The Stockbridge Dispatch : 2024-2025

Keiser, professor of resource economics, has been appointed as a research associate by the National Bureau of Economic Research within its Program on Environmental and Energy Economics.

Professor Lucy Wang Wins 'Best Young Researcher Award' at Health IT Conference

Lucy Wang, assistant professor of resource economics, received the Best Young Researcher Award at the 15th annual Conference on Health IT and and Analytics (CHITA), held April 26-27, 2025 at The University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business.

UMass Amherst Announces 2025 Open Education Initiative Grant Awardees

Nathan Chan, professor of resource economics, received an Open Education Initiative Grant to adopt an Open Educational Resource (OER) and develop new assignments and student tools for Res-Econ 102 and 106, eliminating the need for costly commercial homework platforms.

Meet our newest professor, Mike Eber

"Effects of Environmental Exposures on Weight-Related Health Behaviors and Outcomes"

Sparshi Srivastava, resource economics graduate student, has coauthored a paper on the relationship between temperature deviations and weight-related behaviors using the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. 

"The Adoption of Large Language Models in Economics Research"

Maryam Feyzollahi and Nima Rafizadeh, resource economics graduate students, have published a methodology for detecting Large Language Model (LLM) adoption in economics research . The study provides the first systematic evidence of LLM integration in economics research. 

Theresa Karimundackal presented, "Modeling Community Scholar Access Across U.S. Counties" at the 2025 MassURC.