Jay Shimshack

Jay Shimshack

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Professor of Public Policy and Economics

Contact Info

Education & Training

  • PhD, University of California, Berkeley, Agricultural and Resource Economics
  • MS, University of California, Berkeley, Agricultural and Resource Economics
  • BA, Cornell University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Business Marketing and Management
  • Curriculum Vitae (232 KB)

UVA Affiliations

  • Faculty
  • Department of Economics

Areas of Focus

  • Environmental Policy & Regulation
  • Social Policy & Economic Inequality

About

Jay Shimshack is associate dean for academic affairs and professor of public policy and economics at the University of Virginia’s Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. His primary 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, the Journal of Health Economics, the Journal of Law and Economics, Science, and elsewhere. He has advised EPA, FDA, USDA, DOL and other federal agencies; consulted for private organizations; and testified before the US House of Representatives. Shimshack received a Ph.D. from U.C. Berkeley and a B.S. from Cornell University.

At the University of Virginia, Shimshack teaches the economics of public policy and benefit-cost analysis. Earlier teaching experience includes statistics and research methods, environmental economics and policy, and microeconomics. Between July 2019 and June 2023, Shimshack served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs (i.e., chief academic officer) of the UVA Batten School. He returned to that role in August 2026.

  • Areas of Expertise
    • Environmental policy
    • Economics
    • Regulation
    • Business and society