Joel Cuffey

Joel Cuffey

  • Associate Professor
  • Graduate Program Officer
  • Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology
334-844-3518
jmc0180@auburn.edu
4012 Haley Center
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Cuffey Lab
Academic Programs

Education

  • Ph.D., Applied EconomicsUniversity of Minnesota

  • M.S., Agricultural and Consumer EconomicsUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • B.A.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Professional Experience

  • 2025-present: Associate Professor, Auburn University
  • 2018-2025: Assistant Professor, Auburn University

Research

I am interested in how consumers interact with food markets, and the implications of this for food and agriculture marketing, agribusiness, retail strategy, and public health. I combine large secondary data sources with primary data collection to draw out novel insights.

Courses

  • AGEC 3080 – Futures and Options Marketing
  • AGEC 5030 – Agricultural Prices
  • AGEC 7700 – Research methods (M.S./Ph.D.)
  • AGEC 8060 – Theory of Agricultural Markets

Publications

    For a current list of publications, see my Google Scholar profile.