CV

Education

Washington State University (WSU), Pullman, WA, August 2015-Present

• Ph.D. in Economics, expected Spring 2021.
  • Advisor: Dr. Ana Espínola-Arredondo
  • Committee Members: Dr. Félix Muñoz-García and Dr. Shanthi Manian
  • Fields of Study: Environmental & Natural Resource Economics and Agricultural Economics
• M.S. in Applied Economics.

Eastern Washington University (EWU), Cheney, WA, January 2013-June 2015

• B.A. in Economics with Mathematics, Spanish Minor.

Sierra College, Rocklin, CA, August 2011-December 2012

• A.S. in Social and Behavioral Science.

Research Interests

• Primary: Environmental & Natural Resource Economics, Environmental Justice, Political Economy of Settler Colonialism
• Secondary: Health Economics, Industrial Organization

Publications

• “Violence, coercion and settler colonialism,” (forthcoming at the Journal of Theoretical Politics) with Ana Espínola-Arredondo
• “Association between Medicare’s mandatory Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program and cost inefficiency,” with Germán M. Izón. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy. Vol. 16 No. 1 (2018). 79-90.
• “Cost inefficiency under financial strain: A stochastic frontier analysis of hospitals in Washington State through the Great Recession,” with Germán M. Izón. Health Care Management Science. Vol. 20 No. 2 (2017). 232-245.
• “A stochastic frontier analysis of California safety-net hospital cost inefficiency through the Great Recession,” with Germán M. Izón. Journal of Health Care Finance. Vol. 42 No. 2 (2015). 1-21.

Working Papers and Research in Progress

• “Fungicide resistance and misinformation: A game theoretic approach,” (submitted) with Ana Espínola-Arredondo
• “Are grape growers willing to cooperate to mitigate fungicide resistance?” with Ana Espínola-Arredondo and Michelle M. Moyer
• “Uncertainty about fungicide resistance: A signaling approach,” with Ana Espínola-Arredondo
• “Jurisdiction, tribal sovereignty and violence against Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people: The SDVCJ pilot project,” with Shanthi Manian

Conferences and Workshops

• Association of Environmental and Resource Economists at the Southern Economic Association (AERE-SEA), November 2020
  • “Fungicide resistance and misinformation: A game theoretic approach”
• Agricultural and Applied Economic Association (AAEA) Virtual Meeting, July 2020
  • “Fungicide resistance and misinformation: A game theoretic approach”
• Western Economic Association International (WEAI) Graduate Student Workshop, June 2020
  • “Violence, coercion and settler colonialism”
• Western Social Science Association (WSSA) Virtual Conference, June 2020
  • “Violence, coercion and settler colonialism”
• Fungicide Resistance Assessment, Mitigation, and Extension (FRAME) Network Annual Meeting, March 2020
  • “Fungicide resistance and misinformation: A game theoretic approach”

Research Experience

• Graduate Research Assistant for Dr. Ana Espínola-Arredondo, January 2019-Present
• Graduate Research Assistant for Dr. Joe Cook, August 2017-May 2018
• Undergraduate Research Assistant for Dr. Germán M. Izón, March 2015-August 2015

Teaching Experience

• Lead Instructor, Managing the Global Environment (EconS 430, undergraduate and Master’s-level), Summer 2020
  • Evaluations
• Lead Instructor, Managing the Global Environment (EconS 430, undergraduate and Master’s-level), Summer 2019
  • Evaluations
• Co-Instructor/Teaching Assistant for Dr. Shanthi Manian, Economic Development (EconS 427, undergraduate and Master’s-level), Fall 2018
  • Evaluations
• Online Instructor, Economics for Managers (EconS 404, undergraduate and Master’s-level), Summer 2018
• Teaching Assistant for Dr. Alejandro Prera (EconS 101, undergraduate), August 2016-May 2017
• Teaching Assistant for Dr. Germán M. Izón (several undergraduate courses), September 2014-June 2015

Related Experience

• Graduate Assistant, worked for WSU Graduate School on the NSF-funded Pacific Northwest Circle of Success: Mentoring Opportunities in STEM, August 2015-May 2016
• EWU Program Leading to University Success (PLUS) Groups Facilitator for Economics, April 2014-June 2014

Service

• President for the School of Economic Sciences Graduate Student Association, September 2020-Present
• Vice President for the School of Economic Sciences Graduate Student Association, August 2019-August 2020
• WSU Graduate and Professional Student Association Senator, August 2018-April 2019
• WSU Academic Affairs Committee Member September 2018-April 2019

Scholarships and Awards

• WSU School of Economic Sciences Excellence in Research Award 2020
• WEAI Graduate Student Workshop 2020
• EWU Board of Trustees Scholarship
• EWU Frances B. Huston Award
• EWU Aretas & Kittiemae Dayton Scholarship

Skills

• Computer: Microsoft Office, LaTeX, STATA, R, Python, Mathematica
• Languages: English (native), Spanish (basic)

References

• Ana Espínola-Arredondo, Ph.D. (Advisor) Full Professor, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, WA 99164, anaespinola@wsu.edu
• Shanthi Manian, Ph.D. (Committee Member) Assistant Professor, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, WA 99164, shanthi.manian@wsu.edu
• Félix Muñoz-García, Ph.D. (Committee Member) Full Professor, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, WA 99164, fmunoz@wsu.edu 
• Germán M. Izón, Ph.D. (Undergraduate Advisor) Associate Professor, Economics Department, Eastern Washington University, WA 99004, gmuchnikizon@ewu.edu