Maria I Marshall

Agricultural Economics

Professor

Phone

765.494.4268

Fax

765.494.9178

Office

Krannert Room 617

Address

403 West State Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907

mimarsha@purdue.edu

Personal Website

Curriculum Vitae

Professor Maria Marshall conducts an applied research, teaching, and Extension program in small and family business management, food marketing, and entrepreneurship. Dr. Marshall is the Director of the Purdue Initiative for Family Firms (PIFF).

Her research focuses on small business development and family business management. Her small and family business research is focused on areas such as the resource exchange between the household and the business, family business management, and marketing. She is particularly focused on the resource exchange between household and business when each system experiences a normative and non-normative shock. Dr. Marshall’s outreach and teaching programs seek to increase economic development through entrepreneurship. She received her M.A. from the University of Missouri, Kansas City and her Ph.D. in agricultural economics from Kansas State University.

Awards & Honors

(2013) Honorable Mention, Best Paper in Family Business. United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

(2011) Seed for Success Award, Purdue University. Purdue University.

(2010) 2010 Partnership Award for Multistate Efforts with the National Food MarketMaker Project. USDA-NIFA.

(2010) Distinguished National Extension/Outreach Program Individual: Less Than 10 Years Experience Award. Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.

(2009) Distinguished Extension/Outreach Program Award: Group. Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.

(2008) Early Career Award. PUCESA.

(2008) Sustainable Agriculture Outreach Award. Hoosier Environmental Council.

(2007) Purdue Agriculture Dean's Team Award. College of Agriculture.

(2006) 2006 PUCESA Team Award. PUCESA.

(2006) Outstanding Ag Econ Extension Website InVenture. American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA).

Selected Publications

Sydnor, S. B., Niehm, L., Lee, Y. G., Marshall, M. I., & Schrank, H. (2017). An Analysis of Post-Disaster and Disruptive Impacts on the Operating Status of Small Businesses after Hurricane Katrina. Natural Hazards, 85, 1637-1663.

McDonald, T. M., Marshall, M. I., & Delgado, M. S. (in press). Is Working with Your Spouse Good for Business? The Effect of Working with Your Spouse on Profit for Rural Businesses. Journal of Family and Economic Issues.

Torres Bravo, A. P., Marshall, M. I., Alexander, C. E., & Delgado, M. S. (2017). Are Local Market Relationships Undermining Organic Fruit and Vegetable Certification? A Bivariate Probit Analysis. Agricultural Economics, 48, 197-205.

Josephson, A. L., Schrank, H., & Marshall, M. I. (2017). Assessing preparedness of small businesses for hurricane disasters: Analysis of pre-existing owner, business and location characteristics. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 43, 25-35.

Josephson, A. L., & Marshall, M. I. (2016). The Demand for Post-Katrina Disaster Aid: SBA Disaster Loans and Small Businesses in Mississippi. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 24(4), 267-274. doi:10.1111/1468-5973.12122

Marshall, M. I., Niehm, L. S., Sydnor, S. B., & Schrank, H. L. (2015). Predicting Small Business Demise after a Natural Disaster: An Analysis of Pre-Existing Conditions. Natural Hazards, 79, 331-354. doi:10.1007/s11069-015-1845-0

Marshall, M., & Schrank, H. (2014). Small Business Disaster Recovery-A Research Framework. Natural Hazards, 72(2), 597-616. Retrieved from http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11069-013-1025-z

Croft, M. M., Hallett, S. G., & Marshall, M. I. (in press). Hydroponic Production of African Leafy Vegetables for Improving Nutritional Security and Economic Viability in Kenya. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems.

Veldstra, M., Alexander, C., & Marshall, M. (2014). To Certify or Not to Certify? Separating the Production and Certification Decisions. Food Policy, 49(2), 429-436.