Becca is a faculty member in the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University’s SC Johnson College of Business. An agricultural and food systems economist, her research examines how food and agricultural policies can promote food and nutrition security, resilient farm businesses, regional economic development, and environmental sustainability. She combines applied economics, advanced quantitative modeling, and stakeholder-engaged research to evaluate policy tradeoffs and support decision-makers to design evidence-based solutions.

At Cornell, she teaches Farm and Food Business Management and Agricultural and Agribusiness Finance. Dr. Jablonski holds an M.S. from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London and a Ph.D. from Cornell University. Her research has appeared in leading journals, including Food Policy, BioScience, and Advances in Nutrition, and she has led more than $50 million in externally funded research. She is the recipient of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association’s Distinguished Extension/Outreach Program Award and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Abraham Lincoln Honor Award.