Meet the Team
Current Students
Joseph Lanser
Graduate Research Assistant
Project: Arizona State Parks Visitor Survey 2025-2026
Grayson Alt
Graduate Research Assistant
Project: Arizona State Parks Visitor Survey 2025-2026
Pradeep Kandel
Graduate Research Assistant
Project: Tribal Agriculture
Past Contributors
Ashley Bickel
Extension Economist
Her work focused on collaborating with Extension faculty and industry representatives across the state of Arizona to conduct economic impact and contribution studies.
Years: 2013-2023
Nick Tennes
Graduate Research Assistant
Project: Arizona State Parks Visitor Survey 2025-2026
Year: 2025
Rodrigo Guerra Su
Graduate Research Assistant
Project: The Arizona Horse Racing Economic Impact Study
Year: 2024
Andrew Soderberg
Graduate Research Assistant
Project: Visitor Impacts of Arizona Athletics Events FY 2023
Year: 2023
Joe Bronstein
Graduate Research Assistant
Project: Visitor Impacts of Arizona Athletics Events FY 2023
Year: 2023
Lina Benítez
Graduate Research Assistant
Project: The Fresh Produce Industry in Santa Cruz County, Arizona
Year: 2022
Brenda Jiménez
Graduate Research Assistant
Project: The Fresh Produce Industry in Santa Cruz County, Arizona
Year: 2022
Wenting Zheng
Graduate Research Assistant
Project: The Nature-Based Restorative Economy in Santa Cruz County, Arizona
Year: 2021
Stephanie Perez
Graduate Research Assistant
Project: Arizona’s Tree Nut Industry and Its Contributions to the State Economy
Year: 2019
Chenyang Hu
Graduate Research Assistant
Project: Contribution of Agriculture to the Maricopa County and Gila River Indian Community Economies
Year: 2018
Xinye Wu
Graduate Research Assistant
Project: Contribution of Agriculture to the Maricopa County and Gila River Indian Community Economies
Year: 2018
Runfeng Li
Graduate Research Assistant
Project: Contribution of the Golf Industry to the Arizona Economy in 2014
Year: 2016
Chris Avery
Graduate Research Assistant
Project: The Contribution of Small Grains Production to Arizona’s Economy
Year: 2016
Azhar Uddin
Graduate Research Assistant
Project: The Contribution of Arizona’s Vegetable and Melon Industry Cluster to the State Economy
Year: 2016