People

Last Name Title Area of Interest Phone Email
Kennedy, Lynn Department Head
Agricultural Economics
& Agribusiness		 International Trade,
Agricultural Trade Policy		 225-578-3282 lkennedy@agcenter.lsu.edu
Biswas, Trina Senior Instructor & Director of Undergraduate Studies and Research International Trade,
Agricultural Trade Policy		 225-578-2759 tbiswa1@lsu.edu
Caffey, Rex Donald E. Welge Endowed Professor
Director - Center for Natural Resource
Economics and Policy
Director - Marine Extension,
Louisiana Sea Grant		 Coastal Restoration Economics,
Ecosystem Service Valuation,
Fisheries Management,
Benefit-Cost Analysis,
Project Feasibility		 225-578-2393 rcaffey@lsu.edu
Deliberto, Michael Associate Professor and Louisiana Farm
Bureau Endowed Professor
in Agricultural Policy		 Farm Management,
Crop Production Economics,
Commodity Farm Policy		 225-578-7267 mdeliberto@agcenter.lsu.edu
Fannin, Matt William H. Alexander Endowed Professor Rural Development,
Regional Economics		 225-578-0346 mfannin@agcenter.lsu.edu
Goyal, Raghav Assistant Professor Agricultural Economics &
Agribusiness		 225-578-4567 rgoyal@agcenter.lsu.edu
Guo, Jinggang Assistant Professor Forest Sector Modeling,
Land-Use Change,
Bioenergy and Carbon
Sequestration		 225-578-0344 jguo@agcenter.lsu.edu
Li, Qingxiao Assistant Professor Agribusiness,
Consumer Economics,
Food and Agricultural
Economics,
Industrial Organization		 225-578-4566 qli@agcenter.lsu.edu
Lim, Sunghun Assistant Professor International Agricultural
Trade and Development,
Global Value Chains,
Structural Transformation,
Migration,
Political Economics		 225-578-2766 slim@agcenter.lsu.edu
Niu, Huizhen Instructor and AEGIS Laboratory Manager Geographic Information System
(ArcGIS),
Remote Sensing,
Spatial Data Analysis		 225-578-2716 hniu@agcenter.lsu.edu
Penn, Jerrod

Martin D Woodin Endowed Professor

Associate Professor of Environmental/Resource Economics & Sustainability

 Environmental and Resource
Economics,
Marketing and Consumer
Economics,
Experimental Economics		 225-578-2753 jpenn@agcenter.lsu.edu
Richard, Jessica

Instructor

 Production Economics, Dairy Markets and Policy 225-578-2375 jricha14@lsu.edu
Schafer, Mark Associate Professor/Director
of Graduate Studies		 Sociology of Education,
Comparative International
Development,
Globalization,
Rural Sociology,
Social Change,
Sociology of the Family		 225-578-5357 mschaf1@lsu.edu
Zapata, Hector Past President of the LSU Alumni Association Alumni

Professor		 Econometrics,
Operations Research,
Finance and Agribusiness,
Marketing,
Prices,
International Economic
Development		 225-578-2719 hzapata@agcenter.lsu.edu
Zheng, Jiameng Assistant Professor Environmental Economics and Policy, Health Economics 225-578-7229 jiamengzheng@agcenter.lsu.edu