Agricultural Economics Research Overviews
Agricultural Economics Research Overview
Dr. Nicole Olynk Widmar 
Dr. Channing Arndt & Dr. Erwin Corong 
Dr. Valerie Kilders 
Dr. Farzad Taheripour Research Overview
The mission of the Department of Agricultural Economics is to acquire and transmit new economic knowledge to the citizens of Indiana, the nation, and the world to support more informed decisions.
Research Areas
- AGRIBUSINESS
- PRICES AND MARKETS
- PRODUCTION/FARM MANAGEMENT
- AGRICULTURE POLICY
- ENVIRONMENTAL/ENERGY/RESOURCES
- INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT
- REGIONAL AND SPATIAL ECONOMICS
- SMALL BUSINESS/COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Research Centers
- CENTER FOR COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE
- CENTER FOR FOOD & AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS
- CENTER FOR FOOD CONSERVATION AND WASTE REDUCTION
- CENTER FOR FOOD DEMAND ANALYSIS & SUSTAINABILITY
- CENTER FOR GLOBAL TRADE ANALYSIS (GTAP)
- CENTER FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
- DIGITAL INNOVATION IN AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMS LABORATORY
- INDIANA COUNCIL FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION
- NORTH CENTRAL REGIONAL CENTER FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
- PURDUE INSTITUTE FOR FAMILY BUSINESS
- STATE UTILITY FORECASTING GROUP
The Global Trade Analysis Project’s (GTAP) network connects the department with over 12,500 policy analysts and researchers worldwide
FACULTY BY RESEARCH AREA
- Jay Akridge akridge@purdue.edu
- Joana Colussi jcolussi@purdue.edu
- Scott Downey downeyws@purdue.edu
- Brenna Ellison bdelliso@purdue.edu
- Chad Fiechter cfiechter@purdue.edu
- Ken Foster kfoster@purdue.edu
- Allan Gray gray@purdue.edu
- Bhagyashree Katare bkatare@purdue.edu
- Valerie Kilders vkilders@purdue.edu
- Trey Malone tjmalone@purdue.edu
- Maria Marshall mimarsha@purdue.edu
- Lourival Monaco lmonacon@purdue.edu
- Kwamena Quagrainie kquagrai@purdue.edu
- Ariana Torres torres2@purdue.edu
- Ellen Van Loo evanloo@purdue.edu
- Nicole Olynk Widmar nwidmar@purdue.edu
- Steven Wu sywu@purdue.edu
- Channing Arndt carndt@purdue.edu
- Jonathan Bauchet jbauchet@purdue.edu
- Maksym Chepeliev mchepeli@purdue.edu
- Bernhard Dalheimer bdalheim@purdue.edu
- Michael Delgado delgado2@purdue.edu
- Thomas Hertel hertel@purdue.edu
- Carson Reeling creeling@purdue.edu
- Juan Sesmero jsesmero@purdue.edu
- Gerald Shively shivelyg@purdue.edu
- Farzad Taheripour tfarzad@purdue.edu
- Dominique van der Mensbrugghe vandermd@purdue.edu
- Joana Colussi jcolussi@purdue.edu
- Chad Fiechter cfiechter@purdue.edu
- Michael Langemeier mlangeme@purdue.edu
- Nicole Olynk Widmar nwidmar@purdue.edu
- Joseph Balagtas balagtas@purdue.edu
- Bernhard Dalheimer bdalheim@purdue.edu
- Brenna Ellison bdelliso@purdue.edu
- Chad Fiechter cfiechter@purdue.edu
- Ken Foster kfoster@purdue.edu
- Allan Gray gray@purdue.edu
- Roman Keeney rkeeney@purdue.edu
- Valerie Kilders vkilders@purdue.edu
- Todd Kuethe tkuethe@purdue.edu
- Meilin Ma mameilin@purdue.edu
- Trey Malone tjmalone@purdue.edu
- Laura Montenovo lmonteno@purdue.edu
- Jacob Ricker-Gilbert jrickerg@purdue.edu
- Dominique van der Mensbrugghe vandermd@purdue.edu
- Ellen Van Loo evanloo@purdue.edu
- Nicole Olynk Widmar nwidmar@purdue.edu
- Steven Wu sywu@purdue.edu
- Channing Arndt carndt@purdue.edu
- Uris Baldos ubaldos@purdue.edu
- Jonathan Bauchet jbauchet@purdue.edu
- Maksym Chepeliev mchepeli@purdue.edu
- Bernhard Dalheimer bdalheim@purdue.edu
- Ken Foster kfoster@purdue.edu
- Thomas Hertel hertel@purdue.edu
- Russell Hillberry rhillber@purdue.edu
- Meilin Ma mameilin@purdue.edu
- Maria Marshall mimarsha@purdue.edu
- Jacob Ricker-Gilbert jrickerg@purdue.edu
- Gerald Shively shivelyg@purdue.edu
- Farzad Taheripour tfarzad@purdue.edu
- Dominique van der Mensbrugghe vandermd@purdue.edu
- Channing Arndt carndt@purdue.edu
- Joseph Balagtas balagtas@purdue.edu
- Jonathan Bauchet jbauchet@purdue.edu
- Joana Colussi jcolussi@purdue.edu
- Bernhard Dalheimer bdalheim@purdue.edu
- Ken Foster kfoster@purdue.edu
- Russell Hillberry rhillber@purdue.edu
- Mindy Mallory mlmallor@purdue.edu
- Jacob Ricker-Gilbert jrickerg@purdue.edu
- Ellen Van Loo evanloo@purdue.edu
- Nicole Olynk Widmar nwidmar@purdue.edu
- Steven Wu sywu@purdue.edu
- Jonathan Bauchet jbauchet@purdue.edu
- Roberto Gallardo robertog@purdue.edu
- Trey Malone tjmalone@purdue.edu
- Maria Marshall mimarsha@purdue.edu
- Kwamena Quagrainie kquagrai@purdue.edu
- Jacob Ricker-Gilbert jrickerg@purdue.edu
- Ariana Torres torres2@purdue.edu
- Michael Delgado delgado2@purdue.edu
- Russell Hillberry rhillber@purdue.edu
- Guy Tchuente gtchuent@purdue.edu
Nicole Olynk Widmar, Department Head
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Agricultural Economics