Who I Am
I am McKnight Presidential Chair in Applied Economics, Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Distinguished University Teaching Professor, and Northrop Professor at the University of Minnesota.
From January 2020 to December 2023, I served as one of four co-editors of the American Journal of Agricultural Economics. Prior to that, I served as one of two co-editors of Food Policy from 2015 to 2019.
My research focuses on agricultural economics, applied econometrics, and food policy.
For my research, I have won the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association’s (AAEA) Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award in 2007, the AAEA’s Outstanding American Journal of Agricultural Economics Article award in 2011, and the AAEA’s Quality of Research Discovery awards in 2014. That same year, I also won the European Association of Agricultural Economists‘ Quality of Research Discovery Award.
In early 2023, I was elected Fellow of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
My work so far been featured in media outlets such as The Economist, The Guardian, the New York Times, National Public Radio, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post.
For my teaching, I have won the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences Distinguished Teaching Award for Graduate Faculty in 2018. In 2022, I have won the University of Minnesota’s Award for Outstanding Contribution to Graduate and Professional Education, and I was inducted in the University of Minnesota’s Academy of Distinguished Teachers.
In my spare time, I enjoy playing jazz guitar.
The tagline for this blog was stolen from Ron Mittelhammer’s 2009 AAEA presidential address, “Applied Economics–Without Apology.”
What I write on this blog is solely my opinion, and not that of any of my employers past and present.
Contact Information
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LinkedIn: Marc F. Bellemare
Bluesky: @mfbellemare
Email: mbellema@umn.edu
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Disclaimer
I have in the past served or am currently serving as a paid consultant for Abt Associates, AIR Worldwide, the Asian Development Bank, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, PepsiCo, the US Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service (via RTI International), and the World Bank, among others. See my CV for details.