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August 2024
PhD Student Nahid Samimimotlagh won the Best Poster Award - Department of Economics Research Day 2024 for her poster "Heterogeneity in Price Elasticities of Urban Water Demand: The Case for Albuquerque, New Mexico." Congratulations, Nahid!!!
Associate Professor Jingjing Wang was awarded a $6 million multi-institution NSF grant that will investigate indoor farming, also known as controlled environment agriculture, as a possible solution to the problems climate change poses for agriculture. Jingjing is the primary investigator of the UNM-led project, titled “Harnessing Controlled Environment Agriculture to Secure Sustainability and Economic Growth.” Read the UNM news release here. Congratulations!
July 2024
PhD Student Oluwatosin (Tosin) Olofinsao presented our lab project "Reuse of Treated Municipal Wastewater in Drylands: Multi-Sector Optimization Analysis for Middle Rio Grande Case Study" at AERE@WEAI. Congratulations!
May 2024
PhD Student Nahid Samimimotlagh, working under the direction of Associate Professor Jingjing Wang, was awarded a 2024-2025 Center for Regional Studies Graduate Fellowship to support a chapter in her dissertation looking at urban water management in arid regions. Congratulations!
March 2024
PhD Student Oluwatosin (Tosin) Olofinsao presented our lab project "Reuse of Treated Municipal Wastewater in Drylands: Multi-Sector Optimization Analysis for Middle Rio Grande Case Study" at the 2024 Society for Benefit Cost Analysis Conference. Congratulations!
January 2024
Undergraduate Student Celeste Lucero was featured in a UNM news article as the first recipient of the Ryan and Brandi Mummert Research Fellowship in Economics to conduct research on urban water management with Associate Professor Jingjing Wang as her mentor.
December 2023
Associate Professor Jingjing Wang was invited to be part of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE)'s panel on Effective and Efficient Teaching in Grad School and Beyond on December 21, 2023.
September 2023
Undergraduate Student Celeste Lucero joined our lab as an NM Project Research Assistant, with Associate Professor Jingjing Wang as her mentor. Celeste is funded by the inaugural Ryan and Brandi Mummert Research Fellowship in Economics to work on an urban water management project that is partially funded by a State of New Mexico Legislative Research Grant. Welcome, Celeste!
Undergraduate Student Alex Kaltenbach joined our lab as an NM Project Research Assistant, with Associate Professor Jingjing Wang as his mentor. Alex is funded by a State of New Mexico Legislative Research Grant to work on an urban water management project. Welcome, Alex!
October 2023
Associate Professor Jingjing Wang was interviewed in a KUNM news article on Controlled Environmental Agriculture: As agriculture sucks up water, some farmers try sustainable growing.
August 2023
Associate Professor Jingjing Wang joined the UNM Water Resources Program as Associate Director. Director of the Water Resources Program Dr. Becky Bixby announced: "Dr. Wang comes to the program with a wealth of experience in environmental and natural resource economics focused on policy research centered on water resources management, nutrient pollution, and clean energy. Dr. Wang is no stranger to the Water Resources Program and has served on a number of Water Resource graduate student committees and co-taught WR 572 Models class. She is a member of the leadership team for the university-wide Sustainable Water Grand Challenge and received the UNM New Teacher of the Year Award in 2021-2022. She is also a member of the Technical Customer Advisory Committee for the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority."
June 2023
Associate Professor Jingjing Wang and her co-authors had the following paper accepted for publication. Congratulations!
Rahman, M.M., S.B. Kunwar, N. Khatiwada, M. Liu, A.K. Bohara, and J. Wang, 2023. Water and Economics: Why We Need and Ought to Teach Water Economics in the Modern Economics Curriculum. Forthcoming at Applied Economics Teaching Resources.
May 2023
PhD Student Suraj Ghimire successfully defended his thesis. He will join the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology as an Instructor of Management (a permanent instructor position) in fall 2023. Congratulations, Dr. Ghimire!!!
PhD Student Margo Gustina, working under the direction of Associate Professor Jingjing Wang, was awarded a 2023-2024 Center for Regional Studies Graduate Fellowship to support a chapter in her dissertation looking at optimizing library service for resilient New Mexico communities. Congratulations!
PhD Student Oluwatosin (Tosin) Olofinsao, working under the direction of Associate Professor Jingjing Wang, was awarded a 2023-2024 Center for Regional Studies Graduate Fellowship to support a chapter in his dissertation looking at the economics of municipal water reuse in arid lands. Congratulations!
Associate Professor Jingjing Wang and her co-authors had the following paper accepted for publication. Congratulations!
Kunwar, S.B., N. Khatiwada, M.M. Rahman, M. Liu, S. Thapa, A.K. Bohara, and J. Wang, 2023. Reimagining Teaching Water Issues through Integrative Experiential Learning. Forthcoming at Applied Economics Teaching Resources.
April 2023
Undergraduate Research Assistant Christina Klas presented her research project "Examining Consumer Interventions to Promote Conservation and Efficiency in Household Water Consumption" at the 2023 UNM Undergraduate Research Opportunities Conference (UROC) on April 21, 2023. She developed the project as a Science Communication Fellow with the UNM Sustainable Water Resources Grand Challenge, with Associate Professor Jingjing Wang as her mentor. See this UNM news article for details. Congratulations!
Associate Professor Jingjing Wang was awarded the UNM College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Excellence Honorable Mention. Congratulations!
January 2023
Undergraduate Student Christina Klas joined our lab as a UNM Grand Challenge Water Science Communication Fellow, with Associate Professor Jingjing Wang as her mentor. Welcome, Christina!
From UNM FRESSH Newsletter: "Congratulations to Associate Professor Jingjing Wang for submitting an NSF EPSCoR Track II proposal as the lead PI. We’re hopeful that the project will be funded, but regardless, submitting something of this scale with a large team and subawards is a big deal."
December 2022
PhD Student Oluwatosin (Tosin) Olofinsao was featured in this month's New Mexico Water eNews for his study on the reuse of municipal wastewater in New Mexico. Kudos, Tosin!
Associate Professor Jingjing Wang, as one of the FRESSH inaugural cohort, has successfully completed UNM’s Fostering Research Expansion in the Social Sciences and Humanities (FRESSH) pilot program after nine months of specialized training, mentorship and workshops. Jingjing is leading an NSF EPSCoR RII Track-2 proposal that is due in January 2023. Congratulations!
November 2022
PhD Student Suraj Ghimire presented our lab paper "Distributional Effects of Exposure to CAFOs: A Case Study of New Mexico" at the 2022 Southern Economics Association (SEA) Annual Conference. Congratulations!
Associate Professor Jingjing Wang and her co-authors had the following paper accepted for publication. Congratulations!
Wang, J., X. Wang, and X. Yu., 2022. Shocks, Cycles and Adjustments: The Case of China's Hog Market under External Shocks. Forthcoming at Agribusiness.
October 2022
PhD Student Oluwatosin (Tosin) Olofinsao has accepted the offer from the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission to join them as a Public Utilities Economist. Congratulations!!!
PhD Student Oluwatosin (Tosin) Olofinsao presented our lab project "Reuse of Municipal Wastewater in Drylands: A Case of the Middle Rio Grande Basin" at the 67th Annual New Mexico Water Conference. Congratulations!
Associate Professor Jingjing Wang and her co-authors had the following paper accepted for publication. Congratulations!
Zhong, X., J. Wang, and X. Yu, 2022. Internet Celebrities, Public Opinions and Food System Change in China: A New Conceptual Framework. Forthcoming at International Food and Agribusiness Management Review.
September 2022
Undergraduate Student Carlos Ortega-Lujan, working under the mentoring of Associate Professor Jingjing Wang, was awarded the UNM Arts & Sciences Support for Undergraduate Research Experience (ASSURE) scholarship. Carlos and Jingjing will be spending the fall semester developing their research on carbon markets which will be presented at the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Conference (UROC) in Spring 2023. Congratulations!
Associate Professor Jingjing Wang and her co-authors had the following paper accepted for publication. Congratulations!
Li, Q., J. Wang, J. Wu, and Q. Zhai, 2022. The Dual Impacts of Specialized Agricultural Services on Pesticide Application: Evidence from China. Forthcoming at Pest Management Science.
August 2022
PhD Student Suraj Ghimire has accepted the offer from the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology to join them as a temporary instructor starting this fall and as an Instructor of Management (a permanent instructor position) starting fall 2023. Congratulations!!!
Associate Professor Jingjing Wang and her co-authors had the following paper accepted for publication. Congratulations!
Li, Q., X. Wang, J. Wang, and Y. Wang, 2022. The Impact of Livestock Farm Size on Manure Disposal Modes: Sell, Give Away, or Self-Use. Forthcoming at Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems.
July 2022
PhD Student Oluwatosin (Tosin) Olofinsao, working under the supervision of Associate Professor Jingjing Wang, was awarded a New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute (NM WRRI) 2022-2023 Student Water Research Grant for a project on wastewater reuse in dryland. Tosin was one of the six students competitively selected from across the state of New Mexico to conduct water research with this newly awarded funding. Congratulations!
June 2022
Assistant Professor Jingjing Wang earned tenure and was promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure in the Department of Economics at UNM. Congratulations!
PhD Student Suraj Ghimire, working under the direction of Assistant Professor Jingjing Wang, has been awarded a 2022-2023 Center for Regional Studies Graduate Fellowship to support a chapter in his dissertation looking at bioenergy potential from large dairies in New Mexico. Congratulations!
PhD Student Suraj Ghimire presented our lab project "Distributional Effects of Exposure to CAFOs: A Case Study of New Mexico" at the 2022 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association (NAREA) Annual Meeting. Congratulations!
PhD Student Oluwatosin (Tosin) Olofinsao presented our lab project "Reuse of Municipal Wastewater in Drylands: A Case of the Middle Rio Grande Basin" at the Animas and San Juan Watersheds Conference. Congratulations!
May 2022
PhD Student Suraj Ghimire has been selected from a highly competitive pool of applicants to join the inaugural UNM Zancada Graduate Fellowship Program. Zancada is the Spanish word for “stride”, reflecting the program's goal to help the fellows stride forward from their graduate research program to make a successful transition into a research career.
Assistant Professor Jingjing Wang was awarded the UNM New Teacher of the Year Award (2021-2022). Congratulations!
Assistant Professor Jingjing Wang had the following paper accepted for publication. Congratulations!
Wang, J, 2022. Harnessing Natural Attenuation to Reduce CAFOs Nitrate Emissions: An Integrated Modeling Approach. Forthcoming at Ecological Economics.
April 2022
PhD Student Suraj Ghimire presented his study "Distributional Effects of Exposure to CAFOs: A Case Study of New Mexico" at the UNM Center for Regional Studies Research Snapshot Webinar on April 8, 2022. Congratulations!
Undergraduate Research Assistant Najhozhoni Rain Ben presented her Research Story "Tó éí ííná át'é: Water is Life" at the 2022 UNM Undergraduate Research Opportunities Conference (UROC) on April 7, 2022. She developed the project as a Science Communication Fellow with the UNM Sustainable Water Resources Grand Challenge, with Assistant Professor Jingjing Wang as her mentor. See this UNM news article for details. Congratulations!
Assistant Professor Jingjing Wang and her co-author had the following paper accepted for publication. Congratulations!
Li, Q., J. Wang, X. Wang, and Y. Wang, 2022. The Impact of Training on Beef Cattle Farmers’ Installation of Biogas Digesters. Forthcoming at Energies.
March 2022
PhD Student Suraj Ghimire was awarded 2022 Northeast Agricultural and Resource Economics Association Social Justice Scholarship to attend an invitation-only dinner bringing together scholars interested in doing research in social justice in environmental, resource, and agricultural economics with representatives of funding and data agencies. Congratulations!
February 2022
M.A. Student Ben Cornelius joined our lab as a Research Assistant. Welcome!
Assistant Professor Jingjing Wang has been selected for the FRESSH inaugural cohort by the UNM Office for the Vice President of Research (OVPR)'s Fostering Research Expansion in the Social Sciences and Humanities (FRESSH) program. Jingjing will work with OVPR as she develops her proposal for federal funding over the course of the next year. Congratulations!
January 2022
Undergraduate Student Najhozhoni Rain Ben joined our lab as a Native American Undergraduate Research Assistant. Welcome!
December 2021
Assistant Professor Jingjing Wang was highlighted in ADVANCE UNM’s 2021 Year End Round Up for her recent work on COVID-19. Kudos!
Assistant Professor Jingjing Wang and her co-author had the following paper accepted for publication. Congratulations!
J. Wang and X. Wang, 2022. Why is Water Illiquid? – The NQH2O Water Index Futures. Forthcoming at Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy.
November 2021
Assistant Professor Jingjing Wang has been awarded funding from University of New Mexico Division for Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Indigenous Research Experience & Scholarship (IRES) program to hire and mentor a Native Undergraduate Research Assistant by engaging the RA in her project 'Perspectives on Innovative Approaches in Agriculture to Managing Water Scarcity' from 12/01/2021 to 06/30/2022. Congratulations!
Assistant Professor Jingjing Wang and her co-authors had the following paper accepted for publication. Congratulations!
Wang, H., J. Wang, and X. Yu, 2022. Wastewater Irrigation and Crop Yield: A Meta-Analysis. Forthcoming at Journal of Integrative Agriculture.
September 2021
Assistant Professor Jingjing Wang has been awarded Faculty Scholarship Time (FaST) in Spring 2022 from the UNM WeR1: Investing in Faculty Success Program for her proposal 'Nitrogen Cycle, Aridland Ecosystems, and Economic Impacts: A Convergence Approach'. Congratulations!
August 2021
Assistant Professor Jingjing Wang was highlighted by Advance UNM #STEM Shoutout! Check this out: UNM economist publishes article on market efficiency during COVID-19, chosen as a 2021 Women in STEM Award winner.
July 2021
PhD Student Suraj Ghimire was selected for 2021 Berkeley/Sloan Summer School in Environmental and Energy Economics and awarded one of their ten diversity fellowships. Congratulations!
Assistant Professor Jingjing Wang and her co-authors had the following paper accepted for publication. Congratulations!
Wang, Y., J. Wang, X. Wang, and Q. Li, 2021. Does Policy Cognition Affect Livestock Farmers' Investment in Manure Recycling Facilities? Evidence from China. Forthcoming at Science of the Total Environment.
June 2021
Assistant Professor Jingjing Wang has been provided with an award in Fall 2021 from the UNM WeR1: Investing in Faculty Success Program to support her research/scholarship recovery from the pandemic on her project 'Infant Health Impacts of Large Dairies in New Mexico'. Congratulations!
Assistant Professor Jingjing Wang and her UNM faculty colleagues Caroline Scruggs, Melinda Morgan and Alex Webster have been provided with a UNM Women in STEM Faculty Development Award (ADVANCE and the Office of the Provost), for their proposal: "Perspectives on Innovative Approaches in Agriculture to Managing Water Scarcity," Congratulations!
PhD Student Oluwatosin (Tosin) Olofinsao has been appointed to the AERE Graduate Student Engagement Committee. This committee was newly launched and will be working together over the coming year to develop and launch a regular ongoing professional development program with a series of virtual panel talks throughout the year and a workshop at the AERE conference in Miami in 2022. Congratulations, Tosin, and thanks for your service to our AERE community!
May 2021
PhD Student Suraj Ghimire, working under the direction of Assistant Professor Jingjing Wang, was awarded a 2021-2022 Center for Regional Studies Graduate Fellowship (to support a chapter in his dissertation looking at environmental and health impacts in concentrated animal feeding operations/dairies in NM). Congratulations!
M.A. Student Adam Schutt joined our lab as a Project Assistant. Welcome!
PhD Student Mengqi (Mandy) Liu left our lab as a Research Assistant and will join the Economics & Business Department at Gordon College as an Assistant Professor of Economics in fall 2021. We are so proud of you and best of luck!
April 2021
Undergraduate Students Matthew Goldman and Katrina Dutt, working under the direction of Assistant Professor Jingjing Wang, were prize winners for their proposal "Impact of a Green Default Nudge on Resource Conservation: A Case Study of UNM Printing" at the inaugural UNM Team Research Symposium held April 20–22, 2021. Their team was one of the three finalists in Student Team Research Concept Competition and won a $200 prize. The symposium, presented by the UNM Interdisciplinary Science Cooperative and UNM Grand Challenges, featured 163 attendees from around the world, 50 presenters from around the country, and 19 sessions. The mission of the event was to bring faculty and students across campus together to exchange ideas and promote more productive research teams. Congratulations!
March 2021
Assistant Professor Jingjing Wang was recently highlighted as UNM “Bright Spots” in the Student Experience Project. Along with some other UNM faculty members, they were most effective/had impressive gains in moving student experience in a positive direction (especially for structurally disadvantaged students) in UNM general education courses. Congratulations!
PhD Student Oluwatosin (Tosin) Olofinsao passed the Econometrics Core Exam. Congratulations!
Undergraduate Student Carlos Ortega-Lujan joined our lab as a Project Assistant. Welcome!
Undergraduate Student Matthew Goldman joined our lab as a Project Assistant. Welcome!
February 2021
Assistant Professor Jingjing Wang was accepted as an ECURE (Expanding Course-Based Undergraduate Research) Implementation Fellow 2021-2022 under the UNM Provost Challenge for Excellence and Equity. The goal is to develop and implement strategies to enhance ECON2120, where she will provide her students with water-focused research experience. Congratulations!
PhD Student Suraj Ghimire, Assistant Professor Jingjing Wang and their co-authors had the following paper accepted for publication. Congratulations!
Wang, Y., S. Ghimire, J. Wang, R. Dong, and Q. Li. Alternative Management Systems of Beef Cattle Manure for Reducing Nitrogen Loadings: A Case-Study Approach. Forthcoming at Animals.
January 2021
Assistant Professor Jingjing Wang and her UNM Econ colleague had their paper accepted for publication. Congratulations!
Wang, J. and J.M. Chermak. Is Less Always More? Conservation, Efficiency and Water Education Programs. Forthcoming at Ecological Economics.
PhD Student Suraj Ghimire, Assistant Professor Jingjing Wang and their UNM Econ colleague had the following paper accepted for publication. Congratulations!
Ghimire, S., J. Wang, and J. Fleck. Integrated Crop-Livestock Systems for Nitrogen Management: A Multi-Scale Spatial Analysis. Forthcoming at Animals.
Assistant Professor Jingjing Wang and her UNM Econ colleague had their paper accepted for publication. Congratulations!
Wang, J. and X. Wang. COVID-19 and Financial Market Efficiency: Evidence from an Entropy-based Analysis. Forthcoming at Finance Research Letters.
Assistant Professor Jingjing Wang has been appointed to the Technical Customer Advisory Committee of the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority. Congratulations!
PhD Student Oluwatosin (Tosin) Olofinsao joined our lab to work on his Research Requirement Paper and dissertation. Welcome!