Theses and Dissertations

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