Trina Biswas is an Instructor and the Director of Undergraduate Studies at the Department
of Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness at Louisiana State University. She received
her Ph.D. in Applied Economics from LSU in 2015. She also worked at LSU and at the
University of Florida as a Post-doctoral Research Associate. As a post-doctoral researcher
at LSU, her area of research was Rural Development Economics. At the University of
Florida, her research focused on International Trade and Production Economics.
She currently teaches introductory & intermediate microeconomics, intermediate Linear
Programming, and International Trade courses. She is also the undergraduate internship
coordinator for the department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness. Her research
focuses on the area of international trade and development economics. She is also
interested in doing Diversity and inclusion research related to LGBTQ+ studies.
Dr. Biswas is highly involved in the diversity, equity, and inclusion work at LSU.
Currently, she serves as a co-advisor for the Tigers for cultivating Change club,
a Safe Space member, and a Grace advocate at LSU. She volunteers for the LSU International
Programs. She has served as a Diversity & Inclusion champion for the College of Agriculture
from January 2021 to December 2022.
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana,
2015
M.S. Economics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2012
M.A. Economics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, 2009
B.A. (Honors) Economics, Minor in Mathematics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India,
2007
AGEC 4613 - International Trade (Spring 2021)
AGEC 3700 - Internship (Spring 2023)
AGEC 3413 - Agricultural Business Management Decisions (Fall 2022)
AGEC 3003 - Economic Analysis in Agricultural Business (Spring 2023)
AGEC 2003 - Introduction to Agricultural Economics (Spring 2023)
ECON 2010 - Principles of Macroeconomics (Spring 2012)
