Aparna Howlader, Ph.D.
Hometown: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Joined Chatham: August 2022
ACADEMIC AREAS OF INTEREST
Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Development Economics, Economic History
PERSONAL AREAS OF INTEREST
Photography, Poetry
Website: https://www.aparnahowlader.com/
BIOGRAPHY
Prior to joining Chatham University, I was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics at University of Rhode Island. I previously also worked as a postdoctoral RA at the Eviction Lab in Princeton University. I finished my PhD from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2019. I have a broad interest in environmental and natural resource economics, with a concentration on the role of land policies in reshaping the path of economic development. My interests overlap with development economics, economic history and institutional economics.
EDUCATION
- Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 2019
- Masters in Economics, Simon Fraser University (Vancouver, Canada), 2013
- MSS in Economics, University of Dhaka (Dhaka, Bangladesh), 2010
- BSS in Economics, University of Dhaka (Dhaka, Bangladesh), 2009
ORGANIZATIONS
- American Mathematical Society (AMS)
- Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
- Association of Women in Mathematics (AWM)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Howlader, A. (2023). Bureaucratic competition and provision of public goods and services: the consequences of inter-agency conflict on agricultural land conservation. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 1-23.
- Howlader, A. (2022) "Environmental Recovery after the Dust Bowl: Implication of Land Policies in the Great Plains" ?(Conditionally Accepted, JAERE)
- Howlader, A., Ando, A.W. "Consequences of Protected Areas for Household Forest Extraction, Time Use, and Consumption: Evidence from Nepal." Environmental and Resource Econ 75, 769-808 (2020).
- Ando, A.W., J. Fraterrigo, G. Guntenspergen, A. Howlader, M. Mallory, J. Olker, and S.Stickley. 2018.“When portfolio theory can help environmental investment planning to reduce climate risk to future environmental outcomes - and when it cannot
- Ando, A., Howlader, A., & Mallory, M. (2018). Diversifying to Reduce Conservation Outcome Uncertainty in Multiple Environmental Objectives. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 1-19.