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Areas of Research

• Nutrition assistance and education policy
• Consumer demand
• Food and agribusiness management

à£à£Ö±²¥Ðãs and Honors

• College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Outstanding Researcher (2022-2023)
• Ness School Graduate Teacher of the Year (2021-2022)
• 2022 National Excellence in Extension Team à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã

Grants

• Leschewski, A., Baker, S., Roe, A., Pybus, K., Udahogora, M., Shelnutt, K. and Pierce, S. A cost-benefit analysis of Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program utilizing biomarkers of chronic disease risk. U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Agriculture and Food Research Initiative – Program Priority Area A1344 Diet Nutrition and the Prevention of Chronic Diseases, 2021, $963,386.
• A. Leschewski. Mississippi State University Extension Adult Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program Cost-Benefit Analysis. Contract, 2024, $8,661.
• R. Daraboina, A. Leschewski, G. Bastian, S. Michael, G. Langelett, S. Finkelstein. Predicting Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program Dropout Using Artificial Intelligence. SDSU Research, Scholarship and Creativity Activity Challenge Grant, 2024, $13,057. 

Publications

1. A. Leschewski, S. Pierce, M.C. Aragon, S. Baker, M. Udahogora, K. Pybus, N. Duffy, A. Roe, K. Sankavaram. 2024. A Proposed Cost-Benefit Analysis of Adult Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program Utilizing Biomarkers of Chronic Disease Risk. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. (Accepted).
2. S. Finkelstein, R. Daraboina, A. Leschewski, S. Michael. 2024. A Machine Learning Approach to Understanding Participation in Government Nutrition Programs. Current Opinion in Psychology. (Accepted).
3. J. Jones, K. Jones, A. Leschewski, G. Melo. 2024. SNAP Online Purchasing Pilot Reduced Food Insufficiency Among Low-Income Households During Early Pandemic. Amber Waves. U.S. Department of Agriculture.
4. A. Leschewski, M.C. Aragon, S. Baker, D. Weatherspoon, K. Barale, G. Auld and R. Acquah-Sarpong. 2024. EFNEP Generates Economic Value Through BMI Improvement: A Cost-Benefit Analysis. Journal of Extension. 61(4):17.
5. K. Jones, A. Leschewski, J. Jones, G. Melo. 2023. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Online Purchasing Pilot's Impact on Food Insufficiency. Food Policy. 121:102538.
6. A. Leschewski, S. Baker, S. Pierce, K. Pybus, M. Udahogora, K. Shellnutt and A Roe. 2023. A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program Utilizing Biomarkers of Chronic Disease Risk: Year One. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 55(7):105.
7. A. Leschewski, D. Davis. 2023. Nutrition Assistance Program Take-Up Given Multiprogram Eligibility. Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association. 2(1):35-50.
8. A. Leschewski, C. Sellnow. 2021. Determinants of U.S. Household Expenditures on Fortified Fruit Juice. International Food and Agribusiness Management Review. 0(0):1-14.
9. N. Jahan, A. Leschewski and D Davis. 2020. Restaurant Tipping Discrimination: Evidence from a Representative Sample of US Households. Journal of Agricultural and Food Industrial Organization. (In-Press)
10. A. Leschewski and D. Davis. 2020. The Nutritional Quality of Food Purchases at SNAP-Authorized and Unauthorized Nontraditional Retailers. Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition. 15(6):851-865.
11. A. Leschewski and A. Kuhns. 2020. . Public Health Nutrition. DOI:10.1017/S1368980020000749.
12. A. Lovgren, R.B. Ross, A. Leschewski and H.C. Peterson. 2019. Do Entrepreneurial Assistance Programs Create Value for Agri-Food Entrepreneurs? Entrepreneurship Research Journal. 10(1).
13. Leschewski, A. and D. Weatherspoon. 2018. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Current and Proposed Restricted Food Expenditures. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 55(3):e70-e77.
14. A. Leschewski, D. Weatherspoon and A. Kuhns. 2018. Household Acquisition of Healthy Food Away from Home. British Food Journal 120(3):588-601.
15. A. Leschewski, D. Weatherspoon and A. Kuhns. A Segmented Hedonic Analysis of the Nutritional Composition of Fruit Beverages. International Food and Agribusiness Management Review: 19(3).
16. A. Leschewski and D. Weatherspoon. 2014. Fast Food Restaurant Pricing Strategies in Michigan Food Deserts. International Food and Agribusiness Management Review Special Issue: Food Demand, Diet and Health: 147-170.