The team
2024 Program Leaders and Faculty Fellows
Susan Chen, Ph.D.
- DSPG: Director
- Dept. of Agricultural and Applied Economics: Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director
Isabel Bradburn, Ph.D.
- DSGP: Fellow
- Human Development Family Science: Research Director, Strategic & Faculty Initiatives
![Michael Cary](/content/dam/aaec_vt_edu/dspg/2023/IMG_9999.jpg)
Michael Cary, Ph.D.
- DSPG: Lead and Fellow
- Dept. of Agricultural and Applied Economics: Research Assistant Professor
![Zhenshan Chen](/content/aaec_vt_edu/en/academics/undergraduate/dspg/team/_jcr_content/content/vtmulticolumn_758136_1582645549/vt-items_0/adaptiveimage_911658.img.jpg/1715025945464.jpg)
Zhenshan Chen, Ph.D.
- DSGP: Fellow
- Dept. of Agricultural and Applied Economics: Assistant Professor
Eric Kaufman, Ph.D.
- DSGP: Fellow
- Dept. of Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education: Professor and Associate Department Head
Nathaniel Porter, Ph.D.
- DSGP: Affiliate
- University Libraries: Social Science Data Consultant and Data Education Coordinator
Graduate Student Project Fellows
![Graduate Student Project Fellows: Piper Zimmerman, Michael McCloud, Yifan Wang](/content/dam/aaec_vt_edu/dspg/2024/Graduate%20Student%20Project%20Fellows.png)