Kennedy Odongo

Kennedy Odongo is a Lecturer and Ph.D. candidate in Economics at Washington State University's School of Economic Sciences. He holds an M.A. in Economics from Kent State University and an M.S. in Statistics from WSU. His research focuses on Microeconomics, Agricultural Economics, and Machine Learning applications in social and agricultural sciences.

Research interests include labor market dynamics, agricultural market analysis, and statistical reliability. He has presented work at venues like the University of Washington's Data For Good and Carnegie Mellon's Data Fest.

• Major Awards: Mercer Ranches Fellowship (2022), Data Science for Social Good Fellowship (2022)

Teaching experience includes leading Principles of Microeconomics courses and assisting in graduate-level Microeconomic Theory. He has served as a Research Assistant at WSU and Kent State, focusing on econometric methods and policy analysis.