Prof. Dr. Scott Rozelle is the co-director of the Rural Education Action Program in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University. He received his BS from the University of California, Berkeley, and his MS and PhD from Cornell University. Previously, Prof. Rozelle was a professor at the University of California, Davis, and an assistant professor at Stanford’s Food Research Institute and department of economics. He is currently a member of the American Economics Association, the International Association for Agricultural Economists, and the Association for Asian Studies. He also serves on the editorial boards of Economic Development and Cultural Change, Agricultural Economics, the Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, and the China Economic Review. His research is concerned with agricultural policy, including the supply, demand, and trade in agricultural projects; the emergence and evolution of markets and other economic institutions in the transition process and their implications for equity and efficiency; and the economics of poverty and inequality, with an emphasis on rural education, health, and nutrition. Prof. Rozelle has received numerous honors and awards, including the Friendship Award in 2008, the highest award given to a non-Chinese by the Premier, and the National Science and Technology Collaboration Award in 2009 for scientific achievement in collaborative research.