Dahye Kim
Major Professor: Dr. Zachariah Rutledge
Areas of Specialization: Consumer Economics, Labor Economics, Sustainability, Food Safety and Security
Dahye Kim is a 4th year Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics at Michigan State University. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from the University of Melbourne in Australia and a Master’s degree in Economics from Korea University in South Korea. Prior to joining the Ph.D. program, she worked for Korea Rural Economic Institute (KREI) and Korea Food Industry Association (KFIA) in South Korea.
Dahye is broadly interested in consumer and labor economics and has presented academic research at the country’s leading agricultural economics conferences. She is currently working on her dissertation, which aims to explore issues related to farm labor shortages in the United States.