Person

Jacqueline Nicole Yenerall

Assistant Professor | Agricultural and Resource Economics

Specialization: Food and Health Economics

Overview

My research explores household decision-making at the intersection of food and health. I study how families make choices about what they eat, how they invest in their health, and the connection between these choices — specifically how nutrition and food insecurity impacts well-being. I am particularly interested in how households make tradeoffs between time and money when making decisions about food and health. This includes the demand for convenience in the form of online grocery shopping, restaurant meals, and ultra processed foods. I’m also interested in how public policies influence these decisions. The goal of my work is to deepen our understanding of household behavior around food and health, and to generate insights that can inform effective, evidence-based policy making.

Research Focus

Food and health, food security, nutrition policy

Teaching Focus

AREC 505: Microeconomic Analysis

Courses
Below are courses taught during the current or past three academic years. Consult Timetable for the most current listing of courses and instructor(s).
AREC 505 - Microeconomic Analysis
3 credit hour(s)

Theory of utility maximization and demand, production, cost, firm behavior, and supply; price in product and factor markets; efficiency and welfare.

Recommended Background: Calculus and intermediate microeconomics courses.

AREC 593 - Special Topics in Agricultural Economics
1 - 3 credit hours

Topics to be assigned.

Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.

Other Instructors: Yu, Edward | DeLong, Karen Lewis | Cho, Seong-Hoon | Boyer, Chris | Martinez, Charles | Rihn, Alicia L. | Hughes, David | Trejo-Pech, Carlos Jose Omar | Chen, Ricky Xuqi | Muhammad, Andrew | Upendram, Sreedhar | Griffith, Andrew | Velandia, Margarita M

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314B Morgan Hall
2621 Morgan Circle Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996
Education and Training
  • PhD, Applied Economics, Virginia Polytech Inst & St Un, 2015
  • MS, Agricultural Economics, Pennsylvania St Univ Univ Park, 2009
  • BS, Economics, Other, Pennsylvania St Univ Univ Park, 2009

Jacqueline Nicole Yenerall

Assistant Professor | Agricultural and Resource Economics
Picture of Jacqueline Nicole Yenerall image
314B Morgan Hall
2621 Morgan Circle Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996
Education and Training
  • PhD, Applied Economics, Virginia Polytech Inst & St Un, 2015
  • MS, Agricultural Economics, Pennsylvania St Univ Univ Park, 2009
  • BS, Economics, Other, Pennsylvania St Univ Univ Park, 2009
Overview

My research explores household decision-making at the intersection of food and health. I study how families make choices about what they eat, how they invest in their health, and the connection between these choices — specifically how nutrition and food insecurity impacts well-being. I am particularly interested in how households make tradeoffs between time and money when making decisions about food and health. This includes the demand for convenience in the form of online grocery shopping, restaurant meals, and ultra processed foods. I’m also interested in how public policies influence these decisions. The goal of my work is to deepen our understanding of household behavior around food and health, and to generate insights that can inform effective, evidence-based policy making.

Research Focus

Food and health, food security, nutrition policy

Teaching Focus

AREC 505: Microeconomic Analysis

Courses
Below are courses taught during the current or past three academic years. Consult Timetable for the most current listing of courses and instructor(s).
AREC 505 - Microeconomic Analysis
3 credit hour(s)

Theory of utility maximization and demand, production, cost, firm behavior, and supply; price in product and factor markets; efficiency and welfare.

Recommended Background: Calculus and intermediate microeconomics courses.

AREC 593 - Special Topics in Agricultural Economics
1 - 3 credit hours

Topics to be assigned.

Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.

Other Instructors: Yu, Edward | DeLong, Karen Lewis | Cho, Seong-Hoon | Boyer, Chris | Martinez, Charles | Rihn, Alicia L. | Hughes, David | Trejo-Pech, Carlos Jose Omar | Chen, Ricky Xuqi | Muhammad, Andrew | Upendram, Sreedhar | Griffith, Andrew | Velandia, Margarita M