Ph.D/Post-Doc Alumni
Ph.D. Fellows

Justin Callais
Ph.D. Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2022
Assistant Professor of Economics, College of Business Administration, University of
Louisiana at Lafayette, 2022-
Advisor — Jamie Bologna Pavlik

Israt Jahan
Ph.D. Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2022
Assistant Professor of Economics, College of Business Administration, University of
Wisconsin La Crosse, 2022-
Advisor — Jamie Bologna Pavlik

Daniel Sánchez-Piñol
Ph.D. Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2022
Staff Economist, Texas Public Policy Foundation, 2022-2023
Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Probasco Distinguished Chair of Free Enterprise,
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 2023-
Advisors — Kevin Grier and Jamie Bologna Pavlik

Jorge Romero-Habeych
Ph.D. Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2020
Assistant Professor of Economics, School of Business, Western New Mexico University,
2020-
Advisor — Darren Hudson

Michael Makovi
Ph.D. Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2020
Assistant Professor of Economics, Northwood University, 2020-
Advisors — Alexander Salter and Jamie Bologna Pavlik

Gonzalo Macera
Ph.D. Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2020
Advisors — Benjamin Powell and Eduardo Segarra
Edwar Escalante
Ph.D. Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2019
Instructor of Economics, Norris-Vincent College of Business, Angelo State University/Research
Associate, Free Market Institute, TTU,2019-2022
Assistant Professor of Economics, ASU/Research Assistant Professor, TTU, 2022-
Advisor — Adam Martin
Glenn Furton
Ph.D. Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2019
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Classical Liberal Institute/Foundations of the Market
Economy, New York University, 2019-2021
Assistant Professor of Economics, College of Business, Metropolitan State University
Denver, 2021-
Advisor — Adam Martin
Raymond March
Ph.D. Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2017
Assistant Professor of Economics, San Jose State University, 2017-2018
Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics,
North Dakota State University, 2018-
Advisor — Adam Martin
Audrey Redford
Ph.D. Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2016
Assistant Professor of Economics, School of Economics, Management, & Project Management,
Western Carolina University, 2016-2022
Assistant Professor of Economics & Business, Hampden-Sydney College, 2022-
Advisors — Benjamin Powell and Adam Martin
Research Staff

Linan Peng
Ph.D. Economics, George Mason University, 2019
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, 2019-2021
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics, School of Business and Leadership, DePauw
University, 2021-2022
Assistant Professor of Economics, College of Business, Southeastern Louisiana University,
2022-

Samuel Absher
Ph.D. Economics, University of Oklahoma, 2018
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, 2018-2019
Associate Economist, RAND Corporation, 2019-
Vincent Geloso
Ph.D. Economic History, London School of Economics and Political Science, 2016
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, 2016-2018
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics, Bates College, 2018-2019
Assistant Professor of Economics, King's University College, 2019-2021
Assistant Professor of Economics, George Mason University, 2021-
Kathleen Sheehan
Ph.D. Economics, West Virginia University, 2014
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, 2014-2015
Assistant Professor of Economics, Heider College of Business, Creighton University
2015-2021
Associate Professor of Economics, Heider College of Business, Creighton University,
2021-
Rick Weber
Ph.D. Economics, Suffolk University, 2014
Research Associate, 2013-2014
Assistant Professor of Economics, Farmingdale State College, 2014-2021
Associate Professor of Economics, Farmingdale State College, 2021-
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