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Dan Newhouse represents Washington’s 4th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives and serves as chairman of the Congressional Western Caucus.

Jennifer Raynor is an Assistant Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies at Wesleyan University. Her research focuses on natural resource management, with an emphasis on measuring the unintended consequences of rules and regulations. Her work combines theoretical models from economics and ecology with empirical techniques from econometrics and machine learning to measure the economic effectsContinue reading “Jennifer Raynor”

Caroline Cecot is an Assistant Professor of Law at Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University. She teaches administrative law, environmental law, and torts. In her research, Professor Cecot focuses on environmental law and regulation, administrative law, and agency practice of cost-benefit analysis, often applying her expertise in law and economics to evolving issuesContinue reading “Caroline Cecot”

Zach Raff is an assistant professor of economics at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. In general, his research examines the political economy, benefits, and costs of regulatory policy and the environmental impacts of land use decisions. Raff’s current body of work consists of projects that examine the role that politics plays in the implementation of environmentalContinue reading “Zach Raff”

Alexey Kalinin is a natural resource economist and a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard Forest, which is a long-term ecological research site managed by Harvard University. His research is focused on understanding the economic impacts of land conservation in New England.  He is  interested in the impacts of natural resource governance, development, and conservation on theContinue reading “Alexey Kalinin”

Andrew Earle  is a PhD student in the Economics Department at Michigan State University.  He received a dual major in Mathematics and Economics at the University of Pittsburgh.  Andrew’s  research focuses on the relationship between different levels of government and energy production. Previously, he had studied how Pennsylvania law impacts the number of abandoned andContinue reading “Andrew Earle”

Samantha M Maher (Sam) is a PhD student in the Middleton lab in the Department of Environmental, Science, Policy, and Management at UC Berkeley and is studying how wildlife migrations can support human wellbeing. Her research interests are interdisciplinary and cover a wide range of methodologies (surveys, economic valuations, spatial conservation planning) with the underlyingContinue reading “Samantha M Maher”

Arthur R. Wardle is a PhD student at the Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. He is interested in the economics of conservation, energy, and environmental policy. He received both his BS and MS in Economics at Utah State University and previously worked for the Center for Growth andContinue reading “Arthur R. Wardle”

Julius Bright Ross is a current Marshall Scholar studying for a PhD in Zoology at the University of Oxford. Born in Woodstock, NY, he was raised on Easter Island as part of a mixed Rapa Nui family, where he gained a deep appreciation for the fragility of ecosystems under anthropogenic strain and the relationship betweenContinue reading “Julius Bright Ross”

Teevrat Garg  is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the School of Global Policy and Strategy at the University of California in San Diego. His research is at the intersection of environmental and development economics with an emphasis on the role of public policy and institutions in helping the poor cope with environmental stressors suchContinue reading “Teevrat Garg”