MAB Faculty
The Master of Agribusiness program faculty are internationally recognized educators
at Kansas State University who have strong industry ties and have numerous national,
regional and university teaching awards to their names. Each brings their own
experience and background to the classroom.
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Dr. Amanor-Boadu uses his experience from industry and expertise in strategic management to help students understand the concepts and tools he presents. He encourages students to apply these concepts and tools to their daily business challenges to enhance their relevance and personalize the learning experience. |
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Dr. Bergtold demonstrates the power of today’s software packages to students, allowing them to solve complex problems in the workplace. Student project work from the course has been implemented widely by MAB students and their companies. Dr. Bergtold won the AAEA Distinguished Teaching Award for Less than Ten Years’ Experience. |
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This course applies economic principles to firm strategy. Economic concepts that are covered include market forces, demand, supply, individual consumer and firm behavior, and market structure. Economic tools and models are related to business strategies and real-world decision making throughout the course. Firm strategies that economic concepts are applied to include firm boundaries and cost structure, market and firm competition, strategic positioning, and internal organization. |
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Dr. Britton blends industry and academic experience to provide a course that examines the management of the flow of goods between the point of origin and the point of consumption with the objective of creating net value and building a competitive infrastructure for food and agribusiness firms. |
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Dr. Featherstone uses his expertise in finance to aid students in understanding the tools of finance and applying them to the firm. His experience lecturing internationally helps him address financial issues under various political and economic systems. He has received the American Agricultural Economics Association’s most prestigious graduate teaching award and its Quality of Communication Award. |
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Dr. Perry’s course is designed to provide an economic analytical framework useful for examining current issues involving agricultural policies, fiscal and monetary policies, international trade of agricultural commodities and products, and environmental and natural resources. Case studies are used to see the influences of trade, macroeconocmics, and natural resource policy on agribusiness firms. |
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Dr. Joe Parcell Dr. Parcell uses his 25 years of experience with risk management and policy solutions to help students identify strategic opportunities for businesses and individuals to become innovative, resilient, and profitable. His teaching style focuses on using systems design to model decision processes, providing solutions for agency-level questions. |
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Dr. Shanoyan uses a combination of theory and real-world examples to help students understand marketing and sales principles and practices in the complex world of animal health industry. The emphasis is placed on learning through applied problem-solving activities. |
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Dr. Swilley utilizes a variety of experiential and reflective exercises to make the link between theoretical concepts discussed in the course and the application of that material in the student’s organization. An emphasis is placed on managerial relevancy through readings and class discussions involving the latest in marketing strategy. Her course examines issues associated with buyer behavior, customer satisfaction and value, product positioning, advertising and promotion, branding and competitive analysis. |
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Many business courses focus on specific technical functions, such as accounting or marketing, which can be critical to organizational success. However, a lot of organizations fail even when their employees possess adequate technical skills. What is missing is often the ability to deal effectively with other people. In Behavioral Management Theory, students will learn about the people side of organizations. Specifically, this course will focus on gaining a better understanding of the behavior of individuals and groups within organizations. A great deal of emphasis will be placed on improving the skills needed to help manage others and your own career. |
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Computer Decision Tools for Agribusiness teaches you to create commonly-used business spreadsheets using Microsoft Excel. The course is a collection of problem sets to create spreadsheets that solve real-life business problems. In the course the most useful features and commands that have the potential to transform data into information with value for decision making are discussed. |
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Econometrics involves the application of statistical analysis to economic and business data in an effort to describe and predict market behavior. With an emphasis on real world applications, Dr. Yu’s course will show you how to use (or not use!) econometric analysis in business decision making. |
Vincent Amanor-Boadu 
Jason Bergtold 
Brady Brewer
Logan Britton
Allen Featherstone
Ed Perry
Alex Shanoyan 
Esther Swilley 
Bill Turnley 
Elizabeth Yeager 
Jisang Yu