Recent Job Placements
Phil Watson
Regional Development and Natural Resource Economist
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Seattle, Washington
Ph.D, 2006
Phil joined NOAA in 2006 after finishing his dissertation "Of Grains and Golf: Three Essays on Resource Use in the New American West."
Lindsey Ellingson
Senior Lecturer
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Ph.D, 2007
Lindsey started at the end of February, 2008 and is teaching undergraduate and graduate microtheory as well as working with water allocation issues.
Julie Mueller
Assistant Professor
Galen University
Belize
Ph.D, 2007
Julie is an Assistant Professor at Galen University in Belize, where she works in the area of non-market benefits.
Environmental Economist
Houston Advanced Research Center
Houston, Texas
Ph.D.
Eric Biltonen joined HARC in May 2007. Eric is an economist who specializes in resources with an aim toward achieving sustainable development. His economic areas of activity have included flood management, irrigation, river basin management, water supply and sanitation, poverty alleviation, forestry, and land use. His current areas of research interest include water resources, bio-fuels, and the economics of climate change.
Les Elder
Natural Resource Economist
Cooperative Extension Service
University of Alaska, Fairbanks
M.S.
Megan L. Bruch
Marketing Specialist
Center for Profitable Agriculture
University of Tennessee Extension
M.S.
Megan joined the Center for Profitable Agriculture in June 2003 and focuses on market analysis and research for value-added programs and provides leadership to the Center’s agritourism emphasis.
"The education I received both in the classroom and through applied experience during my time in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Colorado State University prepared me to hit the ground running in the professional world."
Associate Professor
Resource Economics and Development
University of New Hampshire
Ph.D, 1999
Kelly joined the University of New Hampshire after several years as an assistant professor at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
"I loved going to CSU. The education made me competitive in the job market, and I made friends/professional contacts that I will keep for life. The faculty really cares about the students (even after graduation)! The town itself is interesting, fun, and extremely bicycle friendly. If I had to do it all again, there is no question I would go back to CSU for my PhD."
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