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Dr. Mike Jones, an economist at UAA’s Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), has focused much of his research on food security and food transportation in Alaska. He is a member of the legislature’s food strategy task force where he has served on the infrastructure and transport subcommittee. Born and raised in northern Florida, he earned a BS in Food and Resource Economics from the University of Florida, an MS in Agricultural Economics from Purdue University, and a PhD in Economics from North Carolina State University. He and his wife moved to Anchorage three years ago.