Information on the Auburn Applied Economics PhD

Graduate Information

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Funding	Concentration	Faculty	Apply to the Graduate School
Auburn	Handbook	Alumni

Faculty

Ag Economics

Forestry

Economics

Faculty work closely with students in small classes graduates move to careers in academics, industry, government first year core courses count toward an MS emphasis on application & policy.

Student Funding

Tuition waivers and limited stipends for graduate research assistants (GRAs). For more information contact Graduate Program Officer Henry Kinnucan.

GRAs in forestry economics available from the School of Forestry & Wildlife Sciences.

Graduate teaching assistantships GTAs may be available at Auburn for students with masters degrees.

Local colleges hire economics instructors and in state tuition waivers at Auburn may be arranged.

Areas of Concentration

resource economics
international economics
market analysis
production analysis
statistics

Auburn University

AU has 22,000 students & 3,000 graduate students
good housing & recreation facilities
quiet spacious campus
graduate school
international students
AU Library
Auburn is located 1.5 hours from Atlanta Airport with shuttle service
Atlanta is a major cultural and business center
30 minutes from Columbus, Georgia
1 hour from Montgomery, Alabama
1.5 hours from Birmingham, Alabama
3.5 hours to the Gulf Beaches
von Mises Economics Institute near campus

City of Auburn

Ample housing close to campus.
Part of Auburn/Opelika SMSA population 100,000+.
Light traffic, easy transportation, low cost of living.
Auburn city schools.

State of Alabama

lots of outdoor activities
temperate climate

Alumni

Partial list of over 100 alumni. Email Henry Thompson to update information.

Ram Achraya Arizona State University	Frank Adams Kennesaw State University	Bill Anderson North Greenville College	Evelyn Belleza
Ghandhi Bhattarai Auburn University - Montgomery	Don Boudreaux Chair, Economics Department, George Mason University	Mark Brandly Ball State University	Oscar Cacho University of New England, Australia
Pete Calcagno Wingate University	Christy Chang Taiwan National University, Taiwan	Cassandra Copeland Oglethorpe University	Jerry Crews Auburn University
Stephanie Crofton Highpoint University	Joan Danielson USDA/GISPA	Audrey Davidson University of Louisville	Cheryl Dorton City of Columbus Georgia
Greg Dempster Hampden-Sydney College	Terry Disney USDA-APHIS, Colorado	Luis Dopico Private Economist	José Falck ISNAR, The Hague
George Ford Telecommunications Consultant	Jon Ford California State University, Channel Islands	Paula Gant Duke Energy	Paul Gentle Chinese University
Linda Hadley Dean of Business, Columbus State University	Terry Hanson Mississippi State University	Hussein Hebicha	Art Hakobyan Operations Analyst, Sustainable Development Unit, Europe & Central Asia, World Bank
Julie Harrington Economist, State of Florida	Nathanael Hishamunda Food and Agriculture Organization, UN, Rome	Chung-Feng Hsia Agricultural Council of Taiwan	Xiao Hui Risk Management, American Express
Ghassam Ifram National Bank of Jordan	Marina Irimina American University of Sharjah	Justin Isaacs Hampden-Sydney College	John Ivey Aquila Energy
Sarah Jackson University of Louisiana-Lafayette	Kenrett Jefferson Moore North Carolina A & M	Andres Juarequi Columbus State University	Simran Kahai University of Akron
Alison Keefe Kennesaw State University	Sandy Klein	Ebenezer Kolajo	Alex Kondeas Greensboro College
Pierre Justin Kouka West Africa Rice Development Association	Tridoyo Kusumastanto	Marshall Lamb National Peanut Research Lab, USDA, Dawson, Georgia	Sonja Langley Prairie View A&M University
James Larriviere Adams State College	Richard John Lichtkoppler	Carel Ligeon Auburn University Montgomery	Wen Rong Liu Feng Chia University, Taiwan
Mostafa Malki University of Texas - Brownsville	John McKissick University of Georgia	Thomas McQuade Trinity College	Yuliang Miao Analyst, American Express, New York
Frank Mixon Mississippi State University	Regina Melo Catholic University, Brazil	Surajadeen Olowolayemo	Tian-Jen Pan
Jerry Parrish Triumph Motorcycle Company	T.C. Peng Feng Chia University, Taiwan	Rand Ressler University of Louisiana, Lafayette	Keith Reutter Nathan Associates
Shawn Ritenour Grove City College	Fernando Sedano Manufacturers Alliance	Kasazi Maurice Shalishali Columbus State University	Macki Sissoko Norfolk State University
Sarah Skinner University of Louisiana, Lafayette	H. Arlen Smith Retired, Stuart VA	Narin Smith Georgia Power	Leonard Steven Smutko North Carolina State University
Hossana Solomon Sophie Copy, Auburn	Chien Feng Tai	Tim Terrell Liberty University	John Thompson Econ One Research
Srisuda Thungsuwan Bangkok University	Mark Thornton Senior Fellow, Ludwig von Mises Institute	Derek Tittle Adjunct Faculty, Georgia Tech	Hugo Toledo American University of Sharjah
Rebecca Jane Travnichek University of Missouri, Extension	Marc Ulrich SoCal Edison	Kamal Upadhyaya University of New Haven	Doug Walker Georgia College & State University
Chris Westley Jacksonville State University	Hui Xiau	Mark Yanochik Georgia Southern University	Shixne Yu Analyst, Wells Fargo Bank
Fernando Zanella Catholic University of Unisinos, Brazil	Juliet Zheng Navistar	Yuking Zheng Cornell University	Armineh Zhorabian Center for Disease Control, Atlanta

Last Updated: December 08, 2011