Alumni
Sharaban Anica
Major Professor: Dr. Levan Elbakidze
Dissertation Title: Clean Water Act Compliance
Graduation Date: May 2022
Placement: Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of California, Irvine
Email: stanica@mix.wvu.edu
Marziyeh Behalou-Horeh
Major Professor: Dr. Levan Elbakidze
Dissertation Title: Food Safety in the US: Regulation, Liability, and Tracing
Graduation Date: May 2022
Placement: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Purdue University
Email: mb0062@mix.wvu.edu
Ritika Khurana
Major Professor:
Dr. Levan Elbakidze
Dissertation Title: Carbon emissions, abatement and natural disasters: Politics and Social Institutions
Graduation Date: May 2022
Placement: Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Delaware
Email: rk0022@mix.wvu.edu
Sara Farhangdoost
Major Professor:
Dr. Xiaoli Etienne
Dissertation Title: Three Essays on Energy and Agricultural Price Analysis
Graduation Date: December 2021
Placement: Data Analyst, State Farm
Email: sf0041@mix.wvu.edu
Mohamed Shabani Kariburyo
Major Professor: Dr. Alan Collins and Dr. Paul Kinder
Dissertation Title: Essays in Spatial and Regional Economics
Graduation Date: December 2021
Placement: Economist Consultant, International Finance Corporation, The World Bank Group, and Adjunct Instructor at Johns Hopkins University
Email: mk0138@mix.wvu.edu
Bolarinwa Ajanaku
Major Professor:
Dr. Alan Collins
Dissertation Title: Three Essays on "Energy, Environment, and Developmental Economics
Graduation Date:
May 2021
Placement: Visiting Assistant Professor, Colby College
Email: baajanaku@mix.wvu.edu
Douglas Mugabe
Major Professor:
Dr. Levan Elbakidze
Dissertation Title: Three Essays on Production and Technical Efficiency
Graduation Date:
August 2020
Placement: Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics, St Olaf College
Email: domugabe@mix.wvu.edu
Fahad Alzahrani
Major Professor:
Dr. Alan Collins
Dissertation Title: Three Essays on Water Economics
Graduation Date:
May 2020
Placement: Assistant Professor, Agribusiness and Consumer Sciences, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Email: fa0003@mix.wvu.edu
Quinn Beeson
Major Professor:
Dr. Levan Elbakidze
Thesis Title: State Regulatory Heterogeneity and Clean Water Act Compliance
Graduation Date:
May 2020
Placement: Policy Manager, Alaska Policy Forum
Email: qrb0002@mix.wvu.edu
Kuan-Ming Huang
Major Professor:
Dr. Xiaoli Etienne
Dissertation Title: Three Essays in Applied Econometrics: Agricultural and Energy Economics
Graduation Date:
May 2020
Placement: Post-Doctoral Associate, University of Florida
Email: kh0060@mix.wvu.edu
Zachary Keeler
Major Professor:
Dr. Heather Stephens
Dissertation Title: Three Essays on Regional Economics
Graduation Date:
May 2020
Placement: Teaching Assistant Professor, Texas Tech University
Email: ztk0001@mix.wvu.edu
Alexandre Ribeiro Scarcioffolo
Major Professor:
Dr. Xiaoli Etienne
Dissertation Title: Three Essays on Regional Economics
Graduation Date:
May 2020
Placement: Assistant Professor, Georgia College
Email:
ar0044@mix.wvu.edu
Sam Taylor
Major Professor:
Dr. Heather Stephens
Dissertation Title: Three Essays in Applied Econometrics: Understanding Population Changes
Graduation Date:
May 2020
Placement: Assistant Director, WVU Energy Institute
Email: sptaylor@mix.wvu.edu
Elham Erfanian
Major Professor:
Dr. Alan Collins
Dissertation Title: Three Essays on Utilizing Spatial Econometrics in Natural Resource Economics related to Water, Health, and Energy
Graduation Date:
December 2019
Placement:
Visiting Professor, Ohio University
Email: elhamerfanian@mix.wvu.edu
Yiming He
Major Professor:
Dr. Alan Collins
Dissertation Title: Essays on Environmental, Energy and Land Economics in China
Graduation Date:
May 2019
Placement: Professor, South China Agricultural University
Email: yh0009@mix.wvu.edu
Collin Hodges
Major Professor:
Dr. Heather Stephens
Dissertation Title: Three Essays in Applied Econometrics
Graduation Date:
May 2019
Placement: Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics
Email: cdhodges@mix.wvu.edu
Marissa Meltzer
Major Professor:
Dr. Michael Strager
Graduation Date:
May 2019
Placement: Stormwater Program Specialist, Town of Mooresville, NC
Email: mameltzer@mix.wvu.edu
Michael O'Conor
Major Professor:
Dr. Alan Collins
Graduation Date:
May 2019
Thesis Title:
The Effects of Coal Capacity Retirement on Wholesale Electricity Prices: A Demand
Side Analysis
Placement: Financial Analyst, Federal Energy Regulatory Committee
Email: mco0001@mix.wvu.edu
David Aratuo
Major Professor:
Dr. Xiaoli Etienne
Dissertation Title: Three Essays on Tourism Demand and Economic Development in the United States
Graduation Date:
December 2018
Placement: Research Assistant, George Mason University
Email: dnaratuo@mix.wvu.edu
Brianne Firth
Major Professor:
Dr. Alan Collins
Dissertation Title: Regulatory and financial influence of federal government activities on local economies: A three essay approach
Graduation Date:
December 2018
Placement: Economic Analyst, Washington State Employment Security Department
Email: brzimmerman@mix.wvu.edu
Zarina Ismailova
Major Professor:
Dr. Xiaoli Etienne
Thesis Title: Quantifying the Announcement Effects in the US Lumber Market
Graduation Date:
December 2018