Curriculum Vitae

(Click here for a .pdf version of my CV.)

Academic Positions

Nonacademic Positions

Education

  • Ph.D. (Applied Economics), Cornell University, August 2006.
  • M.Sc. (Economics), Université de Montréal, February 2001.
  • B.Sc., Université de Montréal, June 1999.

Research

See my research page.

Fieldwork

See my fieldwork page.

Seminar and Conference Presentations

  • 2003: American Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meetings; NEUDC Conference; SSRC Program in Applied Economics Fellows Conference.
  • 2004: NEUDC Conference; SSRC Program in Applied Economics Fellows Conference.
  • 2005: Cornell University.
  • 2006: NEUDC Conference; Université de Sherbrooke; Université de Montréal; University of Wyoming; Università Bocconi; North Carolina State University.
  • 2007: CIRPÉE Mini Conference on Development Economics (as discussant for Mark Rosenzweig); Duke University Development Economics Conference; NEUDC Conference.
  • 2008: Toulouse School of Economics; University of Namur; Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; North Carolina State University; Michigan State University; Western Michigan University; Texas A&M University; Center for the Study of African Economies “Economic Development in Africa” Conference; Southern Economic Association Annual Meetings.
  • 2009: University of Ottawa; University of Tennessee-Knoxville; SCC-76 “Economics and Management of Risk in Agriculture and Natural Resources” Conference; Midwest International Economic Development Conference; Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Annual Meetings; University of Namur; University of Oxford-Center for the Study of African Economies.
  • 2010: Paris School of Economics; Toulouse School of Economics; Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; Michigan State University; Hebrew University; SCC-76 “Economics and Management of Risk in Agriculture and Natural Resources” Conference.
  • 2011: First Annual Africa Growth Forum (Brookings Institution), Midwest Group in African Political Economy (Texas A&M), Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Annual Meetings, North Carolina State University, University of California at Davis, Center for Global Development.
  • 2012: National Research Council, SCC-76 “Economics and Management of Risk in Agriculture and Natural Resources” Conference (Keynote Lecture), Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Roundtable on Climate Change and Conflict), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Northwestern University, Midwest International Economic Development Conference, Triennial Conference of the International Agricultural Economics Association, American Political Science Association Annual Meeting.

Awards

  • Outstanding American Journal of Agricultural Economics Article, 2011 (with Zack Brown).
  • Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, American Agricultural Economics Association, 2007.

Grants

  • Index Insurance Innovation Initiative $439,990 grant, 2010-2012 (with Catherine Guirkinger).
  • Index Insurance Innovation Initiative $9,330 seed grant, 2010 (with Catherine Guirkinger).
  • Duke Center for International Development $4,924 seed grant, 2007.
  • Micro Incentives Research Center $3,000 grant, 2007 (with Alessandro Tarozzi).
  • Journal of Applied Econometrics $2,500 grant, 2007 (with Alessandro Tarozzi).
  • Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation $2,500 grant, 2006.
  • Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies $3,300 grant for dissertation fieldwork (declined), 2004.
  • National Science Foundation $17,662 Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, 2004 (with Christopher B. Barrett).
  • Social Science Research Council $5,000 Program in Applied Economics Research Grant, 2003.

Professional Activities

  • Keynote Speaker, 2012 SCC-76 “Economics and Management of Risk in Agriculture and Natural Resources” Conference
  • Associate Editor, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2012-2015.
  • Reviewer, International Association of Agricultural Economists Conference, 2012.
  • Member, Midwest Group on African Political Economy.
  • Topic Leader, Industrial Organization and Supply Chain Management, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, 2010-2012.
  • Accommodations Chair, SCC-76 “Economics and Management of Risk in Agriculture and Natural Resources” Conference, 2011.
  • Member, Editorial Board, Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 2010-2012.
  • Reviewer, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Annual Meetings, 2010.
  • Program Chair, SCC-76 “Economics and Management of Risk in Agriculture and Natural Resources” Conference, 2010.
  • Organizer, Invited Paper Session on “New Research Directions in Agricultural Contracts,” Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Annual Meetings, 2009.
  • Referee for Agricultural Economics, the Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy, Current Anthropology, Development Policy Review, the Eastern Economic Journal, Economics Bulletin, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Economic Inquiry, the Economic Journal, the European Journal of Development Research, the European Review of Agricultural Economics, Feminist Economics,  Food Policy, the Journal of African Economies, the Journal of Agricultural Economics, the Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, the Journal of Development Economics, the Journal of Development Studies, the Journal of Economic Inequality, the Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, the Journal of Socio-Economics, Land Economics, Research in Economics, the Review of Economics and Statistics, Routledge, University of Toronto Press, and World Development.
  • Reviewer, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Annual Meetings, 2009.
  • Reviewer, International Association of Agricultural Economists Conference, 2006.
  • Member of the American Economics Association, the American Law and Economics Association, and the Royal Economic Society.

University Service

  • Ad Hoc Member, Dean Search Committee, Sanford School of Public Policy, 2012.
  • Member, Ph.D. Comprehensive Exam Committee, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, 2011.
  • Member, Ph.D. Admissions Committee, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, 2010-2012.
  • Member, MPP Admissions Committee, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, 2008-2009.
  • Reviewer, Graduate Awards for Research and Training, Duke University Center for International Studies, Duke University, 2008.
  • Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Economics Curriculum, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, 2008.
  • Member, Email Client Committee, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, 2008.
  • Member, Ph.D. Admissions Committee, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, 2007-2008.
  • Member, Graduate Admissions Committee, Department of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, 2004-2005.

Personal

  • Born April 15, 1976.
  • Canadian Citizen, US Legal Permanent Resident
  • Married to Janet Y. Hou
  • Languages: French (native), English (fluent), and Italian (conversational).