Helen H. Jensen

Helen H. Jensen

Professor and FNP Division Head
Center for Agricultural and Rural Development
578E Heady Hall
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-1070
515-294-6253 phone
515-294-6336 fax
hhjensen@iastate.edu

Helen H. Jensen is professor of economics and head of the Food and Nutrition Policy Division of the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development at Iowa State University. Her current research focuses on food programs and policies, including food safety. Dr. Jensen's major areas of research are food demand analysis, food assistance and nutrition policies, issues related to food security, and the economics of food safety and food hazard control options. She joined the faculty at Iowa State in 1985, and she holds a PhD in agricultural economics from the University of Wisconsin.