Mary Evans, PhD

Mary F. Evans is the Jerrine and Thomas Mitchell ‘66 Associate Professor of Environmental Economics and George R. Roberts Fellow in the Robert Day School of Economics and Finance at Claremont McKenna College. Her research in environmental economics has examined how individual characteristics like age, health status, and family structure affect the willingness to pay for reductions in mortality risks associated with improved environmental quality. She also explores issues related to the enforcement of and compliance with environmental regulations.

Her research has been published in the Review of Economics and Statistics, the Journal of Public Economics, the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, among other journals.

She received the 2016 Ralph C. d'Arge and Allen V. Kneese Award for Outstanding Publication in the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists.

Evans is a member of the board for the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE). She is a co-editor for the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists and a member of the editorial council for the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. She is co-chair of the External Environmental Economics Advisory Committee (E-EEAC).