James Sears

Assistant Professor
Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics
Michigan State University
searsja1@msu.edu

James Sears

I am an assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics at Michigan State University.  

I am an applied microeconomist with a primary focus on resource and environmental economics and consumer behavior. My research has been published in a range of academic journals, including the Journal of Applied Econometrics, Food Policy, and the American Journal of Health Economics.   

My current teaching focuses on modern data analysis skills at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Past instruction includes intermediate microeconomic and applied econometrics for undergraduates, along with intermediate microeconomics and data for decision-making for executive MBAs. I use interactive, open-source resources to teach R and statistics, and have previously created digital instructional content for Haas Digital.

I received my Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 2022, M.S. from Montana State University in 2016, and my B.S. from the University of California, Davis in 2013.