• Environmental and Resource Economics
• Experimental Economics

Education

• Ph.D. Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2009.
• M.A. Economics , University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2006.
• B.S. Quantitative Economics, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, 2004.

Academic and Research Interest

• Short term water leasing markets
• Experimental economics
• Hypothetical bias in stated preference methods

Ongoing Research

• Examining 3rd party effects in water markets using sophisticated hydrologic models
• Scope and embedding effects in contingent valuation
• Methods for ameliorating hypothetical bias in stated preference methods
• Benefit transfer and integrated ecological modeling

Classes Taught at IWU

• Public Finance
• Principles of Economics

Memberships

• Omicron Delta Epsilon
• Sustainability of semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas (SAHRA)
• Science Impact Laboratory for Policy and Economics (SILPE)