Victoria Salin

	Victoria Salin, Ph.D.
	Victoria Salin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Texas A&M University specializing in agribusiness management and finance. She is a member of the Scientific Advisory Council of the World Food Logistics Organization (www.wflo.org) and serves on the Board of Directors of the State of Texas Agricultural Finance Authority. Recent research projects include microfinance and credit rationing, and risk exposures of lending institutions. Salin grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio and graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, with a degree in political science and history. She then completed a Master of Arts from the University of Virginia in government and foreign affairs before moving to Washington, D.C., where she was an editor in private industry and with the Economic Research Service of the US Department of Agriculture. She also served as an international trade analyst at the U.S. International Trade Commission before pursuing a degree in agricultural economics. She received her Ph.D. from Purdue University in 1996, with specialties in agribusiness finance and international trade.
Contact me: Tel: (979) 845-8103 email: v-salin@tamu.edu Office: 321 D Blocker Building Department of Agricultural Economics Texas A&M University, TAMU 2124 College Station, TX 77845-2124	Courses: AGEC 431 AGEC 630 AGEC 695-601 Other: FIRE Club Delta Sigma Pi Best Writers Publication	Recent presentations and publications: Victoria Salin, Yanhong Jin, and Wenhua Di. Riskiness of Sector Dependence in Community Development Financial Institutions, Report prepared for U.S. Department of Treasury, Aug. 2008, in press. Mwanamambo, B., and V. Salin. "Lending to Agribusiness in Zambia," selected paper presented at 2007 meetings of the American Association of Agricultural Economists, Portland, OR, Jul. 29-31. Salin, V., S. Darmasena, A.Wong, and P. Luo. 2006. "Food Product Recalls in the USA," Journal of Food Distribution Research, 38(1) March, pp. 150-153. Teratanavat, R., V. Salin, and N.H. Hooker. 2005. "Recall Event Timing: Measures of Managerial Performance in U.S. Meat and Poultry Plants," Agribusiness, An International Journal, 21(3), pp. 351-373. Hooker, N.H., R. Teratanavat, and V. Salin. 2005. "Crisis Management Effectiveness Indicators for U.S. Meat and Poultry Recalls," Food Policy, 30 (1), pp. 63-80.