University of Virginia
Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy
Jay Shimshack is Professor of Public Policy and Economics at the University of Virginia's Frank Batten School. He received a Ph.D. from U.C. Berkeley and a B.S. from Cornell University. His major fields are environmental regulation, environmental economics, corporate social behavior, and applied microeconomics for public policy. His academic research has been published in the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, the Journal of Economic Literature, the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (JEEM), the Journal of Health Economics, the Journal of Law and Economics, Science, and elsewhere. He is a former co-editor of the JEEM. He has advised EPA, FDA, USDA, DOL and other federal agencies; consulted for private organizations; and testified before the US House of Representatives. At the University of Virginia, Jay teaches economics for public policy and benefit-cost analysis. Earlier teaching experience includes statistics and research methods, environmental economics and policy, public service learning, and microeconomics. Between July 2019 and June 2023, Jay served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs (i.e., chief academic officer) of the UVA Batten School.