University of Rhode Island

Department of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics

Jon Sutinen5 Lippitt Hall

401-874-4586KingstonRI02881

renri@uriacc.uri.edu

www.uri.edu/crd/enreU.S.A.

General StatisticsFinancial Information

Total MA/MS11Students with Aid61%

Total PhD22Average Stipend$13,572

MA/MS entering class4Teaching Assistant1%

PhD entering class4Research Assistant55%

Environmental and Resource Field Statistics

Distinct specializationyes#MA/PHD in classes40

#grad courses10#degrees/year7
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
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
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"
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