Min-Fang Wei

Ph.D. in Agricultural and Applied Economics (May 2023)

Field: Food Assistance Policy, Food Insecurity, Household Economics

217-607-6241
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Education

Ph.D., Agricultural and Applied Economics, Expected May 2023

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

M.S., Agricultural Economics, 2015

B.S., Agricultural Economics and B.A., Political Science (Minor), 2012

National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Dissertation Information

Three Essays on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

Thesis Advisor(s)

Craig Gundersen

Teaching Experience

Instructor (Full teaching responsibility)

ACE 300 Intermediate Applied Microeconomics* - Summer 2022

Teaching Assistant (Teaching and facilitating weekly discussion section)

ACE 310 Natural Resource Economics - Fall 2022

ACE 300 Intermediate Applied Microeconomics* - Fall 2020-Spring 2022

ACE 100 Introduction to Applied Microeconomics* - Fall 2019-Spring 2020

* University-wide List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Summer 2022

Publications

Wei, M.-F. 2022. “Does Migration Matter? The Impacts on Senior Food and Nutrition Security in Rural China.” International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics 10(1), 1-21. https://doi.org/ 10.22004/ag.econ.319340

Chang, Y.-C., M.-F. Wei, and Y.-H. Luh. 2021. “Choice of modern food distribution channels and its welfare effects: Empirical evidence from Taiwan.” Agriculture 11(6), 499. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11060499

Wei, M.-F., Y.-H. Luh, Y.-H. Huang and Y.-C. Chang. 2021. “Young generation’s mobile payment adoption behavior: analysis based on an extended UTAUT model.” Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research 16(4), 618-637. https://doi.org/10.3390/jtaer16010001

Luh, Y.-H., and M.-F. Wei. 2019. “Distributional Effect of the Farmer Pension Program in Taiwan: A Regression-Based Decomposition Analysis.” China Agricultural Economic Review 11(1), 180–205. https://doi.org/10.1108/caer-05-2017-0104

 

WORKING PAPERS

Wei, M.-F. and C. Gundersen. “Income and food insecurity among SNAP recipients: A consideration of the SNAP benefit formula.” Job Market Paper. Revise and Resubmit, European Review of Agricultural Economics

Wei, M.-F. and C. Gundersen. “Ascertaining who is eligible for SNAP: Are we using the correct metric?”

Wei, M.-F. and C. Gundersen. “Does the choice of eligibility metric influence the relationship between SNAP and food insecurity?”

References

Craig Gundersen, Ph.D.

Snee Family Endowed Chair

Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty

Professor

Department of Economics

Baylor University

Craig_Gundersen@baylor.edu

Jonathan Coppess, J.D. (Policy reference)

Associate Professor 

Department of ACE 

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

jwcoppes@illinois.edu 

Renata Endres, Ph.D. (Teaching reference)

Teaching Assistant Professor 

Department of ACE

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

rendres@illinois.edu 

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Sarah Sellars

Ph.D. in Agricultural and Applied Economics (May 2023)

Field: Farm Management, Conservation Adoption, Agricultural Policy, Agricultural Finance

217-473-5541
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Education

Ph.D. in Agricultural and Applied Economics Expected, May 2023

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign



M.S. in Agricultural Economics, May 2019

Purdue University



B.S. in Agricultural and Consumer Economics, May 2017

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Graduated with High Honors)

Teaching Experience

Instructor (Full Course Responsibility)

ACE 262: Applied Statistical Methods and Data Analytics I - Fall 2021, Fall 2022

2021 List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students

132 students at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 3 credit hours

AG 111: Emerging Issues in Ag and Natural Resources - Summer 2022

9 students at Illinois College, Jacksonville, IL, 4 credit hours



Teaching Assistant

ACE 435: Global Agribusiness Management - Fall 2020

109 Students at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 3 credit hours ACE 199: Introduction to Sales - Fall 2020

25 students at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2 credit hours



Undergraduate Students Advised

Jaycie VanKampen, “Analyzing the Importance of Customer Relations at

Consolidated Grain and Barge”, James Scholar Research Project, Spring 2022

Publications

Sellars, Sarah C., Nathanael M. Thompson, Michael E. Wetzstein, Laura Bowling, Keith

Cherkauer, Charlotte Lee, Jane Frankenberger, and Ben Reinhart. “Does Crop Insurance Inhibit Climate Change Technology Adoption? A Case Study of Drainage Water Recycling in West Central Indiana.” Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Climate Change, 27(2022): 1–20.

Sellars, Sarah C., Laura F. Gentry, Krista J. Swanson, Nicholas D. Paulson, and Gary D. Schnitkey. “Cost Cutting Strategies for Midwestern Row Crop Producers.” American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers Journal. (2021): 45–54.

WORKING PAPERS

“Factors Affecting Adoption of University Nitrogen Recommendation Technology.” Sarah C. Sellars, Gary D. Schnitkey, and Laura F. Gentry (Job Market Paper)



“Do Illinois Farmers Follow University-Based Nitrogen Recommendations?” Sarah C. Sellars, Gary D. Schnitkey, and Laura F. Gentry



“Cover Crops on Illinois Farms.” Sarah C. Sellars, Gary D. Schnitkey, and Laura F. Gentry



“Costs and Returns to Tillage on Illinois Farms”. Sarah C. Sellars, Gary D. Schnitkey, and

Laura F. Gentry

References

Gary D. Schnitkey

Soybean Industry Chair in Agricultural Strategy

Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

schnitke@illinois.edu



Nicholas D. Paulson

Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Programs

Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

npaulson@illinois.edu



Michael E. Wetzstein

Professor (retired)

Department of Agricultural Economics

Purdue University

mwetzste@purdue.edu

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