Rate My Professor George Davis

Davis has authored the book Food and Nutrition Economics: Fundamentals for Health Sciences (Oxford University Press, 2016), which received the 2017 Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Quality of Communication Award. Notable publications include 'Viewpoint: An Assessment of Recent SNAP Benefit Increases Allowing for Money and Time Variability' in Food Policy (2022, with Wen You and Jinyang Yang); 'The American Rescue Plan Act Is a Great Start but More Increases in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Benefits Are Likely Needed Due to Implicit Hidden Reductions' in The Journal of Nutrition (2021); 'The Many Ways COVID-19 Affects Households: Consumption, Time, and Health Outcomes' in Review of Economics of the Household (2021); and 'Estimating Dual Headed Time in Food Production with Implications for SNAP Benefit Adequacy' in The Review of Economics of the Household (2019, with Wen You), which won the 2019 AAEA Best Paper Award in Food Safety and Nutrition. Additional awards include the 2018 AAEA Best Paper Honorable Mention, 2015 Western Agricultural Economics Association Article of the Year Award, 2014 College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Excellence in Applied Research Award (shared with Wen You), 2010 AAEA Best Paper Award in Food Safety and Nutrition, Virginia Tech Scholar of the Week (2011), and Outstanding Alumnus from North Carolina State University Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics (2001). He has served on the Council on Food, Agricultural, and Resource Economics Blue Ribbon Panel on Consumer Concerns about Food, Health, and Safety (2011–2013) and teaches courses such as Food and Health Microeconomics (AAEC 6214) and Food, Nutrition, and Health Economics (AAEC 4814).