Dr. Nicole M. Mason is an Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics (AFRE) at Michigan State University (MSU). Appointed in the tenure system since 2013 and a member of the AFRE faculty and Food Security Group since 2011, her research focuses on: (i) the targeting, welfare effects, and political economy of agricultural input and output subsidy programs in various countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA); and (ii) issues at the agriculture-environment-development nexus including sustainable agricultural intensification and climate change. Mason was based in Zambia from 2011-2013 with the Indaba Agricultural Policy Research Institute (IAPRI). While there, she was involved in food policy research and outreach, taught at the University of Zambia, and served as IAPRI’s Capacity Building Coordinator. Back in East Lansing, Mason continues to collaborate with Zambian colleagues at IAPRI as well as with researchers based in Tanzania, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, and the US. She is a Fellow of the MSU Academy for Global Engagement, received the AFRE Excellence in Research Award in 2016, and was named the MSU John H. Hudzik Emerging Leader in Advancing International Studies and Programs Award in 2017. In addition, she and several collaborators were awarded the 2017 Bruce Gardner Memorial Prize for Applied Policy Analysis by the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association for their work on farm input subsidy programs in SSA. Prior to completing her M.S. and Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics at MSU, Mason served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Guinea and worked at the Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa.