Katelin Swanson
Research Assistant - Graduate
katelin.swanson@wsu.edu
0101 Clerical/Reception Office
2020 NE Wilson Rd.
https://people.wsu.edu/profile/katelin-swanson/
Education
- Ph.D. in Economics, Washington State University, 2023 (expected)
- Advisors: Randy Fortenbery and Jeffrey Luckstead
- Dissertation: Economic Applications in Food Production
- University of Washington
- Certificate of Data Science, 2023 (expected)
- Certificate of Statistical Analysis with R Programming, 2019
- B.S. in Finance, Mathematics, and Economics Magna Cum Laude, Linfield College – 2018
Research Interests
- Primary: Agricultural Economics, Health Economics
- Secondary: Economic Policy, Econometrics
Working Papers
- “The Impacts of COVID-19 on Employment in the Essential Food and Agriculture Sector” with Bidisha Mandal
- “The Impact of Revenue Protection Guarantees on Production of Wheat in Washington” with Jeffrey Luckstead & Randy Fortenbery
- “The Influence of Commodity Exchange Price Provisions on Farmer Production Choices” with Jeffrey Luckstead & Randy Fortenbery
Presentations
- “The Impact of Revenue Protection Guarantees on Production of Wheat in Washington” presented at:
- Western Agricultural Economic Association (WAEA) Annual Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, June 2022
- “The Impacts of COVID-19 on Employment in the Essential Food and Agriculture Sector” presented at:
- Agricultural and Applied Economic Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, August 2022
- School of Economic Sciences Student Seminar, Pullman, WA, October 2021
Research Experience
- Research Assistant to T. Randall Fortenbery — School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, U.S., 2019-2023
Teaching Experience
- Lecturer — Washington State University
- EconS 555 Managerial Economics (online): Fall 2022
- Sole Instructor of Record — Washington State University
- EconS 102 Fundamentals of Macroeconomics (online): Winter 2022
- EconS 101 Fundamentals of Microeconomics (online): Winter 2021
Skills
STATA, R, Python, SQL, LaTeX, MS Office
References
- Dr. Randy Fortenbery (Co-Chair)
- Professor, Thomas B. Mick Endowed Chair, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, r.fortenbery@wsu.edu
- Dr. Jeffrey Luckstead (Co-Chair)
- Associate Professor, Graduate Studies Chair, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, jluckstead@wsu.edu
- Dr. Bidisha Mandal(Committee member)
- Professor, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, bmandal@wsu.edu