Past
Students
Nicholas
Burger
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Nick will be
graduating with his PhD from the Economics Department in the spring of
2008. The title of Nick's dissertation is: "Essays in Environment
and Development," supervised by Prof. Deacon. Upon graduating,
Nick will be
working as an Associate
Economist for RAND Corporation in Washington D.C.
Jonah Busch - Jonah will receive his PhD from the
Bren School in 2008. His research advisor is Prof. Deacon and the
title of his dissertation is, "Three Essays on the Economics of Nature
Conservation." Jonah will work for Conservation International's
Center for Applied Biodiversity Science in Washington D.C. as a
Post-doctoral Fellow in Economics, focusing on Climate Change and
Biodiversity.
Allison
Huang - Allison will receive her PhD from the Bren School
in the spring of 2008. Her research advisor is Prof.
Deacon and the title of her dissertations is, "Legislative voting and
environmental policy." After graduation, Allison
will be working as an Economist with the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
Dan Kaffine - Dan received his PhD from the Bren School
in 2007, supervised by Prof. Costello and is currently an
assistant
professor at the Colorado School of Mines - Division of Economics and
Business.
John Lynham
John will receive a PhD in Economics and an MA in Marine Ecology in the
spring of 2008. His research advisor is Prof. Costello.
After he graduates, John will
be an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Hawaii in
Honolulu, Hawaii.
James
Nachbaur - James received his PhD from the Bren School in
2007 and now works for Ernst & Young as a Senior Consultant in
Transfer Pricing. His dissertation focused on
patterns of collective action to coordinate the use of natural
resources within communities. Prof. Deacon was James's research
advisor.
Mike
Springborn - Mike will receive his PhD from the Bren School in the
spring of 2008, supervised by Prof. Costello. The title of Mike's
dissertation is: "Policies and Processes of Environmental Risk."
Upon graduating,
Mike will be Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental
Science and Policy at University California, Davis.