Xiting Zhuang

Research Assistant Professor

Xiting Zhuang

// North Dakota State University

I am a Research Assistant Professor studying how supply chain disruptions, trade policy, and economic shocks affect agricultural markets and social outcomes. Big data analytics, text mining, and other computational tools support this research agenda.

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Causal Inference

RDD · DID · IV

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Supply Chain

Shipping · Ports · Drought

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Social Issues

DV · Child Welfare · Equality

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Trade Policy

Tariffs · IEEPA · Pass-through

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AEPPSupply chain disruptions and containerized agricultural exports from California ports31AgribusinessU.S. agricultural exports and the 2022 Mississippi River drought14ARE UpdateContainergeddon and California Agriculture11Working PaperGlobal shipping container disruptions and U.S. agricultural exports8ChoicesU.S. agricultural trade challenges amid climate and geopolitical disruptions6NDSU Trade MonitorSoybean basis hits record low amid zero new-crop sales to China3NDSU Trade MonitorChina could bypass U.S. soybeans in 2025/26 and IEEPA tariffs raise input costs3AEPPGlobal container shipping disruptions, pop-up ports, and U.S. agricultural exports3AgribusinessThe impact of maritime shipping disruptions on U.S. tree nut exports and inventories3NDSU Trade MonitorIEEPA tariff escalation: What it means for U.S. food and ag-input imports2Farmdoc DailyRipple effects of shipping lane disruptions on U.S. agriculture2NDSU Trade MonitorIEEPA fertilizer tariffs: Revenue, relief, and pass-through1Education SciencesMachine learning-assisted systematic review: A case study in learning analytics1ChoicesRetaliatory tariffs and container shipping disruptions — California's almond industry1WEFA portrait of firms that trade in meat products1Working PaperGlobal container trade disruptions and U.S. agricultural exports1Food PolicyU.S. public perceptions of food date labeling0Systematic ReviewsMachine learning-assisted abstract screening on learning analytics0Applied EconomicsWork environment and intimate partner violence against women: Evidence from China0NDSU Trade MonitorHow IEEPA tariffs shaped U.S. biofuel feedstock imports in 20250Intl J Edu DevParental educational pairings and child physical abuse: Evidence from China0JTEPThe 2021 container shipping crisis and its consequences for US agricultural exports0Asian Econ LettersTrade implications of ending China's zero-Covid policy0AEPPSupply chain disruptions and containerized agricultural exports from California ports31AgribusinessU.S. agricultural exports and the 2022 Mississippi River drought14ARE UpdateContainergeddon and California Agriculture11Working PaperGlobal shipping container disruptions and U.S. agricultural exports8ChoicesU.S. agricultural trade challenges amid climate and geopolitical disruptions6NDSU Trade MonitorSoybean basis hits record low amid zero new-crop sales to China3NDSU Trade MonitorChina could bypass U.S. soybeans in 2025/26 and IEEPA tariffs raise input costs3AEPPGlobal container shipping disruptions, pop-up ports, and U.S. agricultural exports3AgribusinessThe impact of maritime shipping disruptions on U.S. tree nut exports and inventories3NDSU Trade MonitorIEEPA tariff escalation: What it means for U.S. food and ag-input imports2Farmdoc DailyRipple effects of shipping lane disruptions on U.S. agriculture2NDSU Trade MonitorIEEPA fertilizer tariffs: Revenue, relief, and pass-through1Education SciencesMachine learning-assisted systematic review: A case study in learning analytics1ChoicesRetaliatory tariffs and container shipping disruptions — California's almond industry1WEFA portrait of firms that trade in meat products1Working PaperGlobal container trade disruptions and U.S. agricultural exports1Food PolicyU.S. public perceptions of food date labeling0Systematic ReviewsMachine learning-assisted abstract screening on learning analytics0Applied EconomicsWork environment and intimate partner violence against women: Evidence from China0NDSU Trade MonitorHow IEEPA tariffs shaped U.S. biofuel feedstock imports in 20250Intl J Edu DevParental educational pairings and child physical abuse: Evidence from China0JTEPThe 2021 container shipping crisis and its consequences for US agricultural exports0Asian Econ LettersTrade implications of ending China's zero-Covid policy0

Supply chain disruptions and containerized agricultural exports from California ports

AEPP · 2023

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Recent Publications

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U.S. public perceptions of food date labeling: Text mining and content analysis of USDA request for information (RFI) responses

Food Policy, 140, 103055 · 2026

Machine learning-assisted abstract screening on learning analytics: A step-by-step tutorial

Systematic Reviews, 15, 103 · 2026

Parental educational pairings and child physical abuse: Evidence from China

International Journal of Educational Development · 2025

Work environment and intimate partner violence against women: Evidence from China

Applied Economics · 2025

Machine learning-assisted systematic review: A case study in learning analytics

Education Sciences, 15(11), 1488 · 2025

Coauthor Network

8+ institutions

Sandro Steinbach

Supply Chain · Trade

NDSU

10 papers

Colin A. Carter

Container Shipping · Ag Exports

UC Davis

3 papers

Weidong Tian

Domestic Violence · Social Issues

SWUFE

4 papers

Zhihong Xu

Machine Learning · Systematic Reviews

Texas A&M

3 papers

Peng Lu

Food Policy · Text Mining

UGA

1 papers

Shawn Arita

Trade Monitor · Tariffs

NDSU/ARPC

7 papers

Heidi Schweizer

Meat Trade · Firm Analysis

NC State

1 papers

Raghav Goyal

Climate · Trade Disruptions

LSU

2 papers

Evidence Pipeline
data supports research

Raw data

trade flows + shipping records

Cleaning

align routes, ports, and timing

Identification

define disruption shock windows

Evidence

estimate export losses

Paper

translate shock into policy relevance

input

Trade flows

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Shipping disruptions

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Port conditions

Active Case

TradeJTEP · 2025

Container shipping crisis and U.S. agricultural exports

Shows how logistics shocks translate into measurable export damage for agricultural markets.

Methods

Causal inferenceTrade-flow analysis
Research starts from messy data sources, moves through design and identification, and ends in interpretable evidence.

Selected Research

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Trade Disruptions2025Journal of Transport Economics and Policy

The 2021 container shipping crisis and its consequences for U.S. agricultural exports

Research question: How did the container shipping crisis reshape U.S. agricultural export performance?

Contribution: Frames a logistics crisis as a measurable trade shock with direct implications for agricultural exporters and policy.

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Trade DataShock AnalysisPolicy Context
Supply Chains2024Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy

Global container shipping disruptions, pop-up ports, and U.S. agricultural exports

Research question: Can port adaptation strategies offset the damage from global shipping disruptions?

Contribution: Presents your work as systems-oriented research with clear relevance to logistics resilience and agricultural trade.

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Trade DataPort AnalysisSupply Chain Resilience
Social Outcomes2025Applied Economics

Work environment and intimate partner violence against women: Evidence from China

Research question: How do workplace conditions affect exposure to intimate partner violence?

Contribution: Balances the trade papers with a strong social-outcomes example and keeps the emphasis on your main research agenda.

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Applied MicroSocial DataCausal Inference

Methods & Data

supporting toolkit
Causal inferenceBig data analyticsTrade-flow analysisPolicy interpretationText miningSystematic review designApplied microeconomics

Research Profile

The main emphasis here is the research agenda itself: trade, supply chains, food policy, and social outcomes.

Big data and computational methods appear as part of the background and toolkit, not as a separate professional identity.

Timeline

2024–

Research Assistant Professor

North Dakota State University

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2024

Postdoctoral Researcher

Texas A&M University

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2018–24

Ph.D. Agricultural & Resource Economics

University of Connecticut

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2024–

M.S. Computer Science

Georgia Institute of Technology

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2014–17

M.S. Quantitative Economics

Fuzhou University

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2010–14

B.A. Accounting

Xiamen University, Tan Kah Kee College

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