – A Preliminary Biological and Economic Analysis of Capsaicin Feed Additive in Feedlot Rations; Advisor - Eric DeVuyst
• Brock Wright (M. Ag.) – Internship; Advisor - Cheryl DeVuyst

 

Fall 2021

• Mengyu Yin (Ph.D.) – Essays on Horn Fly Control Economics in Stocker Cattle, Stocker Cattle Producer Purchasing Preferences, and Food Insecurity During Covid-19; Advisor - Kellie Raper

 

Summer 2021

• Yikuan Chen (M.S.) – Spatial Patterns in Hard Red Winter Wheat Quality and Basis; Advisor - Wade Brorsen
• Haotian Cheng (Ph.D.) – Consumer Choice Models Applied on a Biobased Product; Advisor - D. Lambert
• Kayla Hildebrand (Ph.D.) – Accounting for Attention Changes in Discrete Choice Experiments and Modeling Adverse Selection in the Cattle Procurement Market; Advisor - Chanjin Chung
• Amanda Upton (M.S.) – Evaluating Producer Decision Making Surrounding Calving Date in the U.S. Southern Plains; Advisor - Courtney Bir

 

Spring 2021

• Hallie Barnes (M.Ag.) – Creative Component - Benefit-Cost Analysis of Cattle Handling Facilities and Equipment for Calf Management Practice Adoption; Advisor - Kellie Raper
• Xuecheng Cai (M.S.) – Estimation of Postharvest Loss in the U.S. Wheat Supply Chain: Cost Benefit Analysis for Sensor-Monitoring System; Advisor - Phil Kenkel
• Robert Hemphill (M.S.) – The Desirability of Beef Sustainability and Traceability from the Perspective of Cow-Calf Producers; Advisor - Bailey Norwood
• Kayla Hintze (M.S.) – Economic Feasibility of Mixed-Species Grazing to Improve Rangeland Productivity; Advisor - Derrell Peel
• Yancheng Li (M.S.) – The Impact of Economic Growth on Adult Obesity Rates in Rural America; Advisor - Brian Whitacre
• Katie Welch (M.S.) – Economic Contribution and Impact Analysis of the 2019 Flood's Disruption of the Oklahoma McClellan-Kerr Navigation System; Advisor - Dave Shideler

 

Fall 2020

• Guy Buser (M.S.) – M.S. thesis per Holcomb 12-2020 will graduate F20 - Conceptual Design for Switchgrass Production Simulation in a Biomass Supply Chain Using GLADIS 2.0; Advisor - Rodney Holcomb
• Amanda Higgins (M.S.) – Implications of Book Versus Tax Based Patronage for Agricultural Cooperatives; Advisor - Phil Kenkel
• Jessica Richard (Ph.D.) – Three Essays Evaluating Improved Efficiency in a Cooperatively Owned Cotton Warehouse; Advisor - Phil Kenkel

 

Summer 2020

• Logan Britton (Ph.D.) – Evaluating Consumer Survey Responses with Identity Theory and Impacts of Alternative Responses to Foot-And-Mouth Disease in a Large Feedlot; Advisor -Bailey Norwood
• Heydi Calderon Ambelis (M.S.) – Supply Chain Optimization of a Conversion-Ready Biomass Blend For Cellulosic Ethanol Production; Advisor - Rodney Holcomb
• Ryan Loy (M.S.) – Economic Feasibility of an Oklahoma Switchgrass Biorefinery: What Role Does Infrastructure Play? Advisor - Jeff Vitale

 

Spring 2020

• Bernadette Chimai (Ph.D.) – Effects of the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act on the Volatility of Fed Cattle Prices and Price Uncertainty in U.S. Fed Cattle; Advisor - Chajin Chung
• Chun Du (M.S.) – Chinese Consumer Preferences For and Attitudes Towards Pecans; Advisor - Bailey Norwood
• Jung min Lee (Ph.D.) – Estimating Market Power of Agricultural and Food Industries: An Issue of Data Aggregation Bias; Advisor - Chanjin Chung
• Barrett Moore (M.S.) – The Effect of A Transitional Diet on Stocker Heifers Grazing Wheat Pasture; Advisor - Wade Brorsen
• Meredith Munson (M.S.) – Economic Comparison of Angus, Red Angus, and Aberdeen Cow-Calf production; Advisor - Eric DeVuyst
• Kaitlin Ramy (M.S.) – Perishable Food Date Label Best Practices and Consumer Willingness to Reduce Food Waste; Advisor - John Micheal Riley
• Gianni Ricci (M.S.) – A Sensory Analysis of Native, Kanza, and Pawnee Pecans; Advisor - Bailey Norwood
• Ty Smith (M.S.) – A Different Analysis of Rural Development's Business and Industry Loan Guarantee Program: The Impact on Tax Revenue in Oklahoma Communities; Advisor - Dayton Lambert
• Heng Wei (M.S.) – A Comparative Analysis of Expected Utility of Futures, Options, and Livestock Risk Protection Insurance: Which Hedging Tool is Desirable for Small, Medium, or Large Sized Feeder Cattle Producers Whose Farms are Low, Average, or High Management Risk; Advisor - John Micheal Riley

 

Fall 2019

• Rachel Woods (M.Ag.) – Creative Component - Economically-Optimal Planting Date of Dual-Purpose Wheat in the U.S. Southern Plains; Advisor - Eric DeVuyst
• Guy Buser (M.S.) – Creative Component - Conceptual Design for Switchgrass Production Simulation in a Biomass Supply Chain Using GLADIS 2.0; Advisor – Rodney Holcomb
• Christopher Jurgensmeyer (M.Ag.) – Creative Component - Utilizing Spent Mushroom Compost as a Feed Supplement in a Cow-Calf Operation; Advisor – Rodney Holcomb
• John Ng'ombe (Ph.D.) – Economics of the Greenseeder Hand Planter, Discrete Choice Modeling, and On-Farm Field Experimentation; Advisor – Wade Brorsen
• Heng Wei (M.S.) – A Comparative Analysis of Expected Utility of Futures, Options, and Livestock Risk Protection Insurance: Which Hedging Tool is Desirable for Small, Medium, or Large Sized Feeder Cattle Producers Whose Farms are Low, Average, or High Management Ris; Advisor - John Michael Riley
• Leann Westbrook (M.S.) – Optimal Beef Cow Stocking Rates in the U.S. Southern Plains; Advisor – Eric DeVuyst
• Mengyu Yin (M.S.) – Creative Component - Effect of Colored Shade Cloth Covers on Tomato Production and Economics in High Tunnel Growing Structures; Advisor - Brian Adam

 

Summer 2019

• Sunjin Ahn (Ph.D.) – Three Essays on Food Health and Food Security; Advisor – Bailey Norwood
• Whoi Cho (M.S.) – RI-PRF Crop Insurance Program Design; Advisor – Wade Brorsen
• Ryan Feuz (Ph.D.) – Three Essays: Valuation for and Marketing Spillover of Discolored Beef and Employer Willingness to Pay for Recent College Graduate Attributes; Advisor – Bailey Norwood
• Brian Mills (Ph.D.) – Three Essays on the Profitability of Precision Agriculture; Advisor – Wade Brorsen
• Bart Niyibizi (Ph.D.) – Spatial Smoothing of Corn Yield Trends and Robustness of the Impact of Climate on U.S. Corn Yields; Advisor – Wade Brorsen
• Dongrui He (M.S.) – Source Differentiated Beef Import Demand in China via LA/AIDS Model & China's Soybean Import Demand Analysis via a Differential Production Approach; Advisor – Shida Henneberry
• Machado, Pedro (Ph.D.) – Spatial Price Transmission, Transaction Costs, and Econometric Modelling: How Inference Can Be Improved When Accounting for Information on Transaction Cost? And Modeling Salmonella Spread in Poultry Production: Identifying Determinants and Control Strate; Advisor – Chanjin Chung
• Will Maples (Ph.D.) – Livestock Long Term Forecasting, Metaphylaxis Treatment, and Contracting Incentives; Advisor – Wade Brorsen
• Karthik Ramaswamy (Ph.D.) – Economics of Alternative Groundwater Management Strategies in Oklahoma; Advisor – Jeff Vitale

 

Spring 2019

• Zuhrah Alwahabi (M.S.) – A Food Pantry's Contribution Towards Reducing the Needs; Advisor – Bailey Norwood
• Aaron Ates (Ph.D.) – Three Essays on U.S. Household Food and Diet Preferences; Advisor – Rodney Holcomb
• Lauren Clark (M.S.) – Disaggregating Beef Demand: Data Limitations and Industry Perspectives; Advisor Derrell Peel
• Kelsey Conley (Ph.D.) – Essays on Millennial Food Demand, Community Development Grant Evaluation, and Broadband and Rural Housing Values; Advisor – Brian Whitacre
• Kwideok Han (Ph.D.) – Essays on School Size and Student Performance, Hay Yield and Weather Variation, and Economic Development Program Evaluation; Advisor - Chanjin Chung
• Wuit Yi Lwin (M.S.) – Price Transmission Behavior of Melons Market in China-Myanmar Border Trade and Demand System Analysis of Imported Melons in China Market; Advisor – Shida Henneberry
• Devon Meadowcroft (Ph.D.) – Essays on the Rural Opioid Crisis; Advisor – Brian Whitacre
• Brian Mulenga (Ph.D.) – Modeling Economic Thresholds of Wheat Streak Mosaic, Feedlot Cost of Gain Prediction, and Joint Adoption of Value-Added Cow-Calf Production Practices; Advisor – Kellie Raper
• Garrett Reed (M.S.) – Simulation of Alternative Farm Transition Strategies and Their Probability of Success; Advisor – Shannon Ferrel

 

Fall 2018

• Suling Duan (Ph.D.) – Economically Optimal Timing of Insect Control in Food Processing Facilities: A Real Option Approach; Advisor - Brian Adam
• McReynolds, Hannah (M.S.) – Financial Literacy Representation of Oklahoma State University Students; Advisor - Rodney Jones

 

Summer 2018

• Biedenbach, Abby (M.S.) – Feral Hogs, the Rainfall Index Annual Forage Program, and Pecan Irrigation; Advisor - Wade Brorsen
• Lee, Jung min (Ph.D.) – Estimating Market Power of Agricultural and Food Industries: An Issue of Data Aggregation Bias; Advisor - Chanjin Chung
• Lee, Kangil (Ph.D.) – Three Essays in Energy, Environmental and Regional Economics; Advisor - Brian Whitacre

 

Spring 2018

• Mark Buda (Ph.D.) – Economic Analysis of Structural Change in Feedlot Cattle Death Loss; Advisor - Kellie Raper
• Crossan, Zachary (M.Ag.) – Creative Component - Human Resource Management Practices in Agricultural Cooperatives; Advisor - Phil Kenkel
• Candi Ge (Ph.D.) – Precision Agriculture and Information Technology: The Value of Implementing a Whole-Chain Traceability System to Transfer Information in the Beef Industry and Using Eye-Tracking Technology to Improve Conjoint Analysis; Advisor - Brian Adam
• Hurt, Courtney (M.S.) – Market Failure in Disease Control: Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus (BVDv) and the Economic Feasibility of Enhanced Control in the Beef Cattle Industry; Advisor - Derrell Peel
• Manlove, Jacob (Ph.D.) – Three Essays on Broadband Adoption; Advisor - Brian Whitacre
• Osburn, Meagan (M.S.) – The Effects of State Pride and Proximity to State Borders on Consumer Demand for State Labeled Products; Advisor - Rodney Holcomb
• Stefenoni, Joe (M.S.) – An Exploration of the Effects of Beginning Debt Levels and Low Crop Commodity Prices on the Post Financial Downturn Financial Performance of Representative Crop, Livestock, and Diversified Farms in Oklahoma; Advisor - Rodney Jones
• Yang, Ruoye (Ph.D.) – The Influence of Perception, Recession and Income Strata on Consumer Demand for Protein Sources; Advisor - Kellie Raper

 

Fall 2017

• Jasdeep Banga (Ph.D.) – Machine Learning: A Potential Forecasting Tool; Advisor - Wade Brorsen
• Wonkyu Cha (Ph.D.) – Essays on Consumer Demand for Recreational Activities; Advisor - Tracy Boyer
• Haotian Cheng (M.S.) – Characteristics that Influence Financially Risky Occupational Choice; Advisor - John Michael Riley
• Tyler Williams (M.Ag.) – Formal report - Cost of Meeting Beef Cattle Nutrition Requirements Considering Hay Quality; Advisor - Damona Doye

 

Spring 2017

• Eryn Bell (M.S.) – Consumer Preference for Willful Ignorance on Animal Welfare Issues Used Swine Production; Advisor - Bailey Norwood
• Susan Brand (M.Ag.) – Formal Report - Estimating Non-Market Value for the Grand River Watershed; Advisor - Richard Melstrom
• Ahmad Ghaith (Ph.D.) – Economics of Household Solar Panel and Wind Turbine Systems; Advisor - Francis Epplin
• Blayne Horn (M.S.) – Risk Management Cash Requirements and Optimal Marketing Strategies for Winter Grazed Stocker Cattle; Advisor - John Michael Riley
• Kelyn Jacques (M.S.) – Midwesterners' Consumer Preference for Goat Meat in a Blind Sensory Analysis; Advisor - Bailey Norwood
• Patrick Kanza (Ph.D.) – Essays on African Rural Development and Environmental and Natural Resource Policy; Advisor - Jeff Vitale
• Trey Malone (Ph.D.) – Incorporating Behavioral Principles in Primary Data Collection and Analysis with Application to Beer Demand; Advisor - Jayson Lusk
• Clint Neill (Ph.D.) – Essays on Veterinary Economics; Advisor - Rodney Holcomb
• Robert Parrish (M.S.) – Investigating Enterprise Risk Management in the Context of Grain & Farm Supply Cooperatives; Advisor - Phil Kenkel
• Eunchun Park (Ph.D.) – Three Essays on Insurance and Option in Agricultural Economics; Advisor - Wade Brorsen
• Nurul Nadia Ramli (Ph.D.) – Essays on Economic Issues of Eastern Redcedar Encroachment; Advisor - Francis Epplin
• Rapp, Dillon (M.S.) – Applying the Cooperative Model to Veterinary Medicine: A Case Study of Shared Imaging Center; Advisor - Rodney Holcomb
• Meagan Rhodes (M.S.) – Determining Implicit Option Premiums for Government Farm Program Payments; Advisor - Eric DeVuyst