Biography

Beyond his economics background, Chuck served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Costa Rica's Community Economic Development program (2010-2013), worked in extension with the University of Tennessee's Center for Profitable Agriculture (2015-2018), and conducted food market research with the USDA's Economic Research Service (2024-2025).

Education

  • Economics, University of the South: Sewanee, BA
  • Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, MS
  • Food and Resource Economics, University of Florida, Gainesville, PhD

Awards & Recognitions

  • The Dutch and Marilee Cavender Publication Award, The University of Tennessee, Institute of Agriculture
  • Gamma Sigma Delta, National Honor Society of Agriculture
  • Phi Beta Kappa

Courses Taught

  • AGEC 370: Agricultural Price Analysis
  • AGEC 415: Agricultural Futures and Options
  • AGEC 784: Applied Management Science in Agricultural Systems

Selected Publications, Articles & Presentations

  • Grigsby-Calage, C., Mullally, C., Volpe, R., Kropp, J. (2025). The Varying Effects of
    Dollar Stores on Food Access: A Machine Learning Analysis.
  • Grigsby-Calage, C., Mullally, C., Volpe, R., Kropp, J. (2025). Assessing the Conventional
    Wisdom on Dollar Store Locations Through Machine Learning.
Areas of Expertise
Causal inference methods
Machine learning applications
Geospatial analysis
Food retail markets, retail competition and market dynamics, U.S. and international food systems
Departments
Department of Agriculture, Geoscience, and Natural Resources
Office
205 Brehm Hall