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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



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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


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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



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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



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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

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



Mugabe

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



Alzahrani

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


Beeson

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


Huang

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



Keeler

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



Scarcioffolo

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



Taylor

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



Erfanian

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


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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

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



Meltzer

Marissa Meltzer

Major Professor: Dr. Michael Strager

Graduation Date: May 2019

Placement: Stormwater Program Specialist, Town of Mooresville, NC

Email: mameltzer@mix.wvu.edu



O'Connor

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



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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 



Firth

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


Islamovia

Zarina Ismailova

Major Professor: Dr. Xiaoli Etienne

Thesis Title: Quantifying the Announcement Effects in the US Lumber Market

Graduation Date: December 2018

Email: zi0002@mix.wvu.edu