Happy New Year from CSU ECON!
In this issue:
- Department Celebrations
- Department Events
- Research Highlights
- Feature Story: "Navigating Border Economies"
Department Celebrations
Associate Professor Jo Burgess Barbier and Assistant Professor Zachary Schaller are both 2022 Sustainability Curriculum Innovation Grant recipients, a partnership between SoGES and the President’s Sustainability Commission. These grants focus on expanding and improving student exposure to interdisciplinary sustainability content. Dr. Burgess Barbier's grant is for ECON 240: Economics of Environmental Sustainability, and Dr. Schaller's grant is for Circular Economics for the Built Environment with John Killingsworth in the Department of Construction Management.
Ph.D. candidate Ashish Sedai was awarded the prestigious Warren Samuel prize at the ASSA Meeting in January. Congratulations, Ashish!
Ph.D. candidate Austin Landini is this year's winner of the Charles Tiebout Prize for the best graduate student paper in regional sciences. He will present his paper and receive the award at the Western Regional Science Association (WRSA) conference in February. Congratulations, Austin!
Sophomore Macie Murcray (Economics major, business minor) was recently selected as an intern at the Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) in Denver. She will be supported by PAC@REDI as she works on different projects through their office. Congratulations, Macie!
UPCOMING EVENTS
February 10, "We ♥ Economics" Social
Thursday, 2/10 from 5-6:30 PM in Clark C 307 and the Economics lobby
Mix and mingle at our department social, featuring a hot chocolate bar, heart-shaped sweet treats, and faculty/instructor "speed-meeting"! RSVPs are appreciated, though not required.
March 29, RAMPAGE
Tuesday, 3/29 from 5-6 PM in Clark C 359
Join faculty and members of the Economics Student Leadership Council (ESLC) for our spring advising event. Hear about summer and fall classes, meet instructors, and mingle with fellow ECON majors and minors. Pizza and pop provided. Students will receive more details closer to the event.
April 12, 4:30-6 PM | "I Scream for Economics" Social
Love ice cream and economics? Join us on Montfort Quad for an ice cream social catered by the local Ben and Jerry's scoop shop!
April 27, Economics End of Year Awards Bash
Wednesday, April 27 from 4-6 PM in the Lory Student Center, Longs Peak Room 302
Save the date for our annual presentation of awards and scholarships, ODE induction, and overall celebration of our students. More details to come!
Brown Bag Series Returns January 24
Graduate students will resume their weekly Brown Bag series on Mondays from noon to 1 p.m. These events provide an opportunity for Ph.D. students to present and workshop a research paper or idea with peers and faculty. Stay tuned for more information and contact Ph.D. student Bhavya Sinha with questions.
2022 Seminar Series
Join us for our Spring Seminar Series, featuring a lineup of economists presenting their latest research throughout the semester. Seminars are generally held on Fridays at noon on Zoom, and dates/speakers will be announced soon. For questions, contact Professors Terry Iverson and Daniele Tavani.
Research Highlights
Selected Publications
Anita Pena, "Adult Mental Health and Child Maltreatment: An Ecological Study Across Rural-Urban and Economic Continua with Implications for Post-Pandemic Human Services," Journal of Community Psychology
Ed Barbier, "Long-term Impacts of the 1970 cyclone in Bangladesh," World Development
Yeva Aleksanyan, "Women, Men and COVID-19," Social Science & Medicine
Ed Barbier recently gave the Fellows Talk at the Annual Winter Meeting of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE)
FEATURE STORY:
"NAVIGATING BORDER ECONOMIES"
Ph.D. student Adam Walke spent 14 years in El Paso, Texas, before coming to CSU – and life at the border will forever shape the way he thinks about economics.
“For me, there are basically two broad connections between borders and economics. First, the idea that land can ‘belong’ to people, whether individually or collectively, is fundamental to both property institutions and the existence of national borders. Second, economics as a discipline is closely associated with public policy, which leads economists to often take nation states as a fundamental unit of analysis. I think this can, at times, distract from the role of borders and border enforcement in maintaining global inequality,” Walke said.
Walke is focusing his dissertation research on Mexican policy reforms of the 1980s and 1990s that reduced tariffs, privatized state-owned enterprises, and generally reduced the role of the state in the economy. His research seeks to understand impacts of big policy changes, such as privatized communal property, which contributed to a hollowing out of Mexico’s agricultural sector and created a new industrial working class.
"The idea that land can ‘belong’ to people, whether individually or collectively, is fundamental to both property institutions and the existence of national borders." - Adam Walke
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