Published Papers

  1. Davis, W., Xilau, J., Gregory, C., and R. Tchernis “A Flexible Model of Food Security: Estimation and Implications for Prediction”, American Journal of Agricultural Economics (Forthcoming).

  2. Matthews, R., Davis, W., Pylate, L. White, S., Taylor, J. and L. Thorne “Food Access and Food Insecurity Among Early Childhood Educators and Staff Prior to and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed Methods Pilot Study”, Journal of Human Sciences and Extension (2025).

  3. Davis, W., and A. Kim “Understanding the Relationship between Broadband Access and Telehealth Utilization: Evidence from Mississippi“, Telemedicine and e-Health (2025).

  4. Davis, W., Jones, J., Canales, E., Kim, A., and D. Buys “Online Grocery Purchasing in Mississippi: Associations with Broadband, Rurality, and Household Characteristics“, Frontiers in Nutriton (2025).

  5. Giscombe, S., Canales, E., Davis, W., Kim, A., and D. Buys “The Relationship between Local Food Environments and Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in the Mississippi Delta“, Journal of Food Distribution Research (2025).

  6. Sung, J., Davis, W., and Q. Qiu “The Effects of COVID-19 Lockdown on Bodyweight and Lifestyle Behaviors of US Adults“, Southern Economic Journal (2023).

  7. Davis, W., Musaddiq, T., and D. Kreisman “The Effect of Free School Meals on BMI and Student Attendance", Education Finance and Policy (2023).

  8. Davis, W., and D. Meadowcroft “Understanding the Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facility Operations and Patient Success: Evidence from Mississippi”, Substance Abuse Research and Treatment (2022).

  9. Sung, J. Qiu Q., Davis, W., and R. Tchernis “Design and Application of an Area-Level Suicide Risk Index with Spatial Correlation”, Social Indicators Research (2021).

  10. Davis, W., Gordan, A. and R. Tchernis “Measuring the Spatial Distribution of County Health in the United States”, Health Economics (2021).

  11. Qiu, Q., Sung, J., Davis, W., Tchernis, R., “Using Spatial Factor Analysis to Measure Human Development”, Journal of Development Economics (2018).

Other Publications

  1. Ramezani, S., Warkentin, M., Barlow, J., Parisi, D., Tribble, AG., Davis, W., and H. Karimi “Personalized AI Communication as a Strategic Lever for Intellectual Capital Enhancement”, Editorial-Journal of Intellectual Capital (2025).

  2. Rico Mendez, G., Petrolia, D., Davis, W., Mosby, T., and S. Gardner “Research and Learning of the McGovern-Dole School Meals Program in Africa”, Research Report for the United States Department of Agriculture-Foreign Agricultural Service (2022).  

Working Papers

  1. Coatney, K., Davis, D., and W. Davis “A Theory of WIC Supplier Competition”.

  2. Tribble, AG., Davis, W., and D. Thompson “Forms of Insecurity and their Effects on Xenophobia: An Analysis of World Values Survey Data".

  3. Davis, W. “Should Kids Have Their School Lunch and Eat it Too? Estimating the Effect of Universal Free School Meals on Child Health".

  4. Davis, W., and T. Musaddiq “Estimating the Effects of Subsidized School Meals on Child Health: Evidence from the Community Eligibility Provision in Georgia Schools".

Research Funding

  1. Co-Principle Investigator, CIDA Mississippi Horizons Health Economics Program Sub-Award. SAMHSA. (MSU Sub-Award: $171,509; Total Project Funding: $6,000,000) (Sep 2022-Sep 2025).

  2. Principle Investigator, Understanding the Relationship between Broadband Access, Telehealth Utilization, and Population Health: Evidence from Mississippi. University of Mississippi Medical Center. ($40,000) (Jan 2022-Dec 2022)

  3. Co-Principle Investigator, New Beginnings for Choctaw Tribal Students. United States Department of Agriculture-National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Collaborators: Mariah Morgan in the Extension Center for Technology Outreach at Mississippi State University, Rasheda Boddie-Forbes in the Holmes Cultural Diversity Center at Mississippi State University, Gabe Miller in the Department of Sociology at Mississippi State University, and Anna Grace Tribble in the department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures at Mississippi State University. ($500,000) (Sep 2021-Aug 2025)

  4. Co-Principle Investigator, Complexity-Aware Research and Learning of the McGovern Dole School Meals Program in Africa. United States Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service. Collaborators: Gina Rico Mendez, Sheena Gardner, and Ismail Yigit in the Social Science Research Center at Mississippi State University, Daniel Petrolia in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Mississippi State University, Terezie Tolar-Peterson in the Department of Food Science, Nutrition, and Health Promotion at Mississippi State University, and Anna Grace Tribble in the Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures at Mississippi State University ($618,944) (Apr 2021 –May 2022)

  5. Principle Investigator, MAFES Strategic Research Initiative. Mississippi State University. Collaborators: David Buys in the Department of Food Science, Nutrition, and Health Promotion at Mississippi State University ($34,360) (Jan 2021 – Jun 2022)

  6. Co-Principle Investigator, Federally Recognized Tribes Extension Program Mississippi State University. United States Department of Agriculture. Collaborators: David Buys, James Henderson, Tawnya Holliman, and Kaiti Ford in the Department of Food Science, Nutrition, and Health Promotion; and University Extension at Mississippi State University ($54,920) (Jan 2021 – Aug 2022)

  7. Subrecipient Investigator, Economic Analyses of Chronic Health Conditions, Health Resources Service Administration. Collaborators: Alan Barefield and Devon Meadowcroft in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Mississippi State University ($82,220) (Jan 2021-Jun 2021)

  8. Cooperative Agreement, United States Department of Agriculture-Economic Research Service. Collaborators: Rusty Tchernis in the Department of Economics at Georgia State University; Economic Research Service ($30,000) (Aug 2018-Aug 2020)

  9. Fellowship, Center for the Economic Analysis of Risk, Georgia State University. ($5,000) (Jan 2019-May 2020).