Andisheh Riahi is a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in Economics at the University of Memphis. Her current research focuses on international trade in agricultural products and examines how climate change, including extreme weather events, and political factors such as sanctions and geopolitical shocks affect global agri-food trade. She holds a Master of Arts in Economics from the University of Memphis and earned both a Master of Science and a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics from the University of Tehran.

Andisheh has independently taught undergraduate courses and served as a graduate teaching assistant for both undergraduate and graduate courses during her Ph.D. program. In July 2025, she received the Graduate Teaching Assistant Award at the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association annual meeting in Denver.