Dwight Sanders

Dwight Sanders is a Professor in Agribusiness Economics at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He combines academic expertise with industry experience in production agriculture, commodity futures brokerage, and corporate roles at The Pillsbury Company and Darden Restaurants, Inc.

• Education: Ph.D. and M.S. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1995), and a B.S. in Economics from Missouri State University (1991).

His research focuses on forecasting, risk management, hedging strategies, and speculative impacts in commodity futures markets. He has contributed to understanding market dynamics, including the role of index funds and speculative trading.

Key trends in his publications include empirical analyses of commodity price volatility, financialization of agricultural markets, and the development of futures contracts for agricultural commodities. His work spans journals like Energy Economics and Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics.