Graduate Students

Ermias Afeworki
M.S. Resource Economics & Policy
Advisor: Dr. George Criner
Research Interest: Economic Development; Applied, Environmental & Resource Economics
Birthplace: Eritrea
Previous degrees: B.A. Economics, University of Asmara
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Maxwell Brown
Natural Resource Economics and Policy
Advisor: Dr. Jonathan Rubin
Research Interest(s): Energy Economics, Energy Security, Alternative Fuel Markets
Birthplace: Fargo, ND
Previous Degrees: B.S. Economics, Minor: Statistics.  North Dakota State University

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Matthew Ciampa
MA Financial Economics
Advisor: George Criner
Research interest(s): Finance, Economic Development
Birthplace: York, ME
Previous degrees: BA Financial Economics, University of Maine
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Haley Engelberth
MA Ecology and Environmental Science
Advisor: Mario Teisl and Kathleen Bell
Research interest(s): human-environment interactions, hydrology, soils, environmental economics and policy
Birthplace: Iowa
Previous degrees: Bachelors of Science in Environmental Science from The University of Georgia
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Adlai M. Groves
M.A. Economics
Advisor: Dr. George Criner
Research Interests: Economics of Gambling, Energy Economics
Birthplace: Austin, Texas
Previous degrees:  B.S. Economics, Missouri State University

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Katherine Hassett
Degree Program: M.S. Resource Economics and Policy
Advisor: Dr. Mario Teisl
Research interests: Environmental valuation and policy, ecological economics, adaptive systems
Birthplace: Washington, D.C.
Previous degree: B.S. Economics, University of Maine

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Daniel Kary
M.S. Resource Economics & Policy
Advisor: Dr. Stewart Smith
Research interests: Natural Resource & Environmental Economics
Birthplace: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Previous degrees: B.S. Biochemistry

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Sarah Morehead
M.A. Economics
Advisor: Dr. George Criner
Research interests: Competition and cooperation in natural and man-made systems, Financial psychology
Birthplace: Greenville, NC
Previous degrees: B.S. Mathematics, Salem State College; Master Personal Financial Planner Certificate, Bentley University

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Pratick Mukherjee
M.A. Economics
Advisor: Dr. Jonathan Rubin
Research interests: Int’l. Trade, Transportation, Int’l. Foreign Affairs, Trade Laws & Regulations
Birthplace: Calcutta, India
Previous degrees: B.A. Economics

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Jennifer Plowden
M.S. Resource Economics & Policy
Advisor: Dr. Kathleen Bell
Research interests: Environmental economics, sustainable agriculture, GIS
Birthplace: New York, NY
Previous degrees: B.S., University of Maine

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Kevin Ramkaloan
M.S. Resource Economics & Policy
Advisor: Dr. Hsiang-Tai Cheng
Research interests: Marine Economics
Birthplace: Mauritius
Previous degrees: M.A. Economics, University of Cambridge, UK

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Ann Speers
M.S. Resource Economics and Policy
Advisor: Dr. Kathleen Bell
Research interests: Ecological economics, modeling environmental behavior, watershed management
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Previous degrees: B.S. Biology, Bates College

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Sarah Marrinan
M.S. Resource Economics & Policy
Advisor: Dr. Mario Teisl
Research Interests: Behavioral and Energy Economics, Applied Resource Economics
Birthplace: Minnesota
Pervious degrees: B.A. Economics, Communication from Lake Forest College
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Hugh Stevens
M.A. Financial Economics
Advisor: Dr. George Criner
Research interests: Firm-regulatory relationships and efficient-inefficient decision-making
Place of birth: Searsport, ME; Rochester, NY
Previous degrees: State University of New York: Empire State College

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Megan Wibberly
M.S. Resource Economics and Policy
Advisor: Dr. Mario Teisl
Research interest(s): Environmental economics, environmental psychology/marketing, behavioral economics
Birthplace: Bangor, ME
Previous degrees: B.A. Economics, University of Maine