Norbert Lance Weston Wilson

Norbert Lance Weston Wilson
Professor of Food, Economics and Community

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor of Food, Economics and Community, Divinity School, Duke University 2020
Director of the World Food Policy Center, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University 2022
Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University 2020

Contact Information

304 Gray, Durham, NC 27708
nwilson@div.duke.edu (919) 660-3432
Divinity Web Profile

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of California - Davis 1999
Recognition
In the News
- JAN 19, 2023 Divinity School
  
  Addressing Food Insecurity as an Issue of Justice
- MAR 2, 2022 World Food Policy Center
  
  Wilson Appointed to lead Duke World Food Policy Center in July 2022
Expertise
Subject Headings
- Nutrition Policy
Research
Selected Grants
- Launching a World Food Policy Center - Phase III awarded by Duke Endowment 2022 - 2027
- SRS RN: Multiscale RECIPES (Resilient, Equitable, and Circular Innovations with Partnership and Education Synergies) for Sustainable Food Systems awarded by American University 2021 - 2026
- Options for Response: The Global Alliance for Food Security in Light of the Global Food Price Crisis awarded by New Venture Fund 2022 - 2023
- From Scarcity to Prosperity: Nutrition and Food Spending Goals and Constraints for Low-Income Americans awarded by Tufts University 2021 - 2023
- You're the Mom Initiative and Using Behavioral Economic Nudges in a Digital Setting to Influence Healthy Eating awarded by Tufts University 2020 - 2021
External Relationships
- Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
- Feeding America
- Food Bank of Eastern and Central North Carolina
- Greater Boston Food Bank
- Life Around the Table
- Northwest Arkansas Community of Practice Advisory Board
- Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA
- Specialty Coffee Association of America
- Trinity United Methodist Chruch Richmond VA
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Books
  - Schmitz, A., N. L. Wilson, C. B. Moss, and D. Zilberman. The Economics of Alternative Energy Sources and Globalization, 2011. https://doi.org/10.2174/97816080523321110101.
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- Academic Articles
  - Ellison, B., L. Fan, and N. L. W. Wilson. “Is it more convenient to waste? Trade-offs between grocery shopping and waste behaviors.” Agricultural Economics (United Kingdom) 53 (November 1, 2022): 75–89. https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12720.
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  - Marriott, James P., Lauren Fiechtner, Nick W. Birk, Daniel Taitelbaum, Angela Odoms-Young, Norbert L. Wilson, Lauren A. Clay, and Rachel M. Zack. “Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Food Pantry Use and Barriers in Massachusetts during the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Nutrients 14, no. 12 (June 2022): 2531. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14122531.
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  - Folta, Sara C., Oyedolapo Anyanwu, Jennifer Pustz, Jennifer Oslund, Laura Paige Penkert, and Norbert Wilson. “Food Choice With Economic Scarcity and Time Abundance: A Qualitative Study.” Health Education & Behavior : The Official Publication of the Society for Public Health Education 49, no. 1 (February 2022): 150–58. https://doi.org/10.1177/10901981211045926.
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  - Fan, L., B. Ellison, and N. L. W. Wilson. “What Food waste solutions do people support?” Journal of Cleaner Production 330 (January 1, 2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.129907.
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  - Bell, Winnie, Jennifer Coates, Jessica Fanzo, Norbert L. W. Wilson, and William A. Masters. “Beyond price and income: Preferences and food values in peri-urban Viet Nam.” Appetite 166 (November 2021): 105439. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2021.105439.
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  - Zheng, Y., J. (Jason) Zhao, S. Buck, S. Burney, H. M. Kaiser, and N. L. Wilson. “Putting grocery food taxes on the table: Evidence for food security policy-makers.” Food Policy 101 (May 1, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2021.102098.
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  - Ellison, B., B. McFadden, B. J. Rickard, and N. L. W. Wilson. “Examining Food Purchase Behavior and Food Values During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 43, no. 1 (March 1, 2021): 58–72. https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.13118.
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  - Cuevas, Adolfo G., Ruijia Chen, Natalie Slopen, Katherine A. Thurber, Norbert Wilson, Christina Economos, and David R. Williams. “Assessing the Role of Health Behaviors, Socioeconomic Status, and Cumulative Stress for Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Obesity.” Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 28, no. 1 (January 2020): 161–70. https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.22648.
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  - Kannam, Allison, Norbert L. W. Wilson, Virginia R. Chomitz, and Keren Ladin. “Perceived Benefits and Barriers to Free Summer Meal Participation Among Parents in New York City.” Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior 51, no. 8 (September 2019): 976–84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2019.05.592.
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  - Wang, P., N. Tran, C. Y. Chan, D. Dao, and N. L. W. Wilson. “An analysis of seafood trade duration: The case of ASEAN.” Marine Resource Economics 34, no. 1 (January 1, 2019): 59–76. https://doi.org/10.1086/700599.
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  - Chen, R., V. Hartarska, and N. L. W. Wilson. “The causal impact of HACCP on seafood imports in the U.S.: An application of difference-in-differences within the gravity model.” Food Policy 79 (August 1, 2018): 166–78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2018.07.003.
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  - Traore, T. M., N. L. W. Wilson, and D. Fields. “What explains specialty coffee quality scores and prices: A case study from the cup of excellence program.” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 50, no. 3 (August 1, 2018): 349–68. https://doi.org/10.1017/aae.2018.5.
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  - Wilson, N. L. W., R. Miao, and C. Weis. “Seeing Is Not Believing: Perceptions of Date Labels over Food and Attributes.” Journal of Food Products Marketing 24, no. 5 (July 4, 2018): 611–31. https://doi.org/10.1080/10454446.2018.1472700.
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  - Lusk, J. L., B. R. McFadden, and N. Wilson. “Do consumers care how a genetically engineered food was created or who created it?” Food Policy 78 (July 1, 2018): 81–90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2018.02.007.
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  - Flores-Lagunes, Alfonso, Hugo B. Jales, Judith Liu, and Norbert L. Wilson. “The Differential Incidence and Severity of Food Insecurity by Racial, Ethnic, and Immigrant Groups over the Great Recession in the United States.” Aea Papers and Proceedings 108 (May 1, 2018): 379–83. https://doi.org/10.1257/pandp.20181106.
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  - Wilson, Norbert L. W., David R. Just, Jeffery Swigert, and Brian Wansink. “Food pantry selection solutions: a randomized controlled trial in client-choice food pantries to nudge clients to targeted foods.” Journal of Public Health (Oxford, England) 39, no. 2 (June 2017): 366–72. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdw043.
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  - Wilson, Norbert L. W., Shuay-Tsyr Ho, Bradley J. Rickard, and Rachel Saputo. “Food waste: The role of date labels, package size, and product category.” Food Quality and Preference. 55 (January 2017): 35–44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2016.08.004.
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  - Denny, R. C. H., M. R. Worosz, and N. L. W. Wilson. “The Importance of Governance Levels in Alternative Food Networks: The Case of Red Meat Inspection Rules.” Rural Sociology 81, no. 4 (December 1, 2016): 601–34. https://doi.org/10.1111/ruso.12103.
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  - Wilson, N. “When the cupboards are bare: Nudging food pantry clients to healthier foods.” Journal of the Association for Consumer Research 1, no. 1 (January 1, 2016): 125–33. https://doi.org/10.1086/684476.
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  - AFFUSO, E. R. M. A. N. N. O., D. I. A. N. E. HITE, and NORBERT W. L. WILSON. “A STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS TO EXAMINE RESEARCH PRIORITIES FOR GENETICALLY ENGINEERED PEANUTS.” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 47, no. 3 (August 2015): 359–81. https://doi.org/10.1017/aae.2015.10.
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  - Wilson, A. P., and N. L. W. Wilson. “The economics of quality in the specialty coffee industry: Insights from the Cup of Excellence auction programs.” Agricultural Economics (United Kingdom) 45, no. S1 (November 1, 2014): 91–105. https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12132.
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  - Ding, Meng, Norbert L. W. Wilson, Kimberly B. Garza, and Claire A. Zizza. “Undiagnosed prediabetes among food insecure adults.” American Journal of Health Behavior 38, no. 2 (March 2014): 225–33. https://doi.org/10.5993/ajhb.38.2.8.
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  - Wilson, N. L. W., and M. R. Worosz. “Zero tolerance rules in food safety and quality.” Food Policy 45 (January 1, 2014): 112–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2013.11.004.
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  - Tran, Nhuong, Anh Nguyen, and Norbert L. W. Wilson. “The Differential Effects of Food Safety Regulations on Animal Products Trade: The Case of Crustacean Product Trade.” Agribusiness (New York, N.Y.) 30, no. 1 (January 2014): 31–45. https://doi.org/10.1002/agr.21356.
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  - Shepherd, B., and N. L. W. Wilson. “Product standards and developing country agricultural exports: The case of the European Union.” Food Policy 42 (October 1, 2013): 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2013.06.003.
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  - Wilson, N. L. W., A. Wilson, and K. Whitttingham. “Helping consumers "know who grows" their coffee: The case of THRIVE farmers coffee.” International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 16, no. 3 (September 17, 2013): 177–94.
  - Tran, Nhuong, Conner Bailey, Norbert Wilson, and Michael Phillips. “Governance of Global Value Chains in Response to Food Safety and Certification Standards: The Case of Shrimp from Vietnam.” World Development 45 (May 2013): 325–36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.01.025.
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  - Tran, N., N. Wilson, and D. Hite. “Choosing the best model in the presence of zero trade: A fish product analysis.” Frontiers of Economics and Globalization 12 (January 1, 2013): 127–48. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1574-8715(2013)0000012010.
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  - Wilson, Norbert. “Discussion: Causes of Agricultural and Food Price Inflation and Volatility.” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 44, no. 3 (August 2012): 423–25. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1074070800000523.
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  - Worosz, M. R., and N. L. W. Wilson. “A Cautionary Tale of Purity, Labeling and Product Literacy in the Gluten-Free Market.” Journal of Consumer Affairs 46, no. 2 (June 1, 2012): 288–318. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-6606.2012.01230.x.
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  - Wilson, N., T. Hall, and D. Fields. “Measuring retail service quality in farm supply cooperatives.” International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 14, no. 1 (May 9, 2011): 1–22.
  - Wilson, N. L. W., and R. G. Nelson. “A laboratory science approach to teaching in the agricultural economics curriculum.” Review of Agricultural Economics 31, no. 2 (May 18, 2009): 331–43. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9353.2009.01440.x.
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  - Wilson, Norbert. “L'examen des effets sur les échanges de certaines procédures douanières et administratives,” January 20, 2009, 57–87. https://doi.org/10.1787/9789264056978-3-fr.
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  - Wilson, Norbert. “Examining the Effect of Certain Customs and Administrative Procedures on Trade,” January 19, 2009, 51–79. https://doi.org/10.1787/9789264056954-3-en.
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  - Wilson, N. L. W., and J. Antón. “Combining risk assessment and economics in managing a Sanitary-Phytosanitary risk.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 88, no. 1 (February 1, 2006): 194–202. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8276.2006.00847.x.
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  - Sumner, D. A., and N. L. W. Wilson. “Capitalization of farm policy benefits and the rate of return to policy-created assets: Evidence from California dairy quota.” Review of Agricultural Economics 27, no. 2 (June 1, 2005): 245–58. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9353.2005.00224.x.
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  - Wilson, N. L. W. “Cape Natural Tea Products and the U.S. market: Rooibos rebels ready to raid.” Review of Agricultural Economics 27, no. 1 (March 1, 2005): 139–48. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9353.2005.00213.x.
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  - Wilson, N. L. W., and D. A. Sumner. “Explaining variations in the price of dairy quota: Flow returns, liquidity, quota characteristics, and policy risk.” Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 29, no. 1 (April 1, 2004): 1–16.
  - Nelson, Robert G., and Norbert L. W. Wilson. ““It's for Teaching, not Believing”: Comments on Teaching, Learning, and Problem Solving Through Economic Experiments.” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 35, no. 2 (August 2003): 361–70. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1074070800021325.
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  - Brooks, J., A. Matthews, and N. Wilson. “Do developing countries need a development box?” Eurochoices 2, no. 2 (January 1, 2003): 18–23. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1746-692X.2003.tb00047.x.
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  - King, J. L., N. L. W. Wilson, and A. Naseem. “A tale of two mergers: What we can learn from agricultural biotechnology event studies.” Agbioforum 5, no. 1 (December 1, 2002): 14–19.
  - Wilson, N. L. W. “Linking globalization, economic growth and poverty: Impacts of agribusiness strategies on sub-Saharan Africa: Discussion.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 83, no. 3 (January 1, 2001): 733–35. https://doi.org/10.1111/0002-9092.00199.
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  - Sumner, D. A., and N. L. W. Wilson. “Creation and Distribution of Economic Rents by Regulation: Development and Evolution of Milk Marketing Orders in California.” Agricultural History 74, no. 2 (March 1, 2000): 198–210.
  - Wilson, Norbert L. W., Brad Rickard, Rachel Saputo, and Shuay-Tsyr Ho. “Food Waste: The Role of Date Labels, Package Size, and Product Category (Accepted).” Ssrn Electronic Journal, n.d. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2700692.
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- Book Sections
  - Tran, Nhuong, Norbert Wilson, and Diane Hite. “5 Choosing the Best Model in the Presence of Zero Trade: A Fish Product Analysis.” In Frontiers of Economics and Globalization, 127–48. Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1108/s1574-8715(2013)0000012010.
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  - Wilson, N. L. W., and M. Diarrasouba. “Making the Most out of FDI in Africa.” In Financial Inclusion, Innovation, and Investments: Biotechnology and Capital Markets Working for the Poor, 227–48, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814329941_0011.
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  - Christy, R., E. Mabaya, N. Wilson, E. Mutambatsere, and N. Mhlanga. “Enabling environments for competitive agro-industries.” In Agro-Industries for Development, 136–85, 2009.
- Reports
  - Wilson, Norbert, and Joyce Cacho. “Relations entre l'investissement direct étranger, les échanges et la politique commerciale.” Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), March 20, 2007. https://doi.org/10.1787/148885747050.
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  - “Linkage Between foreign Direct Investment, Trade and Trade Policy.” Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), March 2, 2007. https://doi.org/10.1787/152275474424.
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  - “Examining the Trade Effect of Certain Customs and Administrative Procedures.” Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), January 26, 2007. https://doi.org/10.1787/278266703766.
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  - “Facilitating Adjustment: Sector Experiences from Agriculture, Telecommunications and Chemicals.” Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), October 12, 2006. https://doi.org/10.1787/283021655037.
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- Conference Papers
  - Wilson, Norbert L. W., Larissa Calancie, Janna Adkins, and Sara C. Folta. “Understanding Micro-pantries as an Emergency Food Source During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” In Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 54:299–310, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2021.11.002.
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  - Bullock, D. S., and N. L. Wilson. “Implications of TTIP and TPP for GM/non-GM Coexistence.” In Journal of Agricultural and Food Industrial Organization, Vol. 15, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1515/jafio-2017-0013.
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  - Tran, N., N. L. W. Wilson, and S. Anders. “Standard harmonization as chasing zero (tolerance limits): The impact of veterinary drug residue standards on crustacean imports in the EU, Japan, and North America.” In American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 94:496–502, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aar079.
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  - Wilson, N. L. W. “How the cookie crumbles: A case study of Gluten-free cookies and random utility.” In American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 94:576–82, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aar081.
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Teaching & Mentoring
Recent Courses
- BCS 890: Topics in Black Church Studies 2023
- PARISH 820: U.S. Food Policy 2023
- PARISH 823: Food, Faith, and Health 2023
- XTIANETH 823: Food, Faith, and Health 2023
- ENVIRON 393: Research Independent Study 2022
- ENVIRON 394: Research Independent Study 2022
- PARISH 820: U.S. Food Policy 2022
- PARISH 822: Charitable Foods 2022
- PARISH 890: Seminar in Contemporary Ministries (TOP) 2022
- ENVIRON 790: Special Topics 2021
- PARISH 820: U.S. Food Policy 2021
- PARISH 821: Global Food Policy 2021
- PARISH 822: Charitable Foods 2021
- PARISH 890: Seminar in Contemporary Ministries (TOP) 2021
Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
Service to the Profession
- Participant. Faculty Curriculum on Anti-Racism. Duke Office of Faculty Advancement. January 11, 2021 - January 14, 2021 2021
- Participant. Faculty Success Program. National Cener for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD). 2021 2021

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Education, Training, & Certifications

In the News

Subject Headings

Selected Grants

External Relationships

Selected Publications

Books

Academic Articles

Book Sections

Reports

Conference Papers

Recent Courses

Service to the Profession