Welcome to Saera Oh’s Personal Website

Hi! I’m a PhD candidate in the Department of Agriculture, Food & Resource Economics (AFRE), with a dual major in Economics at Michigan State University. I find joy in studying international trade 🚢, trade policy 🌐, development economics 🍀, and related issues. I love working with new data and developing skills in data acquisition, manipulation, and analysis. Before starting my PhD journey, I was a researcher at the Korea Rural Economic Institute, where I had the opportunity to learn about practical issues in international commerce and trade. I received both my Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees from Seoul National University in South Korea.

Contact: ohsaera@msu.edu

News 📢

💼 03/2025 Presentation at 2025 Midwest Economic Association (MEA) @ Kansas City.
📑 12/2024 “Geopolitical Risks and Agricultural Trade Diversification in Southern Africa: Port-level Evidence from the Russia-Ukraine War” published in Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
💼 07/2024 Presentation at 2024 Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting @ New Orleans.
💼 12/2023 Presentation at International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium (IATRC) Annual Meeting @ Clearwater Beach.
💼 07/2023 Presentation at 2023 Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting @ Washington D.C..
💼 12/2022 Presentation at International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium (IATRC) Annual Meeting @ Clearwater Beach.