People in Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology

Christopher McIntosh

Department Head, Professor

Office

Ag Science, Room 39A

Phone

208-885-0703

Email

mcintosh@uidaho.edu

Mailing Address

Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
University of Idaho
875 Perimeter Drive MS 2334
Moscow, ID 83844-2334

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College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology

Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 1987
M.S., University of Idaho, 1981
B.S., University of Idaho, 1978

Courses

AgEc 410: Experiencing the Idaho Agricultural Policy Making Process

Xiaoxue "Rita" Du

Assistant Professor

Office

Ag Science, Room 39D

Phone

208-885-4277

Email

xiaoxuedu@uidaho.edu

Mailing Address

Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
University of Idaho
875 Perimeter Drive MS 2334
Moscow, ID 83844-2334

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College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2017
M.S., University of Idaho, 2012
B.M., Tianjin Institute of Urban Construction, 2006

Course

AgEc 481: Agricultural Markets in a Global Economy
AgEc 533: International Trade and Policy

Language spoken other than English:

Mandarin

Xiaoli Etienne

Associate Professor & Idaho Wheat Commission Endowed Chair in Commodity Risk Management

Office

Ag Science, Room 25

Phone

208-885-5506

Email

xetienne@uidaho.edu

Mailing Address

Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
University of Idaho
875 Perimeter Drive MS 2334
Moscow, ID 83844-2334

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Xiaoli Etienne’s work seeks to identify core risks in the agricultural and energy sectors and offer solutions to address these risks.

College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology

Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 2013
M.S., University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 2009
B.A., Renmin University of China, 2007

Languages other than English spoken

Chinese

Patrick Hatzenbuehler

Associate Professor & Extension Specialist

Office

Room 63

Phone

208-736-3607

Email

phatzenbuehler@uidaho.edu

Mailing Address

Twin Falls Research and Extension Center
University of Idaho
315 Falls Avenue, Evergreen Bldg.
Twin Falls, ID 83301

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Patrick performs evidence-based research and extension work on agricultural commodity markets with a focus on market structure and conditions for crops grown in Idaho.

College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology

Ph.D., Purdue University, 2016
M.S., Louisiana State University, 2010
A.B., Georgetown University, 2006

Lorie Higgins

Professor & Extension Specialist

Office

Ag Science, Room 24

Phone

208-669-1480

Email

higgins@uidaho.edu

Mailing Address

Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
University of Idaho
875 Perimeter Drive MS 2334
Moscow, ID 83844-2334

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College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology

Ph.D., Washington State University, 2001
M.A., Washington State University, 1993
B.A., University of Montana, 1989

Katherine Lee

Associate Professor

Office

Ag Science, Room 29

Phone

208-885-5527

Email

katherinelee@uidaho.edu

Mailing Address

Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
University of Idaho
875 Perimeter Drive MS 2334
Moscow, ID 83844-2334

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Katherine's research focus is highly interdisciplinary, using economic and ecological concepts in mathematical models and empirical analyses in order to explore feedbacks between human and natural systems.

College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology

Ph.D., University of Wyoming, 2016
B.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2008

Courses

AgEc 451: Applied Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
AgEc 532: Natural Resource Economic and Policy

Paul Lewin

Associate Professor & Extension Specialist; Director, Rural Studies & Digital Economy programs

Email

plewin@uidaho.edu

Mailing Address

University of Idaho Boise
322 E Front St, Suite 222
Boise, ID 83702

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College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology

Ph.D., Oregon State University, 2011
M.S., Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, 2000
B.S., Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, 1998

Liang "Jimmy" Lu

Assistant Professor

Office

Ag Science, Room 27

Phone

208-885-5849

Email

llu@uidaho.edu

Mailing Address

Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
University of Idaho
875 Perimeter Drive MS 2334
Moscow, ID 83844-2334

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College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2017
M.S., University of Idaho, 2012
M.A., Nankai University, 2009
B.S., Yanshan University, 2006

Courses

AgEc 481: Agricultural Markets in a Global Economy
AgEc 534: Production Economics

Language spoken other than English:

Mandarin

Alexander Maas

Assistant Professor

Office

Ag Science, Room 28B

Phone

208-885-5786

Email

alexmaas@uidaho.edu

Mailing Address

Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
University of Idaho
875 Perimeter Drive MS 2334
Moscow, ID 83844-2334

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Maas’ research areas include the allocation and valuation of scarce resources, with a focus on water related issues. He is an interdisciplinary, applied economist with a particular focus on the economic implications of resource management and local policies.

College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology

Ph.D., Colorado State University
M.S., University of Connecticut
B.S., Boston University

Courses

AgEc 301: Managerial Economics: Production
AgEc 442/WR 542: Water Econ and Policy Analysis

Norm Ruhoff

Clinical Assistant Professor

Office

Ag Science, Room 39B

Phone

208-885-1707

Email

nruhoff@uidaho.edu

Mailing Address

Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
University of Idaho
875 Perimeter Drive MS 2334
Moscow, ID 83844-2334

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College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology

M.S., University of Idaho, 1988
B.S., University of Idaho, 1983

Courses

AGEC 278: Farm & Agribusiness Management
AGEC 289: Agricultural Markets & Prices
AGEC 468: Commodity Merchandising
AGEC 489: Futures & Options Markets
AGEC 489L: Applied Commodity Market Analysis

Hernan Tejeda

Associate Professor & Extension Specialist

Office

Room B48 or in Moscow: Ag Science, Room 37

Phone

208-736-3622

Email

htejeda@uidaho.edu

Mailing Address

Twin Falls Research and Extension Center
University of Idaho
315 Falls Avenue, Evergreen Bldg.
Twin Falls ID 83301

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College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology

Ph.D., North Carolina State University, 2010
M.B.A., University of Notre Dame, 2000
B.S.I.E., Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, 1990

Andres Trujillo-Barrera

Associate Professor & Director, Agricultural Commodity Risk Management Program

Office

Ag Science, Room 37

Phone

208-885-1151

Email

aatrujillo@uidaho.edu

Mailing Address

Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
University of Idaho
875 Perimeter Drive MS 2334
Moscow, ID 83844-2334

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Andres' research deals with understanding the role of risk on marketing and finance strategies in the food and agricultural industry.

College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology

Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2013
M.S., Illinois State University, 2006
B.S., Universidad de la Sabana, 2001

Course

AgEc 414: Financial Analysis of Agricultural Firms
AgEc 490: Commodity Price Analysis

Languages other than English spoken

Spanish

Philip Watson

Professor

Office

Ag Science, Room 30

Phone

208-962-1312

Email

pwatson@uidaho.edu

Mailing Address

Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
University of Idaho
875 Perimeter Drive MS 2334
Moscow, ID 83844-2334

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Watson is a natural resource and regional development economist whose research focuses on the role of natural resources in the economic health of communities and evidence based economic development planning.

College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology

Ph.D., Colorado State University, 2006
M.Ag., Colorado State University, 2003
B.S., Taylor University, 1998