UNM economist publishes article on market efficiency during COVID-19, chosen as a 2021 Women in STEM Award winner UNM assistant professor of Economics Dr. Jingjing Wang recently published an article on COVID-19 effects on financial market efficiency in the journal Finance Research Letters. According to her paper, the Covid-19 pandemic caused the market […] Read More
Economics professor chosen as a 2021 Women in STEM Award winner Dr. Xiaoxue Li, an assistant professor in Economics was selected in June as a 2021 Women in STEM Award winner. Her project with Dr. Sarah Stith, an assistant professor in Economics is “Trick or Treat: Acute Sugar Consumption and Negative Health Effects in Humans.” The pair plan […] Read More
Economist chosen as a 2021 Women in STEM Award winner, recently promoted to associate professor Dr. Sarah Stith, an associate professor in Economics, was selected in June as a 2021 Women in STEM Award winner. Her project with Dr. Xiaoxue Li, an assistant professor in Economics is “Trick or Treat: Acute Sugar Consumption […] Read More
Biology professor chosen as a 2021 Women in STEM Award winner
Dr. Alex Webster, an assistant professor in Economics, was selected in June as a 2021 Women in STEM Award winner. Webster will work with professors from several departments on the project “Perspectives on Innovative Approaches in Agriculture to Managing Water Scarcity.”
Name: Dr. Yuting Yang Title: Assistant Professor Department: Economics Describe your research in about 200 words. My primary research interest lies in the evaluation of environmental regulations and public policies related to climate change. Specifically, I study the effectiveness of energy transition policies, the design of electricity tariffs with growing renewables, the […] Read More
UNM assistant professor of economics promoted to associate professor Dr. Kira Villa, former assistant professor of economics, was recently promoted to associate professor in the same department. She was inspired to teach economics at the University of New Mexico because of her love for research and working with students. “I have always loved […] Read More
UNM economics professor publishes paper on effects of cannabis for medical treatments Dr. Sarah Stith, an assistant professor at UNM’s Economics Department, published in mid-July a paper on Cannabis effectiveness to treat headaches in the Journal of Integrative Medicine. Stith’s research generally focuses on examining the efficiency and equity effects of health care regulation […] Read More
Economics assistant professor selected as a 2020 AAGE Teaching Fellow Dr. Jingjing Wang, an assistant professor of economics at UNM, was recently selected by the Provost’s Office as an Academic Affairs General Education (AAGE) Teaching Fellow for 2020-2021. This fellowship aims to foster more engagement in general education classes. Wang says her experience as […] Read More
New economics faculty member to research environmental regulations and policies Dr. Yuting Yang has joined UNM’s Department of Economics to research and teach environmental regulations and public policies related to climate change. Yang, who recently completed her PhD from The Toulouse School of Economics in France, has made the move to UNM to serve […] Read More
Ten women scientists at the University of New Mexico have been selected for the 2018 Women in STEM awards. Their work on eight separate projects includes research on smart grass that could generate energy, head injuries in professional fighters and better ways to take medicine. Other winners of the research awards will consider how to […] Read More