I am a Teaching Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Iowa State University. I use observational data and causal inference methods to study topics related to Economics of Education and Food Policy.  I have published in The American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Economics of Education Review, Economic Development and Cultural Change, World Development, among others. 

Currently, I am interested in understanding how universal meals impact affordability and nutritional quality of foods purchased for consumption at home. Using consumer and store-level scanner data in combination with the ERS Food Purchase Groups and the Purchase-to-Plate Crosswalk, I am studying the effect of universal school meals on the cost of those retail food items necessary to achieve a nutritionally secure diet and the impact on the nutritional quality of food-at-home purchases.

Teaching: Principles of Microeconomics (ECON 101), Intermediate Microeconomics (ECON 301), and Econometrics II (ECON 672).

(See additional details on my CV). 

ORCID, Fulbright Scholar 

Email: acuadros@iastate.edu