Pourya Valizadeh

Pourya Valizadeh, Ph.D. is a research assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics. His research interests lie in the economics of food policy, demand and price analysis, and applied econometrics tools for program evaluation and distributional analysis.

Valizadeh’s current research is primarily focused on evaluating the major US food and nutrition assistance programs. He is also conducting research to predict the relative effectiveness of alternative price-based food policies in improving U.S. households’ dietary quality and dietary choices. Prior to joining the faculty at Texas A&M University, he was a postdoctoral research associate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.