Impact

Policy and practice

Open data and reproducibility

All of my empirical work is released with public replication code and data wherever possible, through GitHub and Harvard Dataverse — see each entry on the Publications page for direct links.

Scholarly recognition

  • Sylvia Lane Mentorship Fellowship (2026), Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) — $2,500 to work with mentor Chen Zhen (University of Georgia) on consumer demand for whole grains and legumes using household scanner data
  • Invited keynotes & plenary presentations:
    • “Interactions across food systems” (Invited Keynote) — UVM Food Systems Summit, University of Vermont, September 2024
    • “The state of food systems worldwide” (Invited Keynote) — Paths to Sustainable Food Systems Conference, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Oslo, Norway, April 2024
    • “Estimating global and country-level employment in agrifood systems” (Plenary) — 9th International Conference on Agricultural Statistics, Washington, DC, May 2023
  • Invited and selected presentations at the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) annual meetings, the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM) fall conferences, the International Conference of Agricultural Economics (ICAE), the AAAS Forum on Science & Technology Policy, the Tata-Cornell Institute 10th Anniversary Conference, and invited departmental seminars (e.g., Michigan State University)

Funding

  • Understanding American consumers’ demand for whole grains and legumes using household scanner data (2026–2027) — part of the Soil to Society project, with Vicki McCracken and Chen Zhen. PI: Kate Schneider Lecy.
  • Food Systems Countdown Initiative (2026–2027) — Nourishing Food Pathways sub-award from GAIN. PI: Kate Schneider Lecy.
  • Whose diet quality is most at risk when food prices rise? (2023–2025) — Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. PI: Kate Schneider.
  • Value added in agrifood systems (2023–2024) — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. PI: Kate Schneider.
  • Food Systems Countdown Initiative Bellagio Workshop (April 2023) — Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center. Lead applicant and coordinator: Kate Schneider.
  • Food Systems Countdown Initiative (2022–2024) — Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs sub-award from GAIN. PI: Kate Schneider.
  • Optimizing human health and nutrition: from soil to society (2022–2027) — U.S. Department of Agriculture, sub-award from Washington State University (total award: $10 million). PI: Andrew Thorne-Lyman.
  • Food Systems Countdown Report (2021–2022) — Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs sub-award from GAIN. PI: Jessica Fanzo.
  • Changing Access to Nutritious Diets in Africa and South Asia (2018–2020) — Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. PI: William Masters.

I have also received the Gerald J. Friedman Fellowship in Nutrition and Citizenship (2016–2020), a Tufts University Provost Fellow Award (2016–2018), and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation High Impact Bonuses (2015 & 2016).

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