Nancy McCarthy joined IFPRI as a joint postdoctoral fellow with IFPRI and the International Livestock Research Institute. McCarthy received her B.A. from Rutgers College, her M.S. in economics from California Polytechnic University, and her Ph.D. in agricultural and resource economics from the University of California, Berkeley. She joined IFPRI in 1996 to research property rights and risk in livestock management. McCarthy is a citizen of the United States.