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Walter Ac-Pangan
Walter Ac-Pangan, Instructor | Expertise: Agribusiness, Forecasting and Price Analysis, Machine Learning, International Trade
Elinor Benami
Elinor Benami, Assistant Professor | Expertise: Development economics; environmental and natural resource economics
Bovay
John Bovay, Associate Professor and Kohl Junior Faculty Fellow | Expertise: Agricultural economics; agribusiness; applied econometrics and economic analytics; food and health economics
Cary
Michael Cary, Research Assistant Professor | Expertise: Applied econometrics and economic analytics; environmental and natural resource economics; rural and regional economic development
Shourish Chakravarty
Shourish Chakravarty, Assistant Professor Southern Piedmont AREC | Expertise: Economic tools to analyze issues in agricultural production, technology and conservation practice adoption, and crop profitability
Zhenshan Chen
Zhenshan Chen, Assistant Professor | Expertise: Applied econometrics and economic analytics; energy and public economics; environmental and natural resource economics
Dalton
Dixie Watts Dalton, Associate Professor of Practice, Director for the Center for Economic Education at Virginia Tech, and OMALS Agribusiness Concentration Coordinator | Expertise: Agribusiness; agritourism; professional M.S. online program
George Davis
George Davis, Professor and Interim Department Head | Expertise: Agricultural economics; agricultural trade and policy analysis; applied econometrics and economic analytics; food and health economics; professional M.S. program; labor economics
Ellerbrock
Michael Ellerbrock, Professor | Expertise: Energy and public economics; environmental and natural resource economics
Friedel
Jennifer Friedel, Associate Professor of Practice and Director of the VA Land Use-Value Assessment Program | Expertise: Real estate economics and management; law and land use/agribusiness law
Grant
Jason Grant, W.G. Wysor Professor of Agriculture and Director of the Center for Agricultural Trade at Virginia Tech | Expertise: Agricultural economics; agribusiness; agricultural trade policy analysis; international development economics
Gupta
Anubhab Gupta, Assistant Professor | Expertise: Agricultural economics; applied econometrics and economic analytics; development economics; international development economics
Gutter
Michael Gutter, Director for the Virginia Cooperative Extension and Associate Dean for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | Expertise: Economic disparities on the well-being of vulnerable populations through the lens of behavioral and family economics
He
Xi He, Assistant Professor | Expertise: Agricultural trade policy analysis; food and health economics
Holmes
Chanit'a Holmes, Assistant Professor | Expertise: Applied econometrics and economic analytics; food and health economics; rural and regional economic development
Larochelle
Catherine Larochelle, Associate Professor | Expertise: Food and health economics; international development economics; rural and regional economic development
Legrand
Nicolas Legrand, Research Assistant Professor | Expertise: Agricultural economics; agricultural trade policy analysis; applied econometrics and economic analytics; international development economics
Massa
Olga Isengildina Massa, John B. and Kristi L. Rowsell Professor, Undergraduate Director, and lead advisor for Commodity Investing by Students (COINS) | Expertise: Agribusiness; commodity market price dynamics; forecasting performance and forecasting approaches; and price risk management strategies
Mills
Bradford Mills, Professor | Expertise: Development economics; international development economics; rural and regional economic development
Moeltner
Klaus Moeltner, Professor | Expertise: Applied econometrics and economic analytics; environmental and natural resource economics
Mario Ortez
Mario Ortez, Collegiate Assistant Professor of Agribusiness and Entrepreneurship and James A. and Renae C. Pearson Collegiate Faculty Fellow | Expertise: Agribusiness, finance, price analysis, consumer preferences, farm management
Stephenson
Kurt Stephenson, Professor | Expertise: Aquaculture; energy and public economics; environmental and natural resource economics
Stewart
Shamar Stewart, Assistant Professor | Expertise: Applied econometrics and economic analytics; international development economics
Senten
Jonathan van Senten, Associate Professor | Expertise: Aquaculture
C. Wang
Chunbei Wang, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director| Expertise: Immigration; self-employment; small business dynamics; entrepreneurship; discrimination; family, farm labor; and the interplay of public policy with economic outcomes
L Wang
Le Wang, Professor and David M. Kohl Chair | Expertise: Applied econometrics and economic analytics; energy and public economics; food and health economics; development economics; labor economics; professional M.S. online program
Zhang
Wei Zhang, Assistant Professor | Expertise: Agricultural economics; environmental and natural resource economics