Graduate Alumni - Kelly Cobourn
Kelly Cobourn, Assistant Professor of Economics
Boise State University
Graduate Degree Earned & Year:
- M.S. Resource Economics and Policy, University of Maine (December 2004)
- Ph.D. Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California – Davis (December 2009)
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Thesis/Dissertation Title:
- M.S. Thesis: Environmental Conservation on Agricultural Working Land: Assessing Policy Alternatives using a Spatially Heterogeneous Land Allocation Model
- Ph.D. Dissertation: Incentives for Individual and Cooperative Management of a Mobile Pest: An Application to the Olive Fruit Fly in California
Description of current position:
Kelly is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Boise State University. http://cobe.boisestate.edu/kellycobourn/
Graduate Experience:
“The graduate program at UMaine helped me to prepare for the quantitative rigor required to complete a Ph.D. program in Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California – Davis. I also gained experience in research methods while working on my M.S. thesis and while serving as a legislative intern to the Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. That experience prepared me to conceptualize, fund, and complete my doctoral dissertation. Ultimately, the analytical skills and confidence that I gained at UMaine allowed me to achieve my goal of obtaining a tenure-track academic position.”