B.A., Pomona College, 1984
M.S., Agricultural Economics, University of California at Davis, 1991
Ph.D., Agricultural Economics, University of California at Davis, 1993
Areas of Interest
Natural Resource Economics
Teaching
ApEc 3611W, Natural Resource and Environmental Economics
ApEc 8206, Dynamic Optimization Applications in Economics and Management
Research
Recent research has focused on the economics of invasive species management, including a project to develop decision-making tools that could be used to allocate scarce forest pest management resources. Besides her work on invasive species, Frances’ interests include the economics of land preservation in urban environments and regulated open-access resource use.
Honors and Awards
Publication of Enduring Quality, Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE), 2010
Quality of Research Discovery, American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA), 1998
