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Food and Resource Economics Department

Food and Resource Economics Department

DIRECTORY

FACULTY / STAFF / GRADUATE STUDENTS / EMERITUS and COURTESY FACULTY

Faculty

Lisa House

Lisa House

Department Chair & Professor
Consumer Behavior

 
 
 
 
 
Charles Moss

Charles Moss

Associate Department Chair & Professor
Agricultural Economics & Finance

 
 
 
 
 
James Anderson

James Anderson

Professor
Marine Economics

 
 
 
 
 
Thomas M. Anderson Jr.

Thomas M. Anderson Jr.

Assistant Professor
Marine & Natural Resource Economics

 
 
 
 
 
Lijun (Angelia) Chen

Lijun (Angelia) Chen

Assistant Professor
Agribusiness

 
 
 
 
 
Jennifer Clark

Jennifer Clark

Instructional Associate Professor
Agribusiness

 
 
 
 
 
Christa Court

Christa Court

Associate Professor & Director of Economic Impact Analysis Program
Regional Economics

 
 
 
 
 
Edward 'Gilly' Evans

Edward 'Gilly' Evans

Professor & REC Director
Tropical Research & Education Center

 
 
 
 
 
Fan Fan

Fan Fan

Assistant Professor
Agribusiness Finance

 
 
 
 
 
Di Fang

Di Fang

Associate Professor
Health Economics

 
 
 
 
 
Derek Farnsworth

Derek Farnsworth

Associate Professor
Agribusiness

 
 
 
 
 
Zhifeng Gao

Zhifeng Gao

Professor & Graduate Coordinator
Consumer Behavior

 
 
 
 
 
Jared Gars

Jared Gars

Assistant Professor
Policy & Development Economics

 
 
 
 
 
Zhengfei Guan

Zhengfei Guan

Associate Professor
Agricultural Economics & Trade

 
 
 
 
 
Malek Hammami

Malek Hammami

Assistant Professor
Agricultural Economics

 
 
 
 
 
Bachir Kassas

Bachir Kassas

Associate Professor
Consumer Behavior

 
 
 
 
 
Hayk Khachatryan

Hayk Khachatryan

Professor
Consumer Behavior

 
 
 
 
 
Young Kim

Young Kim

Assistant Professor
Environmental Economics

 
 
 
 
 
Jaclyn Kropp

Jaclyn Kropp

Professor
Policy and Finance

 
 
 
 
 
John Lai

John Lai

Associate Professor
Consumer Behavior

 
 
 
 
 
Sherry Larkin

Sherry Larkin

Professor and Director of Florida Sea Grant
Marine Economics

 
 
 
 
 
Conner Mullally

Conner Mullally

Associate Professor
Development Economics

 
 
 
 
 
Michael Olexa

Michael Olexa

Professor & Director of Law Center
Law and Natural Resources

 
 
 
 
 
Gulcan Onel

Gulcan Onel

Associate Professor
Agricultural Economics & Labor

 
 
 
 
 
Nathan Palardy

Nathan Palardy

Assistant Professor
State and Local Government Policy

 
 
 
 
 
Xiaohui (Sherry) Qiao

Xiaohui (Sherry) Qiao

Research Assistant Professor
Geospatial Disaster Analytics, Agroinformatics

 
 
 
 
 
Andrew Ropicki

Andrew Ropicki

Associate Professor
Marine Economics

 
 
 
 
 
Olesya Savchenko

Olesya Savchenko

Associate Professor
Environmental Economics

 
 
 
 
 
Andrew Schmitz

Andrew Schmitz

Professor
Agricultural Economics

 
 
 
 
 
Misti Sharp

Misti Sharp

Instructional Associate Professor, Undergraduate Coordinator
Resource Economics, Teaching

 
 
 
 
 
Caleb Stair

Caleb Stair

Senior Lecturer / Associate Instructional Professor
Agricultural Economics & Policy

 
 
 
 
 
Suzanne Thornsbury

Suzanne Thornsbury

Professor
Agricultural Economics & Policy

 
 
 
 
 
Pilar Useche

Pilar Useche

Professor
Development Economics

 
 
 
 
 
Tara Wade

Tara Wade

Associate Professor, SW Florida Research & Education Center
Natural Resource Economics

 
 
 
 
 
Patrick Ward

Patrick Ward

Associate Professor
Development Economics

 
 
 
 
 
Al Wysocki

Al Wysocki

Professor
Associate Dean for Teaching

 
 
 
 
 
Bixuan Yang

Bixuan Yang

Research Assistant Professor

 
 
 
 
 
Sungeun Yoon

Sungeun Yoon

Assistant Research Scientist
Citrus Economics and Marketing

 
 
 
 
 
Xumin Zhang

Xumin Zhang

Instructional Assistant Professor
Agribusiness & Consumer Behavior

 
 
 
 
 

Adjunct Faculty and Postdoctoral Associates


Jordan Moor

Jordan Moor

Postdoctoral Associate

 
 
 
 
 

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