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Melo, Grace

Grace Melo

Assistant Professor
Office:  
AGLS 323
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Phone:  
(979) 587-4224
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Education

Undergraduate Education
B.S. Food Science, Zamorano University
Graduate Education
M.S. Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia
Ph.D. Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia

Areas of Expertise

  • Food policy
  • Agricultural Marketing
  • Behavioral Economics

Professional Summary

Dr. Grace Melo Guerrero is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Texas A&M University. Her research focuses on studying decision-making to inform agricultural policy. Her current research focuses on the role of behavioral insights in policy design using data from all sorts and forms (experimental data, text data, national expenditures data, etc.). Prior to coming to Texas, she was an Assistant Professor in Chile, where she conducted research on food policy

Selected Publications

Peña-Lévano, L., and Melo, G. (2022). Adaptation of Teaching Strategies During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Applied Economics Teaching Resources, 4.
Melo, G., Sanhueza, D., Morales, S., and Peña-Lévano, L. 2021. “What does the pandemic mean for experiential learning? Lessons from Latin America.” Applied Economics Teaching Resources (forthcoming).
Melo, G., Caro., C. and Chomalí, L., 2020. “¿Pueden los impuestos mejorar la calidad nutricional de la dieta en Chile? Temas de la Agenda Pública.” Centro de Políticas Públicas UC, 15(123)1-18. Melo, G. 2020. The Path Forward: US Consumer and Food Retail Responses to COVID-19. Choices, 35, 3.
Melo, G., C. Zhen, and G. Colson. 2019. “Does point-of-sale nutrition information improve the nutritional quality of food choices?.” Economics&Human Biology, 35, 133-143.
Finkelstein, E., W. Li, G. Melo, G. Strombotne, Z. Chen, 2018. “Identifying the effect of shelf nutrition labels on consumer purchases: results of a natural experiment and consumer survey.” American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 107(4), 647-651.
WORK IN PROGRESS “Exploring the role of SNAP in improving the wellbeing of low-income households with children before and after the COVID-19 pandemic” “The SNAP Online Purchasing Pilot Program’s Impact on Child Food Security” “Do consumers’ preferences matter? Assessing the demand effects on nutrition outcomes?” “Structural responses to the obesity epidemic in Latin America: what are the next steps for food”

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