People

Current Students

Basile Tomeho
- Degree: M.S. in Agricultural Economics (Expected Summer 2027)
- Role: Thesis Committee Member

Hudu Abukari (M.S., Summer 2026, Co-Advising with Dr. Kevin Kim)
- Thesis: Agricultural Land Value and Institutional Investors
- Next Step: Ph.D. student at The University of Kansas (Fall 2026–)
Caren Mwange (M.S., Summer 2025, Co-Advising with Dr. Brenna Jungers)
- Thesis: The role of community preparedness in influencing migration after natural disasters
- Next Step: Ph.D. student at Michigan State University (Fall 2025–)
Sabina Regmi (M.S., Summer 2024)
- Thesis: Meta-analysis of Consumers’ willingness to pay for broadband
- Next Step: Ph.D. student at Colorado State University(Fall 2024–)
Jessica Browne (M.S., Summer 2023, Co-Advising with Dr. Seong Yun)
- Thesis: Regional Economic Impacts of Enterococcus-Related Beach Closures in Mississippi
- Current Position: Business Process Analyst, Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation
Sabin Dawadi (M.S., Summer 2023)
- Thesis: What Makes Firms Survive Longer? A Survival Analysis using Hazard Function for Mississippi Establishments
- Next Step: Ph.D. student at Oregon State University (Fall 2024–)
Mckenzie Boyce (Carvalho) (M.S., Summer 2022)
- Thesis: U.S. financial literacy: Does urban-rural residency matter?
- Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison (2026)*
- Current Position: Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University (Jan. 2026–) /

Logan Mattingly (M.S. in Agricultural Economics, Summer 2026)
- Thesis: Uncovering Latent Dimensions of Nutritious Food Access in the U.S.: An Area-Level Food Environment Measurement Framework
Adam Nathan (M.S. in Agricultural Economics, Summer 2025)
- Thesis: Effects and Associations of Dollar Stores on Community Health Factors
Mahesh Tiwari (M.S. in Forestry, Fall 2023)
- Thesis: Heirs’ Property Disputes in Forestlands, Partition Actions and the Determinants of Court Verdicts
Noel Irwin (M.S. in Agricultural Economics, Summer 2022)
- Thesis: The Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Food Security of Mississippians
Shannon Giscombe (M.S. in Agricultural Economics, Summer 2022)
- Thesis: Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables in the Mississippi Delta and the Role of the Food Environment

Mary Barnes (Oct. 2023 – May 2025)
- Project: Understanding the Causes and Effects of Teen Birth in Rural Communities (CAL/MAFES URSP)
Macy Leach (Fall 2021 – Spring 2022)
- Co-advised with Seong Yun
- Project: Economic Impacts of Mississippi Beach Closures by E. Coli and HAB