Education
PhD, Agricultural Economics Oklahoma State University (2017)
MS, Agricultural Economics Oklahoma State University (2013)
Economics and Spanish Helzberg School of Management, Rockhurst University (2010)
Biography
Trey Malone is an agri-food economist whose primary research interests are agribusiness entrepreneurship and public policy impacts on agri-food supply chains. He has published over 70 research articles in outlets including Food Policy, Journal of Business Venturing Insights, and the American Journal of Agricultural Economics. He and the students he has advised have collectively received dozens of awards and fellowships, including the Emerging Scholar Award from the Southern Agricultural Economics Association, Farm Journal Magazine's 40 under 40, and the Presidential Award for Excellence in Research and Communication from the Food Distribution Research Society. Dr. Malone’s research has been funded by high-profile agencies such as the National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Agriculture, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the World Wildlife Fund. Before joining Purdue, he was a faculty member at the University of Arkansas and Michigan State University. He earned his master's and doctorate degrees from the Department of Agricultural Economics at Oklahoma State University and his bachelor's from Rockhurst University. Prior roles include Agricultural Economics Fellow for Sustainable Food Systems for the Farm Foundation and Managing Editor at Agricultural & Resource Economics Review. He currently serves as North American Managing Editor at the International Food and Agribusiness Review and editor of the Journal of Regulatory Economics. His insights have been featured in popular press outlets, including the New York Times, TIME Magazine, CNBC, CNN, USA Today, Fast Company, and Popular Science.
