Associate Professors

Robert Berrens Environmental Economics; nonmarket valuation, sustainability and ecological economics, environmental equity, institutional economics, riverine and public lands management, survey research Melissa Binder Economic Incentives and Schooling; economics of the family in Mexico and the United States, including decisions involving the schooling and labor force participation of children and the allocation of time and resources among family members Janie Chermak Environmental Economics and Natural Resources, Applied Microeconomics; empirical testing of the theory of exhaustible resources, exhaustible resource production and markets, inter- and intra-generational valuations of environmental resources, and incentive economics, with applications to foreign investment, U.S. forfeiture laws, and pricing options for transportation and distribution of natural gas Catherine Krause Public Finance; experiments in economics; risk-taking; economic learning and behavior in children; economic issues for children and families; sustainable resource use Richard Santos, Department Chair Labor, Education, and Health Economics; economic well-being and educational attainment of Hispanics, availability/financing of private and public health insurance, and health care economics Back To Faculty Directory The University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico