Qiujie āAngieā Zheng
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Dr. Qiujie āAngieā Zheng is an Associate Professor of Business Analytics in the Maine Business School at the University of Maine. Trained as an economist, Angieās research focuses on consumer choice and preferences, consumer behavior, food marketing, and agricultural and aquaculture business. She designs surveys and experiments to examine consumersā perceptions, attitudes, preferences, and valuation of foods and their attributes. Her work explores drivers and factors influencing decision-making and food choices, particularly related to food safety, food security, sustainability, and novel technology. She has experience in researching and consulting Maine seafood and marketing strategies. Prior to joining the University of Maine, Angie had worked as an Associate Professor of Economics and Quantitative Methods at the University of Alaska Anchorage and Sr. Risk Analyst at JPMorgan Chase & Co. She obtained her Ph.D. in Economics and M.S. in Statistics from Washington State University.
Zheng, Q., Nayga Jr, R. M., & Gao, Z. (2025). Consumersā Valuation for Local Foods: The Case of āAlaska Grownā. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 50(2), 264-286.
Zheng, Q., Wang, H. H., Wu, G., & Zhang, R. (2024). Economics of face masks through the lens of Chinese consumers during COVID-19: Demand, supply, price, and willingness to pay. China Economic Journal, 1ā20.
Lu, Y., Zheng, Q., & Henning, K. (2024). An exact Bayesian model for meta-analysis of the standardized mean difference with its simultaneous credible intervals. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 1ā19.
Zheng, Q., Davis, C. V., Noll, A. L., Bernier, R., and Labbe, R. 2024. U.S. consumer preferences and attitudes towards seaweed and value-added products. Agribusiness.
Zheng, Q., Diao, W., Lu, Y., Wang, Y. & Chi, G. 2023. Transfer or surrender rural homestead land? An investigation of farmersā preferences in China. The Chinese Economy, 1-21.
Zheng, Q., Nayga Jr, R. M., Yang, W., & Tokunaga, K. 2023. āDo US consumers value genetically modified farmed salmon?ā Food Quality and Preference, 104841.
Wang, H. H., Jiang, Y., Jin, S., & Zheng, Q. 2022. āThe Role of Online Market in Incentivizing Rural Smallholder Farms to Supply Safe and Eco-Friendly Food in China.ā Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics.
Lu, Y., Zheng, Q., & Quinn, D. 2022. āIntroducing causal inference using Bayesian networks and do-Calculus.ā Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education.
Hao, N., Zhang, Y., Zheng, Q., & Wetzstein, M. 2022. āSpillover effects of food recalls: A milk recall scenario experiment in China.ā npj Sci Food 6 (1): 1-8.
Yue, W., Liu, N., Zheng, Q., & Wang, H. H. 2021. Does the COVID-19 Pandemic Change Consumersā Food Consumption and Willingness-To-Pay? The Case of China. Foods, 10, 2156.
Zhang, Y. Y., Zheng, Q., & Wang, H. 2021. . The Chinese Economy, 1-3.
Zheng, Q., & Wang, H. H. 2021. . The Chinese Economy, 1-13.
Lu, Y., & Zheng, Q. 2020. . Current Issues in Tourism, 1-7.
Zheng, Q., H. H. Wang, and J. Shogren. 2020. . Marine Resource Economics, 36 (1).
Zheng, Q., J. Chen, R. Zhang, and H. H. Wang. 2020. . China Agricultural Economic Review, 12 (2): 193-213.
Wang, H. H., L. Liu, D. L. Ortega, Y. Jiang, and Q. Zheng. 2019. . The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance-Issues and Practice, 1-25.
Zheng, Q., H. H. Wang, and Y. Lu. 2018. . Sustainability 2018 (10), 1377.
Zheng, Q., H. H. Wang, Q. Fong, and Y. Lu. 2017. . Alaska Sea Grant, University of Alaska Fairbanks, MAB-70, Fairbanks.
Zheng, Q., and H. H. Wang. 2017. . Agribusiness 33 (1): 30-42.
Zheng, Q., and H. H. Wang. 2016. . China Economic Review 41: 148-158.
Fong, Q., and Q. Zheng. 2016. . Alaska Sea Grant, University of Alaska Fairbanks, MAB-68, Fairbanks.
Zheng, Q., and Y. Lu. 2016. . Teaching Statistics 38 (3): 91ā97. DOI: 10.1111/test.12107.
Zheng, Q., H. H. Wang, and Q. Shi. 2014. . Applied Economics 46 (18): 2108-2118.
Zheng, Q., and C. R. Shumway. 2012. . Energy Policy 48: 515-525.
Conference Presentations
Zheng, Q., & Jin., X. 2024. āDo āRecognizing my groupā and āMy Group being recognizedā affect social behavior? A public goods gameā, Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) 2024 Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, July 28 ā 30.
Noblet, C.L., Zimmerman, C., Shea, M., Percival-Carter, E., & Zheng, Q. 2023. āOne Health and Impacts on Food Supply and Food Safety Thresholds: Consumer Response to PFAS in Agriculture.ā Michigan State University, Center for PFAS Research Annual Symposium- Current Knowledge and Applications for Agricultural Production. October 22-24.
Zheng, Q., Levallet, N., Yang, W., Davis, C.V. 2023. āConsumer valuation of aquaculture product attribute improvements by technologically-enabled innovation: The case of Maine oystersā, Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) 2023 Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, July 23 ā 25.
Zheng, Q., Gao, Z., Berry, K. 2023. āFactors affecting household food waste behavior during COVID-19: Shopping behavior, cooking behavior, food security, and household characteristicsā, Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) 2023 Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, July 23 ā 25.
Levallet, N., Zheng, Q., Adedara, L. 2023. āTechnology-enabled Innovation in Aquaculture: An Organizational Perspective of Maineās Oyster Farmingā, Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC) 2023 Conference, Toronto, ON, June 3 ā 5.
Zheng, Q., Nayga, R., Yang, W., & Tokunaga, K. 2023. āConsumersā Valuation for Lobster Harvested Using Ropeless Technology to Reduce Right Whale Entanglement and Extinction.ā Association of Environmental and Resource Economics (AERE) Summer Conference. Portland, ME, May 31 ā June 2.
Zheng, Q., Davis, C. V., Noll, A. L., Bernier, R., & Labbe, R. 2023. āU.S. consumer preferences and attitudes towards seaweed and value-added productsā. Aquaculture America 2023. New Orleans, LA, February 24 ā 26.
Zheng, Q., Nayga, R., Yang, W., & Tokunaga, K. 2022. āConsumersā Valuation for Lobster Harvested Using Ropeless Technology to Reduce Right Whale Entanglement and Extinction.ā Applied Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) Meeting. Anaheim, CA, July 31 ā August 2.
Zheng, Q., Nayga, R., Yang, W., & Tokunaga, K. 2022. āDo U.S. consumers value genetically modified farmed salmon?ā Applied Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) Meeting. Anaheim, CA, July 31 ā August 2.
Zheng, Q., Nayga, R., Yang, W., & Tokunaga, K. 2022. āConsumersā Valuation for Lobster Harvested Using Ropeless Technology to Reduce Right Whale Entanglement and Extinction.ā Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association (NAREA) Annual Meeting. Mystic, CT, June 12 ā 14.
Davis, C. V., Noll, A. L., Zheng, Q., Bernier, R., & Labbe, R. 2022. āConsumer Perceptions, Preferences, & Attitudes about Domestic Farm-raised Seaweed Productsā. Northeast Aquaculture Conference & Exposition and the 41st Milford Aquaculture Seminar. Portland, ME, April 27-29.
Wang, H., & Zheng, Q. 2021. āEat safe, but no waste: Chinese householdsā meat storage, consumption, and wasteā. Sustainable Resource Management for Adequate, Safe and Nutritious Food Provision International Conference. Virtual, October 16.
Zheng Q., Wang, H. H., & Wu, G. 2021. āEffect of Social Distance on Altruism during COVID-19 Pandemic: An Online Dictator Game in Chinaā. Applied Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) Meeting. Virtual, August 1 ā 3.
Zheng Q., Wang, H. H., Wu, G., & Zhang, R. 2021. āLet Consumer Willingness-to-Pay Guide Government Price Control on Essential Products: The Case of Facemasks in China during COVID-19ā. Western Economic Association International 96th Annual Conference. Virtual, June 27 ā July 1.
Zheng Q., Wang, H. H., Wu, G., & Zhang, R. 2021. āEconomics of face masks through the lens of Chinese consumers during COVID-19: Demand, supply, price, and willingness to payā. The Chinese Economists Society (CES) Annual Conference. Virtual. June 18 ā 20.
Wang, H., & Zheng, Q. 2021. āEat Safe, but No Waste: Chinese Householdsā Meat Storage, Consumption, and Wasteā. The Chinese Economists Society (CES) Annual Conference. Virtual. June 18 ā 20.
Yue, W., Liu, N., Wang, H. H., and Zheng, Q. 2021. āDid Chinese Consumersā Food Consumption and Willing-to-pay for Food Change during COVID-19 Pandemic?ā The Chinese Economists Society (CES) Annual Conference. Virtual. June 18 ā 20.
Wang, H. H., Zheng, Q., & Wu, Guoyong. 2021. āThe Role of Risk Perception and Preference on Consumer Willingness to Pay Higher Prices for PPE and Disinfectants during COVID-19ā. SCC-76 āEconomics and Management of Risks in Agriculture and Natural Resourcesā Group Annual Meeting. Virtual, April 8 ā 9.
Zheng, Q., and H. H. Wang. 2020. āAltruism and social distance: An online dictator game in China during COVID-19 outbreakā. Economic Science Association (ESA) Global Online Around-the-Clock Meetings. Virtual, September 10 ā 12.
Zheng, Q., W. Diao, Y. Lu, and Y. Wang. 2020. āChinese Farmersā Preference for Rural Homestead Land Use: Mechanism, Knowledge and Perceptionā. Applied Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) Meeting. Virtual, August 10 ā 11.
Zheng, Q., R. Nayga, and Z. Gao. 2020. āConsumersā willingness-to-pay for local, organic, and hydroponic foods in Alaskaā. Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association Annual Meeting. Virtual, June 15 ā 19.
Wang, H. H., J. Yang, Q. Zheng and Y. Jiang. 2019. āInformation Influence on Consumersā Choice for Genetically Modified Foods: A Non-Hypothetical Choice Experiment in Chinaā. Applied Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) meeting. Atlanta, GA. July 21 ā 23.
Wang, H. H., J. Yang and Q. Zheng. 2019. āA Real Experiment on Chinese Consumersā Choice of Genetically Modified Foodsā. The Chinese Economists Society (CES) Annual Conference. Dalian, China. June 8 ā 9.
Zheng, Q., R. Nayga and Z. Gao. 2019. āAlaska Consumers Perceptions and Preference for Local, Organic, and Hydroponic Foodsā. Alaska Food Festival & Conference. Homer, Alaska, March 8 ā 9.
Zheng, Q., J. Chen, R. Zhang and H. H. Wang. 2017. āChinese Preference for Online Grocery Shopping: Shopping for Convenience, Quality or Price?ā Applied Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) meeting. Chicago, IL. July 30 ā August 1.
Zheng, Q., H. H. Wang and J. Shogren. 2016. āIncorporating Incentive Compatible Consequentiality in Choice Experiments: Consumer Preference for Alaska Salmon in China.ā Applied Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) meeting. Boston, MA. July 31 ā August 2.
Zheng, Q. and H. H. Wang. 2016. āWhat factors affect Chinese consumerās purchase decision of Alaska salmon?ā The Chinese Economists Society (CES) Annual Conference. Shenzhen, China. June 10 ā 12.
Zheng, Q., H. H. Wang, and Y. Lu. 2016. āConsumer Preference and Market Potentials for Alaska Salmon in China.ā Alaska Food Policy Council Annual Conference. Anchorage, Alaska. February 26 ā 27.
Johnson, P. and Q. Zheng. 2015. āTrading in Networks: a Classroom Experiment.ā Western Economic Association International (WEAI) Annual Conference. Honolulu, Hawaii. June 28 ā July 2.
Zheng, Q. and H. H. Wang. 2014. āAttribute Preference of Duck Products: From Restaurant Consumer and Managerās Perspectives in China.ā The Chinese Economists Society (CES) Annual Conference. Guangzhou, China. June 14 ā 15.
Johnson, P. and Q. Zheng. 2014. āTrading in Networks: a Classroom Experiment.ā The Chinese Economists Society (CES) Annual Conference. Guangzhou, China. June 14 ā 15.
Zheng, Q. and H. H. Wang. 2014. āThe Market Power of Chinese Wine Industry.ā The Chinese Economists Society (CES) North America Conference. West Lafayette, IN. March 14 ā 15.
Zheng, Q. and H. H. Wang. 2013. āThe Market Power of Chinese Wine Industry.ā The Chinese Economists Society (CES) Annual Conference. Chengdu, China. June 8 ā 10.
Lu, Y. and Q. Zheng. 2013. āA Simple P-value Adjustment for Group Sequential Test.ā Southwest Decision Science Institute (SWDSI) meeting. Albuquerque, NM. March 12 ā 16.
Zheng, Q., V. McCracken and M. Taylor. 2010. āConsumers Apple Variety Choices Based on National Household-level Data.ā Applied Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) meeting. Denver, CO. July 25 ā 27.
Zheng, Q., and M. Taylor. 2009. āWhich Factors Influence Consumerās Apple Purchase Choice?ā Washington State Horticultural Association meeting. Wenatchee, WA. December 7 ā 9.
Zheng, Q., and C. R. Shumway. 2008. āWashington Biofuel Feedstock Crop Supply under Output Price and Quantity Uncertaintyā. Applied Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) meeting. Orlando, FL. July 27 ā 29.
Zheng, Q., and C. R. Shumway. 2008. āWashington Biofuel Feedstock Supply under Price Uncertainty.ā Western Agricultural Economics Association (WAEA) meeting. Big Sky, MT. June 25 ā 27.
Zheng, Q., and J. Yoder. 2008. āMarket Power over Blended Motor Fuel Inputs: Biodiesel vs. Renewable Diesel in Washington State.ā WAEA meeting. Big Sky, MT. June 25 ā 27.
Areas of Expertise
Data Analysis for Business
Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation
Predictive Analytics and Business Forecasting
Small Business Management
Strategic Data Analysis
Education
M.S., Statistics, Washington State University
M.A., International Finance, Nankai University, China
B.A., Finance, Nankai University, China

