Rebecca Taylor is a lecturer (assistant professor) in the School of Economics at the University of Sydney. Her research interests are at the intersections of consumer behavior, food policy and environmental regulation.She completed her Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley in agricultural and resource Economics. She received her undergraduate degree in economics from Washington & Lee University. Before graduate school she was a research assistant at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C. She has also worked at the U.S. Department of Treasury and the Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.