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
Adusumilli, Naveen Associate Professor Water Policy,
Production Economics,
Natural Resource Economics
225-578-2727 nadusumilli@agcenter.lsu.edu
Ator, Don Senior Instructor & Undergraduate Advisor Natural Resource Economics,
Economic Development,
Benefit Cost Analysis
National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA),
Compliance Documentation
225-578-2375 dator@lsu.edu
Bampasidou, Maria Associate Professor Agricultural Finance,
Labor Supply,
Program Evaluation
225-578-2367 mbampasidou@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 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
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 LSU Alumni Association Alumni Professor Econometrics,
Operations Research,
Finance and Agribusiness,
Marketing,
Prices,
International Economic
Development
225-578-2719 hzapata@agcenter.lsu.edu