Faculty Research Interests
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Agricultural Business, Economics and Policy
The Department of Agricultural Sciences at Texas State University has four faculty members, supported by a research associate, with expertise in various issues related to agricultural, resources, and environmental economics. The faculty conduct high-quality research and publish their research outputs in reputable academic journals, books, book chapters and extension outlets. Our researches address important agricultural, natural resource, and environmental issues that are of importance to stakeholders at various levels and are supported by state, federal and international funding agencies as well as private businesses. One of our faculty is serving in the Management Entity of Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish funded by USAID. The faculty are constantly working to garner more funding support for conducting scholarly research for the betterment of agricultural and allied sectors, and to support students through internships, travel grants, assistantships etc.
Aditi Angirasa - Professor
aa05@txstate.edu
Research interests:- Production Economics
- International Trade
- Agricultural Finance
- Economic Development
Dr. Madan Dey - Professor
mmd120@txstate.edu
Research interests:- Aquaculture and fisheries economics
- Food and agricultural sector modeling
- International agricultural development
- Agricultural and food policy
- Food economics
- Agricultural markets and price analysis
Xiangping Liu - Assistant Professor
xiangping_liu@txstate.edu
Research interests:- Environmental Evaluation and Policies
- Natural Resource Economics and Conservation
- Applied Econometrics
- Agricultural and Food Policy
- Development Economics
- Policy Interactions and Policy Conflicts
Dr. Pratheesh Sudhakaran - Assistant Professor
prateesh81@txstate.edu
Research interests:- Aquaculture and fisheries economics
- Food safety economics
- Natural resource economics
- Experimental economics
- Production economics
- Consumer behavior
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Agricultural Education
Dr. Doug Morrish - Professor in Agricultural Education and Assistant Dean, College of Applied Arts
dm43@txstate.edu
Dr. Ryan Anderson - Assistant Professor
r_a461@txstate.edu
Research interests:- Agricultural Education Teacher preparation
- Inservice Agricultural Education Teacher needs
- STEM in Agricultural Education
- Teaching & Learning of Agricultural Mechanics
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Agricultural Mechanics
Dr. Ryan Anderson - Assistant Professor
r_a461@txstate.edu
Research interests:- Agricultural Education Teacher preparation
- Inservice Agricultural Education Teacher needs
- STEM in Agricultural Education
- Teaching & Learning of Agricultural Mechanics
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Animal Science
Dr. Elizabeth Benavides - Assistant Professor
eab145@txstate.edu
Research interests:- Goat and small ruminant production
- Goat and small ruminant physiology
- Animal endocrinology and technology
- Reproductive physiology and endocrinology
Dr. Merrit Drewery - Assistant Professor
m_d553@txstate.edu
Research interests:- Developmental programming as it relates to nutrition and environment
- Optimization of prepubertal programs to increase later-life productivity
- Evaluation of novel ingredients in existing livestock production systems
- Identification of holistic health treatments to replace antibiotic usage
- Interplay between agriculture and human nutrition
- Beef and dairy cattle nutrition
Dr. Reed Richardson - Professor
cr36@txstate.edu
Research interests:- Processing grain sorghum, corn, and low quality crop by-products to increase starch and/or cellulose digestibility and to improve mineral utilization
- Evaluation of potential oxidation/reduction modulation using both in-vitro and in-vivo models
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Crops, Soils and Horticulture
Dr. Tina Waliczek Cade - Professor
tc10@txstate.edu
Research interests:- Human Issues in Horticulture/Horticultural Therapy/Sociohorticulture
- Service-learning
- Composting
- Quality of Life
- Invasive Species
Dr. Ken Mix - Associate Professor
km77@txstate.edu
Research interests:- Soil Health
- Botanical Insecticides
- Small Farmers and Ranchers
Dr. Nicole Wagner - Assistant Professor
nwagner@txstate.edu
Research interests:- Controlled environment agriculture systems
- Fruit and vegetable crop production
- Nutrient recycling through organic waste
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