Dr. Shana M McDermott, PhD

Dr. McDermott is an environmental and natural resource economist whose research is primarily interdisciplinary and requires working directly with field and theoretical ecologists. Trained as an applied microeconomist, her research focuses on jointly determined human and natural systems, and developing policies that will enable humans to manage natural resources better. Her current research examine:

• invasive species valuation and management
• environmental and health linkages
• the behavioral response to pollution taxes and climate change
• rangeland conservation in the desert Southwest.

Collaborating with natural scientists and policymakers has taught her how to disseminate research results to academic and non-academic audiences, which is why both economists and ecologists have widely received her research. Prior to her appointment at Trinity University, she was a postdoctoral research fellow at Dartmouth College in the Department of Biological Sciences and the Environmental Studies Program, and an Assistant Professor at the University of New Mexico.