Alexis Villacis Aveiga

Alexis Villacis is an Assistant Professor at the W. P. Carey School of Business, Morrison School of Agribusiness. He joined in Fall 2020 and he currently teaches Introduction to Agribusiness and Food & Agribusiness Policy Issues.

Professor Villacis is an applied microeconomist studying the social welfare implications of agriculture, with a particular interest in food value chains, food security, and behavioral economics. He has worked extensively in the Latin American region, including countries such as Honduras and Nicaragua. He has also conducted research with USAID in El Salvador and worked for the Department of Agriculture of Ecuador. 

Before joining W.P. Carey, he completed a Ph.D. in Agricultural and Applied Economics from Virginia Tech, and an M.Sc. in Agricultural Economics from Purdue University. He has also been a fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and at Innsbruck University.