06/02/2026
UGA Ag & Applied Econ
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AAE offers four undergrad majors: Ag Applied Econ, Agribusiness, Env Econ Mgmt and Hospitality Mgmt
06/02/2026
05/15/2026
๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐โ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐!
Thanks to the generous support of our alumni and industry partners, we celebrated the accomplishments of 39 outstanding students across all four of our majors. These recipients exemplify academic excellence, leadership, and a commitment to serviceโcore values of our department and the land-grant mission. We are proud of their achievements and grateful to the donors who make this recognition possible.
In addition, Conner Connects recognized students who have demonstrated exceptional scholastic achievement. Please join us in congratulating our outstanding juniors and seniors:
โข ๐๐ด๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐: Katie McNeese and Analyn Ingram
โข ๐๐ด๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐น๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ๐: Lucy Ray and Anna Clifton
โข ๐๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐: Henry Bush and Haden Drake
โข ๐๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐: Maverick Garcia and Jay Lavender
Among our phenomenal graduate students pursuing advanced degrees, we also congratulate this yearโs award recipients:
โข ๐๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ (Master of Agribusiness)
โข ๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ธ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ท๐๐น๐ถ (Master of Science)
โข ๐ฆ๐๐๐บ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ถ (Ph.D.)
Congratulations to all our award winnersโwe are proud of you and look forward to all that lies ahead!
05/02/2026
Each semester, one of the most rewarding parts of our work in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Georgia is celebrating our graduate students as they complete and defend their final research projects.
Please join me in congratulating the following students on successfully defending their technical papers (MAB), theses (MS), and dissertations (PhD):
๐๐๐ต๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ผ, MAB Candidate
๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด: ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ
๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป, MS Candidate
๐๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ช๐ฐ-๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ญ๐บ ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ: ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค ๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ช๐ต๐บ
๐ฆ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ธ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ, Doctoral Candidate
๐๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค๐ด: ๐๐น๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐น ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต, ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐ข๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด
๐๐ฎ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ข๐ต, Doctoral Candidate
๐๐ด๐ด๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐บ ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฐ๐ณ: ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ, ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ
๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ธ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ท๐๐น๐ถ, MS Candidate
๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐ด๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ช๐ข ๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด
๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ, MAB Candidate
๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ธ ๐๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ-๐๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ข ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ
๐ก๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ฎ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ต๐๐ถ๐ป, MS Candidate
๐๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ: ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐๐ด๐ฆ ๐๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ช๐ข
๐ง๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ช๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐บ๐๐ผ๐ป, MAB Candidate
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต
These projects reflect the breadth of applied economic research in our department, from health and labor markets to agricultural production, policy, and environmental sustainability. Congratulations to each of you on reaching this milestone, and best wishes as you take the next step in your careers.
04/22/2026
The ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ง๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป in the UGA Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics challenged graduate students to present their research in just three minutes using a single slide. It is a simple format, but not an easy one.
This yearโs competition highlighted the strength and relevance of our graduate research. Students tackled complex questions across agriculture, policy, and environmental systems, and translated them into clear, engaging presentations for a broad audience.
The ability to communicate research beyond academic settings is critical. Our students demonstrated not only strong analytical work, but also the ability to connect that work to real-world decisions.
Congratulations to all of our participants, and especially to this yearโs award winners:
๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
1st Place: Susmitha kalli
2nd Place: Kealey Collison
๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟโ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
1st Place: Katie Harper
2nd Place: Shiksh*t Parajuli
We also recognize the strong presentations from our additional participants: Aadesh Subedi, Kuhelika Ghosh, Ryan D'Aurelio, Saurabh Sharma, and Xinyu Zeng.
Thank you to our judges - Aaron Hrozencik, Ellen McCullough, and Lusi Xie - and to our faculty for supporting this event and continuing to build a strong culture of graduate research and communication.
04/01/2026
Agricultural economics is about more than markets. It is about understanding how people make decisions and how those decisions shape livelihoods around the world.
A new feature from the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences highlights the work of ๐๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต and how applied economics can be used to address global challenges in agriculture and development.
McCulloughโs research spans food systems transformation, agricultural productivity, and household decision-making in low income countries. From collaborating with the Ethiopian government on soil and profitability models to developing innovative methods for measuring how women allocate their time, she brings new insight into labor, productivity, and economic opportunity.
๐ข๐ป๐ฒ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ, ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น-๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ. Her research shows that traditional survey methods can misrepresent how households allocate time, particularly for unpaid labor. Improved measurement leads to better policy design and more effective development programs.
The feature, written by Maria Lameiras with photography by Katie Walker, does an excellent job highlighting both the innovation in McCullough's research and its real-world implications.
Read more on the ๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐:
UGA researcher studies the intersection of agriculture, data and human behavior | CAES Field Report From studying food systems at Stanford to advising the United Nations, Ellen McCullough uses data-driven research to understand how agricultural policy, labor and household decision-making affect livelihoods worldwide, especially for women in developing countries.
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