Events

Recent Publications

Paper, co-authored with a student, on shifting baselines and WTP for conservation, published in Frontiers in Marine Science, May 2017.

Paper on Coastal Conservation given Climate Change applied to Phippsburgh ME, accepted for puclication in Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, May 2017.

Paper on community forestry in Nepal published in the World Bank Research Digest. June 2016

Paper co-authored with Colby student published in the Maine Policy Review. June 2016.

Paper accepted for publication in the Journal of Environmental Management. February 2016.

Paper on a classsroom land conservation game accepted for publication in the Journal of Economics Education. January 2016.

Paper accepted for publication in the Fish and Fisheries. December 2015.

Paper accepted for publication in the European Journal of Operations Research. December 2015.

Paper on STELLA simulation models accepted for publication in the Journal of Economic Education. October 2015.

Book review of The Environments of the Poor in South Asia published in the Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research. October 2015.

Paper, co-authored with a Colby student, on Economic Impacts of Fracking published in Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, August 2015. Link to Paper.

Paper on Preferences for REDD Contracts published in the Journal of Forests and Livelihoods, May 2015. Link to Paper.

Paper, co-authored with a Colby student, on Socially Sustainable Seafood Ecolabels published in Fisheries Research, April 2015. Link to Paper.

Book chapter published in the Handbook on the Economics of Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity, June 2014.

Paper on Preferences and Values for Grassland Restoration published in Land Economics, May 2014.

Events

Presentation at the Policy Workshop on "Improved biomass cookstoves", Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, June 22, 2018.

Presentation at the UNDP-BioFin Annual Meeting. Chennai, India, March 7th, 2018.

Presentation at the W3133 Non-Market Valuation meetings. Austin TX, February 23th, 2018.

Presentation at Environment for Development (EfD) Annual Meeting, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, October 28-30, 2017.

Poster presentation at the Heartland Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. September 30th-October 1, 2017.

Student presenting research at the NAREA Workshop. Washington D.C. June 13-14, 2017.

Organizing the NAREA Workshop on Climate Change and Land Conservation June 13-14, 2017, For registration information and program, http://www.narea.org/2017/workshop/

Presentation at the W3133 Non-Market Valuation meetings. Carlsbad, CA, February 23th, 2017.

Student presenting research at the Heartland Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop. Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. November 12-13, 2016

Poster presentation at the Heartland Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. November 12-13, 2016.

Conducted two-day Capacity Building Short Course the Economics of Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity for IUCN-Sri Lanka, Environment Ministry and the Forest Department. August 2016

Conducted Capacity Building Short Course on Policies for Land Conservation for REDD+ Program in Sri Lanka. August 2016

Students presenting research at the NAREA Annual Meeting. Bar Harbor, ME. June 20th 2016.

Presentations at the NAREA Annual Meeting. Bar Harbor, ME. June 20th 2016.

Presentations at the NAREA Workshop. Bar Harbor, ME. June 20th 2016.

Research Seminar at USGS. Reston, VA, April 13th 2016.

Participant at CFARE workshop on developing a national framework to quantify ecosystem service benefits. Washington D.C. April 12th 2016.

Presentation at the AERE Sessionat the Midwest Economic Association Meeting. Chicago, IL, April 1st 2016.

Research Seminar at the Dyson School at Cornell University. Ithaca, NY. March 18th, 2016.

Presentation at the W3133 Non-Market Valuation meetings. Portland, OR, February 26th, 2016.

Conducted two-day capacity building short course on the Economics of Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity for officers and researchers from multiple ministries in Sri Lanka. January 2016.

Conducted Workshop on "Pricing Biodiversity" at the University of Jaffna, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka. December 21.

Conducted Workshop on "Pricing Biodiversity" at the University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka. December 17.

Presentation at the Environment for Development (EfD) Annual Meeting. Shanghai China. November 5-9.

Guest Lecture at the ACEUniversity of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. October 19.

Research Seminar at the ACE, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. October 19.

Poster presentation at the Heartland Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. October 17-18.

Research Seminar at the Applied Economics Department at the University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN. October 05, 2015.

Presentation at the AERE Summer Conference, San Diego CA.
June 3-5, 2015.

Students present research at the NAREA Annual Meeting. Newport, RI.
June 27-30, 2015.

Presentation at the NAREA Annual Meeting. Newport, RI.
June 27-30, 2015.

Presentation at the Maine Economics Conference. Brunswick, Maine
May 2, 2015.

Research Seminar at the Economics Department, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI.
April 10, 2015.

Presentation at the W3133 Meeting, Pensacola Beach, FL.
February 26, 2015

Guest Lecture at Masters in Development Practice Program at Peradeniya University, Sri Lanka
January 17, 2015

Presentation at the Technical Workshop on "Improved biomass cookstoves and REDD+", Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
December 19, 2014

Presentation at the Technical Workshop on "Improved biomass cookstoves and REDD+", Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
December 19, 2014

Presentation at the Policy Workshop on "Improved biomass cookstoves and REDD+", Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
December 18, 2014

 

Research Presentation at the Clean Water Services, Hillsboro, Oregon.
November 24, 2014.

Research Seminar at the Economics Department, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon.
November 21, 2014.

Organizing panel discussion on Hydraulic Fracking. Waterville, Maine. November 6.

Student Presenting research at the Heartland Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. November 1-2, 2014

Presentation at the Heartland Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. November 1-2.

Hosting visit by Sunny Jardine (University of Delaware) for lecture and a talk, October 15 - 18, 2014

Presentation at Resource for the Future, Washington DC. October 9, 2014.

Students present research at the Colby Undergraduate Summer Research Retreat, the Forks Maine, July 24, 2014.

Presentation and visit to Reed College, Portland OR, July 14 - July 18th 2014.

Research presented at the 4th World Congress of Enviorenmental and Resoruce Economists, Istanbul Turkey, June 28- July 2014.

Book chapter published in the Handbook on the Economics of Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity, June 2014.

Presentation at the REDD+ Technical Workshop, Dhulikhel, Nepal, June 23-24, 2014.

Presentation at the REDD+ Policy Workshop, Kupandole, Nepal,25 June 2014.

Presentation at the NAREA Annual Meeting, Morgantown WV, June 1-3, 2014.

Student presents research at the NAREA Annual Meeting, Morgantown WV, June 1-3, 2014.

Student presents research at the NAREA Workshop on Non-Conventional Oil and Gas Energy, Morgantown WV, June 3-4, 2014.

Presentation at the Alumni College Session, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware OH, May 16-28, 2014,

Manuscript published in Land Economics, May 2014.

Organized a public showing of the documentary Common Ground - A Human Elephant Story, Waterville, ME, April 2nd, 2014.

Presentation at the Land and Poverty Conference, World Bank, Washington DC.
March 24-27, 2014.

Organized a panel discussion on Mitigating Climate Change co-sponsored with the Natural Resource Council of Maine, the mid-Maine Climate Adaptation Group, the Departments of ES and Econ, and the Goldfarb Center, Waterville ME, March 19th, 2014.

Hosting Yoram Bauman for a stand-up performance, Waterville ME, March 19th, 2014.

Presentation at the W3133 Meetings in Orange Beach, AL. February 19-21, 2014.

Research Seminar at the Economics Department, University of Maine, Orono, Maine.
February 14th, 2014.

Research Seminar at the Economics Department, University of New Hampshire, November 8th, 2013.

Heartland Workshop. Urbana, Illinois. November 2-3, 2013.

Presentation at Department of Economics, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio. October 30-31, 2013.

Presentation at the EfD Annual Meeting, Monkey Valley, South Africa. October 24-27, 2013.

Hosting visit by Randy Bluffstone (Portland State University) for research seminar. September 17-19, 2013.

Hosting visit by Laura Grant (UW-Milwaukee) for research seminar. September 17-19, 2013.

Conducted workshop on The Economics of Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity for the Post Graduate Institute of Agriculture, Universtiy of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
August 25, 2013.

Research Seminar, Arts Faculty Seminar Series, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
August 23, 2013.

Guest lecture for the Masters in Development Practice Program, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
August 17, 2013.

AAEA Annual Meeting, Washington DC.
August 4-6, 2013.

NAREA Annual Meeting, Ithaca NY.
June 23-25, 2013.

WEAI Annual Meeting, Seattle WA.
June 28-July 2, 2013.
Presentation on spatially explicit subsidies for renewable energy.

Non-Market Valuation Workshop, Portland OR. July 8-9 2013.

Enumerator training at EEPFE (EfD) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. May 28 - June 6, 2013.

Presentation at the Enviorenmental Studies Lunctime Lecture Series, Colby College, Waterville ME. March 20th 2013.

Enumerator training at ForestAction in Kathmandu, Nepal. Feb 27 - March 2, 2013

Received a Mellon CBB Micro-Mentoring Grants to organize a workshop on Experimental Economics Methods at Liberal Arts Institutions. Spring 2013.

Received a Faculty Research Grant through the Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs and Civis Engagement at Colby College. Fall 2013.

Presentation at the Faculty Noontime Lunch Talks at Colby College, Waterville ME. October 2012.

Guest Lecture for ISS IGERT Graduate Students, Portland State University. Portland OR. October 2012.

Guest Lecture in ES 343 – Environmental Change, Colby College. Waterville ME. September 2012.

Presentation Valuing public preferences: Ecosystem Tradeoffs at the Institute for Sustainable Solutions, Portland State University. January 2012. WEB STREAMING

Presentation at the Department of Economics Seminar Series, Portland State University. January 2012.

Presentation at EcoTrust, Portland, OR. January 2012.

Poster presentataion at the Heartland Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop, October 22-23, Urbana, IL.

Dissertation Defense. 09/09/2011 Champaign-Urbana, IL

Presentataions at the AERE Sponsored Sessions and the NAREA sessions at the AAEA/NAREA Annual Meeting, July 24-26, Pittsburg, PA.

Manuscript accepted for publication in Ecological Economics.

Received the NAREA Graduate Student Conference Award

Presentation at the Inaugural AERE Summer Conference. June 9-10, 2011, Seattle WA.

Received the Outstanding PhD Student award presented by the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics.

Manuscript accepted for publication in Ecological Modeling.

Presentataion at the AEA National Conference on Teaching Economics and Research in Economic Education. June 1-3, 2011, Palo Alto, CA

Received the Robert Ferber Dissertation Award presented by the Survey Research Lab at the University of Ilinois.

Received the Louis V. Logeman Graduate Student Teaching Award presented by the College of ACES. (Watch Teaching Video)

Manuscript accepted for publication by the Military Journal of Operations Research.

Organising (and presenting) at the Fourth Annual Midwest Grauate Student Summit on Regional, Health, Population and Environmental Economics. April 16-17, 2011, Champaign-Urbana, IL.