Current and Former Graduate Students

I have worked with many graduate students since taking on my first advisee in 2005. My primary goal in advising students is to help them define and pursue publishable research questions that contribute to the growing knowledge base in environmental and natural resource economics. Most of my students gain experience with applying microeconomic theory, micro-econometric tools, environmental economics principles, and computational skills to the analysis of primary and secondary datasets.

In addition to working with graduate students, I manage our course-based undergraduate research program for majors in Environmental Economics and Policy (EEP) and Agricultural and Food Business Management Program (AFBM). I regularly supervise multiple undergraduate research projects every year in spring term. Interested undergraduates should plan to enroll in AEC 446 Introduction to Applied Econometrics in winter term, which will provide them with the skills needed to do the course-based undergraduate research in the spring term.

Oregon State University (current graduate students)

• Nazrina Haque (PhD expected in 2026)
• Cade White (PhD expected in 2027)
• Alyssa Seibt (MS expected in 2025)
• Sophie Boote (PhD expected in 2029)

Oregon State University (alumni)

• Yuhan Wang (PhD 2023)
  • Placement: Post-doctoral scholar, US Forest Service and Oregon State University
• Zichu Zhao (PhD 2023)
  • Placement: Assistant Professor of Economics, LeMoyne College (NY)
• Kelsey Johnson (PhD 2022)
  • Placement: Post-doctoral scholar, Boise State University
• Cassie Finer (PhD 2019)
  • Placement: Executive Business Analyst, YES Energy
• Dede Long (PhD 2018)
  • Placement: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, California State University, Long Beach
  • Now: Assistant Professor of Economics, Harvey Mudd College
• Chris Mihiar (PhD 2018)
  • Placement: Post-Doctoral Associate, Oregon State University and U.S. Forest Service
  • Now: Research Economist, U.S. Forest Service
• Yukiko Hashida (PhD 2017)
  • Placement: Post-Doctoral Researcher, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
  • Now: Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia
• Dan Bigelow (PhD 2015; dissertation abstract)
  • Placement: Research Economist at USDA Economic Research Service (2015-2019); Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics, Montana State University (2019-2022)
  • Now: Assistant Professor of Applied Economics, Oregon State University
• Rachel Pearce-Smith (MS 2022)
  • Placement: Highland Economics
• Grant Zimmerman (MS 2020)
  • Placement: Associate, WestWater Research
  • Now: Western Water Policy Specialist, The Nature Conservancy
• Nozomi Kato (MS 2020)
  • Placement: Senior Associate, PricewaterhouseCoopers (Japan)
• Lima Hossein (MS 2020)
  • Placement: Analyst at Cadeo Group
  • Now: Senior Policy Analyst, Initiative for Energy Justice
• Nicole Kovski (MS 2015; thesis abstract)
  • Placement: PhD student at U. Washington Evans School
  • Now: Post-doctoral fellow, University of Wisconsin
• Tiffany Smith (MS 2014; MS project abstract)
  • Placement: Analyst at Sightlines Facilities Assets Advisors
  • Now: Senior Facility Benchmarking Analyst, Gordian

University of Wisconsin, Madison (alumni)

• Van Butsic (PhD 2011; now Asst. Specialist at University of California, Berkeley)
  • Placement: Alexander von Humboldt Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Germany
  • Now: Principal Scientist, Carbon Direct
• Kelly Jones (formerly Kelly Wendland) (PhD 2011)
  • Placement: Assistant Professor, College of Natural Resources, University of Idaho
  • Now: Professor, Dept. of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Ecology, New Mexico State University
• Brian Robinson (PhD 2011)
  • Placement: Post-doctoral Researcher, The Natural Capital Project
  • Now: Associate Professor, Dept. of Geography, McGill University
• Kate Zipp (PhD 2014)
  • Placement: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Agricultural Economics, Penn State University
  • Now: Associate Professor, Dept. of Agricultural Economics, Penn State University
• Eric Horsch (MS 2008)
  • Placement: Stratus Consulting, Boulder, CO
  • Now: Senior Associate at Industrial Economics, Cambridge, MA
• Lindsay Ludwig (MS 2008)
  • Placement: Industrial Economics, Cambridge, MA
• Steven Chambers (MS 2010; awarded best MS thesis by AAEA)
  • Placement: Constellation Energy Services, Inc.
  • Now: Principal at Constellation Power