Wei Zhang
- Assistant Professor
314 Hutcheson Hall
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Wei Zhang's research focuses on the environmental and resource-use implications of agricultural production and the design of agri-environmental policy. She has also conducted research on environmental and agricultural issues in China and other developing countries.
Expertise:
Agricultural economics; environmental and natural resource economics
Education
- Ph.D., Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis, 2013
- M.S., Department of Resource Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2008
- B.S., Nankai University, China, 2005
Current Projects
Benefits and costs of the USDA Environmental Quality Incentives Program Nature reserves and households in rural China Measures of biological capital in the form of living trees and vines Climate change and agricultural productivity growth On-farm loss and waste of vegetables in the United States |
Courses Taught
- AAEC 3324: Environment and Sustainable Development Economics
- AAEC 6554: Panel Data Econometrics
- AAEC 6524: Environmental Economic Theory and Policy Analysis
Experience
- Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia Tech, 2019-present
- Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Connecticut College, 2014-2019
- Post-doctoral Researcher, University of California Agricultural Issues Center, 2013-2014
Awards
- GAP Initiative Faculty Research Fellowship, Virginia Tech CALS Global, 2021
- ISCE Scholars Program, Virginia Tech, 2020
Liu, Pengfei, Yu Wang, and Wei Zhang. 2022. The Influence of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program on Local Water Quality. forthcoming, American Journal of Agricultural Economics. |