MS Econ Students Rockin' It
Over the last two weeks the students and faculty of the MS Resource and Applied Economics
Program have held a thesis and four project defenses. These students put in a lot
of work on challenging topics.
It is also a lot of work for faculty, especially the chairs, to be on these committees.
Congratulations to Joe Little, who chaired four of the committees and to Doug Reynolds,
who chaired the other. Jungho Baek served on all five committees, Greg Goering on
three and Liz Ross on one. The students are well-served by the mentoring from these
faculty.
Arnett, Jamie. Thesis "Commodity Definition and Content Validity in Stated Preference Valuation: A Meta-Analysis
of Water Quality Welfare Estimates" Joseph Little, Committee Chair, Jungho Baek and Peter Fix.
Burke, Robin, Project. "Economic and Social Factors that Affect Satisfaction with Life of Individuals Living
in the Bering Straits Region." Joseph Little, Committee Chair, Jungho Baek and Liz Ross.
Maureen Bosire, Project. "Analysis of factors affecting water demand in the Western United States." Joseph Little, Committee Chair, Jungho Baek and Greg Goering.
Santoro, Carrie, Project. "Contingent valuation survey assessing revealed preferences for participation in the
Fairbanks North Star Borough's change out program to reduce PM2.5 levels within the
EPA-designated non-attainment area". Joseph Little, Committee Chair, Jungho Baek and Greg Goering.
Woodbury, Zach, Project defense. "Search for the up-flow zone: Optimal search theory utilizing crowd based a priori
probability distributions and Bayes’ Theorem in Geothermal Drilling." Douglas Reynolds, Committee Chair, Greg Goering and Jungho Baek.