William Masters

University of Delvare (Static)

Will Masters is a Professor in the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, with a secondary appointment in Tufts University’s Department of Economics. His research uses economic methods to inform and improve the food system, especially in developing countries. From 2011 to 2014 he served as chair of the Friedman School’s Department of Food and Nutrition Policy, and before coming to Tufts was a faculty member in Agricultural Economics at Purdue University (1991-2010), the University of Zimbabwe (1989-90), Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government (2000), and Columbia University (2003-04). He is the co-author of an undergraduate textbook, Economics of Agricultural Development: World Food Systems and Resource Use (Routledge, 3rd ed. 2014). From 2006-2011 he edited Agricultural Economics, the journal of the International Association of Agricultural Economists. In 2010 he was named an International Fellow of the African Association of Agricultural Economists, and he has been awarded both the Bruce Gardner Memorial Prize for Applied Policy Analysis (2013) and the Publication of Enduring Quality Award (2014) from the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA).

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