Teaching

My teach­ing at Louisiana State University in­cludes un­der­grad­u­ate and grad­u­ate courses in en­vi­ron­men­tal eco­nom­ics, non­mar­ket val­u­a­tion, wa­ter re­source eco­nom­ics, and ap­plied re­search meth­ods.

Courses taught

Graduate stu­dent men­tor­ship

• Xiaowen Huang — Ph.D., Dissertation com­mit­tee co-chair
• Yebon Cha — M.S., Thesis com­mit­tee chair
• Wyatt Fakler — M.S., Thesis com­mit­tee co-chair (graduated Summer 2026)

Thesis and dis­ser­ta­tion com­mit­tee mem­ber­ships

• Juyong Yoo — Ph.D., Dissertation com­mit­tee mem­ber (2025)
• Atiyeh Sakeni — M.S., Thesis com­mit­tee mem­ber (2025)
• Daniel Harris — M.S., Thesis com­mit­tee mem­ber (2025)
• Amelia Yadeth López Castilblanco — M.S., Thesis com­mit­tee mem­ber (current)

Undergraduate re­search men­tor­ship

• Garrett Wainright — Undergraduate re­search co-ad­vi­sor

Student Research Recognition

Garrett Wainright (2026) — “Hedonic Analysis of Invasive Aquatic Plants on Property Values in Louisiana” (Co-advised by Jiameng Zheng and Jerrod Penn).

• 1st Place, AAEA Undergraduate Student Paper Competition
• 2nd Place, Oral Presentations — STEM Disciplines, LSU Discover Day
• Runner-Up, E.J. Ourso College of Business, LSU Discover Day

Selected pro­fes­sional ser­vice

• Grant Review Panelist, USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI).
• Topic Leader, Health Economics Section, Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA).
• Journal re­viewer for Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Journal of Political Economy: Microeconomics, Land Economics, Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, and other jour­nals.

For pub­li­ca­tions and other aca­d­e­mic ac­tiv­i­ties, see my Research page or cur­ricu­lum vi­tae.