MEET OUR FACULTY

Our faculty has expertise in applied economics and agribusiness principles that help address the food, financial, health, development, policy, environmental, and social needs in Virginia and beyond. Click on the faculty photo to learn more about them!

Alwang — Jeffrey Alwang, Professor | Expertise: Development economics; international development economics; rural and regional economic development

Elinor Benami — Elinor Benami, Assistant Professor | Expertise: Development economics; environmental and natural resource economics

Darrel\ — Darrell Bosch, Professor | Expertise: 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

Our research — RESEARCH WITH IMPACT: We address questions and deliver solutions to real-world problems for Virginians, the nation, and those around the world.

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

Chen — Susan Chen, Professor and Director of the Data Science for the Public Good | Expertise: Food and health economics; rural and regional economic development

About us — ABOUT US: Inspired by our land grant mission and motto Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), we teach, conduct research, and distribute findings that empower a diverse audience of students, stakeholders, and alumni to change the world.

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

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; agricultural trade policy analysis; professional M.S. online program; agricultural and commodity marketing

Mercandante — Paula Mercadante, Instructor | Expertise: Agricultural and commodity marketing; agribusiness

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 | Expertise: Agribusiness, finance, price analysis, consumer preferences, farm management

Queiroz — Pedro Queiroz, Instructor | Expertise: Agricultural economics; agribusiness; agricultural and commodity marketing

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: Labor economics; entrepreneurship and small business; economics of human migration and immigration

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

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