 | Amy S. Ickowitz Ph.D.Assistant Professor of Economics |
Dr. Ickowitz received her Ph.D in Economics from the University of California, Riverside in 2004. Current Research and TeachingDr. Ickowitz's major research fields are Development Economics and Environmental and Natural Resource Economics. For the last few years, she has been doing research on shifting cultivation and deforestation in Tropical Africa. She has taught classes in Introductory Economics, Labor Economics, Money and Banking, and undergraduate and graduate Development Economics. She is currently teaching Development Economics and Principles of Economics.
Selected Publications"Shifting Cultivation and Deforestation in Tropical Africa: Critical Reflections," Development and Change, vol. 37, no. 3 May 2006, pp. 1-28. "In Defense of Neo-Classical Neo-Populism," with Aziz Khan and Keith Griffin, Journal of Agrarian Change 4(3): July 2004. "Poverty and the Environment in Mongolia" in Poverty Reduction in Mongolia. ed. Keith Griffin, Asia Pacific Press, 2003. "Confronting Human Development in Mexico," with Keith Griffin in Confronting Development in Mexico: Assessing Mexico's Economic and Social Policy Challenges. Stanford University Press, 2003. "Poverty and the Distribution of Land," with Aziz Khan and Keith Griffin, Journal of Agrarian Change 2(3) July 2002. "The Distribution of Wealth and the Pace of Development," with Keith Griffin. United Nations Development Programme. 1998. Reprinted in Macroeconomic Policy, Growth, and Poverty Reduction. Ed. Terry McKinley. Macmillan Press, 2001.
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