| Name | Title | Main Advisor |
| Zhepeng Hu | Three essays on commodity markets | Teresa Serra; Phil Garcia |
| Anabelle Couleau | Price jumps and volatility in U.S. agricultural futures markets | Teresa Serra; Phil Garcia |
| Lei Yan | Essays on commodity investing and volatility risk | Phil Garcia |
| Beth Miller | Market Entry and Exit in the Spatial Ethanol Industry | Mindy Mallory |
| Christina Jolejole | Essays on Food Security | Mindy Mallory |
| Xiaoyang Wang | Price volatility and liquidity cost in grain futures markets | Phil Garcia |
| Kishore Joseph | Three essays in commodity futures markets | Phil Garcia |
| Xiaoli Etienne | Three Essays on Bubbles in Agricultural Futures Markets | Scott H Irwin |
| Jongmin Yu | Three Essays on Emission Credit Markets | Mindy Mallory |
| Andres Trujillo-Barrera | Essays on commodity price variability | Phil Garcia |
| Nicole M Aulerich (now Moran) | Three Essays on Agricultural Futures Traders | Scott H Irwin |
| Tianwei Zhang | Three Essays on Patronage Refunds and the Capital Structure of Farm Credit System Associations | Mindy Mallory |
| Stephen Emmanuel Armah | Assessing marketing and aid strategies to stimulate economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa | Phil Garcia |