Recent Graduate Applied Economics, Stata, SPSS, Statistical Analysis

Jonathan Weir

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Natchez, MS 39120

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Education

M.S. Agricultural Economics Purdue University 2018

B.S. Agribusiness Management Alcorn State University 2016

Academic Experience

Graduate Research Assistantship. Department of Agricultural Economics,

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. 06/16-08/18.

Non-Academic Experience

Sales Intern. Cargill Summer 2015

Accounting Intern. United Mississippi Bank Summer 2014

Advisor

Dr. Rhonda Phillips (2016 – 2018)

Research Interests

Environmental Economics

Development and Policy Economics

Food Insecurity

Local Food Systems

Awards, Funding, and Other Support

Grants

Agriculture & Applied Economics (AAEA) Travel Grant for workshop “Towards Engagement and Collaboration of 1890, 1862, Federal and Private Sector Institutions” 2018

Creating Pathways of Success for Black Graduate Students in the Food, Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Human Sciences (FANH) through the Development of Strategic Partnerships with Historically Black Land Grant Institution: Exploring Faculty Collaboration between Langston University and Purdue University 2018

Awards

Graduate Coordinator for the Mentoring @ Purdue “Summer Scholars

Program” National Land Grant Diversity Award Winner 2017-2018

Purdue Black Graduate Student Association Member of the Year 2016-2017

Alcorn Department of Agriculture Student of the Year 2015-2016

HBCU-Whitehouse All-Star 2015-2016

Publications and Scholarly Work

Works Under Review

Weir, J., & Phillips, R., Food Systems and Quality of Life: State Level Analysis, submitted to Ag. Food Systems and Community, July. 31, 2018.

Publications

Dominick, S., Widmar, N., Ruple, A., Z. Grennell Weir, J., & Acharya, L. (2018). The intersection of food insecure populations in the Midwest U.S. and rates of chronic health conditions (Vol. 7). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40066-018-0195-z

Thesis

Weir, J., The Impacts And Distribution Of States Incentives On Farm To School Programs: A Probability Model M.S. Thesis, Purdue University, Department of Agricultural Economics, 2018.

Presentations at Conferences, Symposia, and Workshops

Weir, J., The Impacts And Distribution Of States Incentives On Farm To School Programs: A Probability Model Presented at AAEA Annual Conference 2018

Phillips, R. & Weir, J. Exploring the Connections Between Local Food Systems and Community Health/Well-Being Presented at Community Development Society Annual Conference 2018

Jeong, D., Evans, A., & Weir, J., Optimizing the Expansion of the Purdue Transportation Service Vehicular Fleet: The Case for Electric Vehicles, Presented at AAEA Annual Conference 2017

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