| University of Rhode Island |
| Department of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics |
| Jon Sutinen | 5 Lippitt Hall |
| 401-874-4586 | Kingston | RI | 02881 |
| renri@uriacc.uri.edu |
| www.uri.edu/crd/enre | U.S.A. |
| General Statistics | Financial Information |
| Total MA/MS | 11 | Students with Aid | 61% |
| Total PhD | 22 | Average Stipend | $13,572 |
| MA/MS entering class | 4 | Teaching Assistant | 1% |
| PhD entering class | 4 | Research Assistant | 55% |
| Environmental and Resource Field Statistics |
| Distinct specialization | yes | #MA/PHD in classes | 40 |
| #grad courses | 10 | #degrees/year | 7 |
| Faculty in Environmental/Resources |
| James Anderson, John Gates, Tom Grigulanas, terrance Hurley, Jim Opaluch, Jon Sutinen, Steve Swallow, Tim Tyrrell, Cathy Wessells, Dennis Wichelns, Robert Johnston |
| Special resources |
| Policy simulation laboratory housed within the Department for use in experimental economics applications to environmental and natural resource issues. Korean-American Joint Center for Marine Policy Research housed within the Department. The Department is part of the Coastal Institute of URI, which includes several disciplines in the study of coastal and marine issues. |
| Job placements |
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M.S.
Aryal, Dinesh: the World Bank, 1818 H Street NW Washington DC Blake, Kevin: ICF Consulting Inc., 9300 Lee Highway, Fairfax, VA Cook, Sanford III: Analytical Systems Engineering Corp., 2 Corp Pl. Middletown, RI Idrissi, M'Hamed: Institut National de Recherches Halientiques (INRH), 02 Rue Tiznit BP21, Casablanca, Morocco McLaughlin, Michael: Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia McNair, Michael: Hagler Bailly Services Inc. PO Drawer O Boulder CO Ph.D Besedin, Elena: ABT Associates, 55 Wheeler St. Cambridge, MA Holland, Dan: NOAA/NMFS, F-AK2, 7600 Sand Point Way NE Seattle WA Kline, Jeffery: Pcific Northwest Research Statioin, Forestry Science Lab, 3200 SW Jefferson Way, Corvallis OR Lee, Wiwat: Dept of Business Management, Prince of Songkla University, Hatyai, Thailand Miller, Chris: EPA, 401 M Street SW Washington DC Talukdar, Piyali: CADMUS, 135 Beaver Street, Waltham, MA Zucker, David: AT&T Sylvia, Gilbert: Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Oregon State University Vukina, Tomislav: Department of Agricultural Economics, North Carolina State University MacKenzie, John: Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Delaware |
| Examples of recent dissertations |
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Besedin, Elena "Economics of Aquifer Protection in a Stochastic
Environment"
Ganapathy, Uma "Interactions between Wage Employment and Subsistence Lifestyle: Oil Development on the North Slope, Alaska" Holland, Dan "The Use of Year-Round Closed Areas for the Management of New England Trawl Fisheries" Johnston, Rob "Environmental Factors and the Demand for Nonconsumptive Wildlife Recreation: A Time Allocation Approach" Kline, Jeffrey "Measuring Public Preferences to Improve the Design of Farmland Preservation Programs" Lee, Wiwat "Insitutional Analysis of Tourism Development in Phang Nga, Thailand" Mazzotta, Marisa "Measuring Public Values and Priorities for Natural Resources: An Application to the Peconic Estuary System" Miller, Christopher "Cooperative Behavior and the Feasibility of Cost-Sharing in Non-point Source Pollution Control" Talukdar, Piyali "Economics of Sustainable Resource Management in a Dynamic Optimization Framework" |