Mary Marchant Associate Dean and Director of Academic Programs Professor International Trade Ph.D. 1989, University of California, Davis Office: 1060 Litton Reaves Phone: (540) 231-6503 FAX: (540) 231-6741 E-mail: mmarchan@vt.edu http://www.cals.vt.edu/ marchant

Mary Marchant became the Associate Dean and Director of Academic Programs in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences in April 2006. Dr. Marchant has received numerous honors including the American Agricultural Economics Association’s Distinguished Teaching Award and the Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Agricultural Economics in Italy. She has published extensively and built a research program, funded by more than $1 million in grants, including five USDA National Research Initiative competitive grants.

Dr. Marchant grew up on a farm in the Central Valley of California. After she earned her doctorate from the University of California, Davis, she accepted a faculty position in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Kentucky, where she worked for 17 years. In her role as the department’s director of undergraduate studies, she provided leadership for recruitment, retention, advising, and scholarships. Her overall goal is to create, enhance and develop a learning environment that promotes academic excellence for students, faculty and staff.

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Selected Publications:

Marchant, Mary A., and Baohui Song. “Assessment of Biotechnology Policies and International Trade in Key Markets for U.S. Agriculture.” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics. 37:2 (August 2005):379-391.

Marchant, Mary A., and Sanjeev Kumar. “An Overview of U.S. Foreign Direct Investment and Outsourcing.” Review of Agricultural Economics, 27:3(Fall 2005), 379-386. Available on the World Wide Web: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1467-9353.2005.00232.x

Seale, James L., Mary A. Marchant, and Alberto Basso. “Imports versus Domestic Production: A Demand System Analysis of the U.S. Red Wine Market.” Review of Agricultural Economics. 25:1 (Spring/Summer, 2003):187-202. Available on the World Wide Web: http://www.blackwellsynergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1467-9353.00053

Marchant, Mary A., Cheng Fang, and Baohui Song.  “Issues on Adoption, Import Regulations, and Policies for Biotech Commodities in China with a Focus on Soybeans.”  AgBioForum. 5:4(2002):167-174.  Available on the World Wide Web: 
http://www.agbioforum.org/v5n4/v5n4a05-marchant.htm

Marchant, Mary A., and Francis Tuan, guest editors, AgBioForum:  The Journal of Agrobiotechnology Management and Economics.  “Special Issue:  Agricultural Biotechnology in China,” 2002 (178 pages).  Available on the World Wide Web: http://www.agbioforum.org/v5n4/index.htm