Vita of Wendong Zhang August 2021 Associate Professor of Economics and Extension Economist Iowa State University Table of Contents EDUCATION ......................................................................................................................................................... 2 FIELDS OF INTEREST ......................................................................................................................................... 2 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE .......................................................................................................................... 3 BIOGRAPHY ......................................................................................................................................................... 3 AWARDS AND HONORS .................................................................................................................................... 3 EDITORIAL SERVICES ....................................................................................................................................... 4 PUBLICATIONS .................................................................................................................................................... 5 Refereed Journal Articles ................................................................................................................................... 5 Invited Articles in Journals ................................................................................................................................. 6 Book Chapters ..................................................................................................................................................... 7 Non-Peer Reviewed Research Reports ............................................................................................................... 7 Research Manuscripts Under Review ................................................................................................................. 7 Working Papers .................................................................................................................................................. 8 Work in Progress ................................................................................................................................................ 9 GRANTS AND CONTRACTS .............................................................................................................................. 9 Inventions and Patents ...................................................................................................................................... 13 RESEARCH CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS and INVITED SEMINARS ................................................ 13 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................................................. 16 Extension Program Overview ........................................................................................................................... 16 Extension Web-Portals...................................................................................................................................... 16 Extension Conference Organized ..................................................................................................................... 16 Extension/Outreach Policy Briefs ..................................................................................................................... 17 ISU Extension/Outreach Articles ...................................................................................................................... 18 Ag Decision Maker Information Files .............................................................................................................. 22 Decision Tools & Databases ............................................................................................................................ 22 Webcasts ........................................................................................................................................................... 22 Collaborative Quarterly Publications with Farmland Finder on Farmland Market ....................................... 24 Monthly Contributions to Wallaces Farmer Timely Tips ................................................................................. 24 SELECTED MEDIA CONTACTS and INTERVIEWS ...................................................................................... 32 TEACHING EXPERIENCE ................................................................................................................................. 34 STUDENT ADVISING ........................................................................................................................................ 35 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE................................................................................................................................ 37 INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE .............................................................................................................................. 39 ADDITIONAL SKILLS ....................................................................................................................................... 39 1 August 2021 WENDONG ZHANG Associate Professor of Economics and Extension Economist, Iowa State University Department of Economics Phone: (515) 294-2536 Iowa State University Email: [email protected] 478C Heady Hall Fax: (515) 294-0221 518 Farmhouse Lane Ames IA 50011 Personal Website: http://www2.econ.iastate.edu/faculty/zhang/ ISU Economics Faculty Profile: https://www.econ.iastate.edu/people/wendong-zhang CARD Faculty Profile: https://www.card.iastate.edu/people/profile/?n=wendong-zhang Google Scholars Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=KT67I80AAAAJ ORCID Profile: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1244-3357 Publons Profile: https://publons.com/researcher/1398062/wendong-zhang/ Researchgate Profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Wendong_Zhang2 ISU China Ag Center: https://www.card.iastate.edu/china ISU Farmland Portal: https://www.card.iastate.edu/farmland/ EDUCATION The Ohio State University Columbus, OH Ph.D. in Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics July 2015 - Dissertation: “Three Essays on the Land Use, Land Management and Land Values in Agro-ecosystems” - Advisor: Dr. Elena G. Irwin - Best Doctoral Dissertation Award, Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, the Ohio State University - Presidential Fellowship, the Ohio State University M.A. in Economics June 2012 Fudan University Shanghai, China B.S. in Environmental Science (magna cum laude) July 2009 Minor: International Economics and Trade The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong SAR, China Exchange Student in Environmental Studies September 2007 to January 2008 FIELDS OF INTEREST Land Economics, Chinese Agriculture, Nonmarket Valuation, Integrated Ecological-Economic Modeling, Agricultural and Environmental Policy, Applied Microeconometrics, Agricultural Trade 2 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Associate Professor, Department of Economics; Iowa State University Extension and August 2021 – Present Outreach; Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Center for China-US Agricultural Economics and Policy, Iowa State University - Appointment: 60% Extension, 25% Research, and 15% Teaching Assistant Professor, Department of Economics; Iowa State University Extension and August 2015 – July 2021 Outreach; Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Center for China-US Agricultural Economics and Policy, Iowa State University Academic Vice President, the Iowa Chapter of American Society of Farm Managers February 2016 – Present and Rural Appraisers Affiliate Faculty, Sustainable Agriculture Graduate Program, Iowa State University October 2018 – Present Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Agricultural, Environmental and July 2010 – July 2015 Development Economics, the Ohio State University Visiting Researcher, USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service Data Lab July – August 2013 Summer Research Intern, USDA Economic Research Service July – August 2012 BIOGRAPHY Dr. Wendong Zhang is an associate professor and extension economist in the Department of Economics at Iowa State University. His research seeks to better understand U.S. farmland market, agricultural water conservation, and Chinese agriculture. Dr. Zhang is also affiliated with Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), where he co-founded the new ISU China Ag center jointly with Dr. Dermot Hayes in collaboration with Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in 2017. Dr. Zhang is the leading researcher of the Iowa Land Value Survey, the Iowa Farmland Ownership and Tenure Survey, as well as the Iowa Lakes Survey. He also serves as the Academic Vice President for ASFMRA Iowa Chapter and leads the annual ISU Soil Management and Land Valuation Conference. Dr. Zhang received his Ph.D. in Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics from the Ohio State University in July 2015, and he also holds a BSc in Environmental Science from Fudan University in China. AWARDS AND HONORS 2021: Advisor of Winner of AAEA Undergraduate Student Section Best Undergraduate Student Paper Competition (Beatrice Maule, “Of Women and Land: How Gender Affects Transfers and Successions of Iowa Farms”) Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) 2021 Distinguished Extension/Outreach Program Award, Individual: Less than