Professor
LSU AgCenter
Matt Fannin is the William H. Alexander Professor of Rural and Community Development in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness at Louisiana State University. He has been with LSU since December 2003. In addition to teaching and advising students in regional economics and community development, his academic program includes research and extension components. His research program has included evaluating strategies around rural physician recruitment, rural hospital funding policies, and financial resilience of rural county and parish governments to tropical natural disasters in a changing federal policy environment. His research in recent years has focused on evaluating the role of wealth assets on economic prosperity and social mobility in rural and Micropolitan areas. His international experience began in research working in on economic models that helped promote peace and reconciliation in the border region between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. His current international education has focused in international comparative policy analysis of regional systems.
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Thursday, May 5, 2022
11:00 AM – 11:50 AM MDT