Research Assistant Professor

Xiting Zhuang

// North Dakota State University

I am a Research Assistant Professor investigating how supply chain disruptions, trade policy, and economic shocks affect agricultural markets and social outcomes. I draw on causal inference and big data analytics to turn large-scale economic data into evidence that informs trade and social policy.

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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 ports32AgribusinessU.S. agricultural exports and the 2022 Mississippi River drought16ARE 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-through2Working PaperGlobal container trade disruptions and U.S. agricultural exports2Education 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 products1Food 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 policy0J. Rural StudiesThe call of kinship: How clan culture shapes rural residents' commitment to hometown development in China0AEPPSupply chain disruptions and containerized agricultural exports from California ports32AgribusinessU.S. agricultural exports and the 2022 Mississippi River drought16ARE 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-through2Working PaperGlobal container trade disruptions and U.S. agricultural exports2Education 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 products1Food 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 policy0J. Rural StudiesThe call of kinship: How clan culture shapes rural residents' commitment to hometown development in China0

Supply chain disruptions and containerized agricultural exports from California ports

AEPP · 2023

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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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2020–

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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