Curriculum Vitae

 

Dina Franceschi

Department of Economics

Fairfield University

North Benson Road

Fairfield, CT 06824

(203) 254-4000x2850

(203) 254-4074 fax

email: dfranceschi@mail.fairfield.edu

 

Education:

                        Ph.D., Economics, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, August 1999

 

Dissertation:      “Sustainability in Economies Utilizing Exhaustible Resources:

                        The Intersection between Amazonian Sustainability and Mineral Development”

 

                        Dissertation Supervisor:  James R. Kahn

 

                        Major Areas of Specialization:  Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Economic Development

 

Minor Areas of Specialization:   International Trade and Public Finance

                                   

                        B.S., Natural Resource Economics, The Pennsylvania State University, May 1993

 

Professional Experience:      

Associate Professor, Fairfield University, 2004-present; including Co-Director of the Program on the Environment, 2006-2008.

 

Assistant Professor, Fairfield University; courses include Global Environmental Economics, U.S. Environmental Policy, Intermediate Microeconomic Theory (with lab component), Principles of Micro- and Macro-economics, Contemporary International Issues, International Studies Capstone, Global Environmental Regimes, Justice and the Developing World: Nicaragua, 1999-2004.

 

Instructor, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville; courses included Environmental Economics, Summer 1999; International Economics, Spring 1999; and Principles of Economics, Summer 1998.  Assumed full responsibility for each of the courses.

 

Graduate Research Assistant, National Center for Environmental Decision Making Research (NCEDR), Joint Institute for Energy and the Environment (JIEE); projects include research in marginal damage analysis, budgetary uncertainty, and benefit-cost analysis, January 1996-August 1998.

 

                        Graduate Teaching Assistant, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville; graduate                                entry-level math preparatory course, August 1996 and 1997.

 

Research Assistant, Economic Analysis Division, Bureau of Mines, U.S. Department of the Interior; projects included topics in ecosystem delineation, and site reclamation, January 1991- August 1991.

 

Publications:

Peer-Reviewed

“Mercury Concentrations in Native Species of Fish Most Consumed by the Population of Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro State, Southeast Brazil” (with Alex Erhardt, Carlos Rezende and Brian Walker), manuscript.

 

“Transition from Microfinance Institution to Regulated Bank: The Case of Fonkoze’s Transformation” (with Winston Tellis and Michael Tucker), The CASE Journal, Vol. 3, No. 2, Spring 2007.

 

“Beyond Kyoto: A tax-based system for the global reduction of greenhouse gas emissions” (with Jim Kahn), Ecological Economics, Vol. 58, Issue 4, July  2006, pp. 778-787.

 

“Externalities in International Trade: The Case for Differential Tariffs”,  (with Mark Leclair), Ecological Economics, Vol. 58, Issue 3, June 25, 2006, pp. 462-472.

 

“Beyond Strong Sustainability”, (with James R. Kahn), International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology, No.10, Fall 2003.

 

“Unemployment Trends in Some American Cities with Living Wage Ordinances”, (with James Buss), Local Economy, Vol. 18, No. 3, August 2003.

 

“Economic and Financial Aspects of Mine Closure”, (with James R. Kahn, Adilson Curi and Eduardo Vale), Natural Resources Forum, A United Nations Journal, Vol. 25, No. 4, November 2001.                  

 

“Improving Environmental Compliance in Mine Closure: The Case for a System of Performance Bonds”, (with James R. Kahn), Mine Closure in Iberoamerica, Roberto C. Villas Bôas, Maria Laura Barreto, eds. http://200.20.105.7/imaac/books.html#english  Published in joint collaboration by CYTED/IMAAC-UNIDO, 455 pages, ISBN 85-7227-132-5, 2000

 

“The Economic Implications of Sustainable Mining within the Paradigm of Sustainable Development”, (with James R. Kahn), Analise Economica (a Brazilian economics journal), Vol. 17, No. 31, March 1999.

 

“The Potential Contribution of Economics to the Recovery of Northeastern Forests”, (with James R. Kahn),  Northeastern Naturalist, Vol. 5, No. 2, May 1998.

 

Non-peer-reviewed

“Understanding Poverty, Displacement and the Environment Across Continents: Towards an Interdisciplinary, Intercultural, Values-based Curriculum”, (with Marcos Pedlowski), Papers and Proceedings from the 8th Project Coordinators Annual Meeting, October 2008.

 

“In search of the ‘Red Sea’: Where Women’s Sports Programs Fit into Higher Education and the Jesuit Ideal”, (interview with Dianne Nolan), Conversations on Jesuit Higher Education, No. 21, Spring 2002.

 

Professional Presentations:

Invited lectures

“Teaching  in Latin American Studies”, Teacher Workshop and professional

development day hosted by the Yale Council on Latin American and Iberian

Studies, Yale University, October 16, 2007.

 

“Role of Interdisciplinary Academic Programs and the Institutionalization of

Solidarity”, 18th Annual Conference of the Association of Academic Programs in

Latin America and the Caribbean, Yale University, February 2007.

 

“Structurally entrenched poverty as a framework for social justice education at the

undergraduate level”, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Brazil, July

2006.

 

“The Importance of Faculty Mentored Student Research in Undergraduate

International Exchange”, Fifth Annual US-Brazil Higher Education Consortium

Meeting, Washington DC, October 2005.

 

“Obstacles and Solutions to Curricular Integration between Brazilian and

American Universities in Environmental Studies”, Fifth Annual US-Brazil Higher

Education Consortium Meeting, Washington DC, October 2005.

 

“Horizontally and Vertically Integrating the Classroom: Interdisciplinary

Learning with Research in the Field, Nicaragua”, Commitment to Justice in Jesuit

Higher Education conference, Cleveland, October 2005.

 

“Weak and Strong Sustainability: Mining in Amazonia”, Environmental Studies

Distinguished Lecturer Series, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA,

April 25, 2003.

           

International professional conferences

“Performance Bonding as a Continuous Economic Incentive for Environmental Improvement”, Iberoamerican Workshop on Mine Closure, The International University of Andalucia, Huelva, Spain, September 2000.

 

“The Role of Capital, Mineral Resources and Environmental Resources in Sustainable Development” and “Policy Instruments and Achievement of Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions”, International Society of Ecological Economics Biennial Conference, Canberra, Australia, July 2000.

 

“Mining Development in the Amazon ”, Final Presentation, Rio Branco Institute and Ministry of Foreign Relations, Brasilia, Brazil, November 1998.

 

“The Economics of Natural Resource Exploitation”, CETEM Business and the Environment Workshop, Buzios, Brazil, August 1998.

 

“Proposed Research Agenda on Mining and the Amazon”, Ministry of Foreign Relations and Rio Branco Institute, Brasilia, Brazil, March 1998.

 

Regional professional conferences

“Trade and Externalities”, Eastern Economic Association Conference, New York, NY, February 2003.

 

“A Case for Carbon Taxes”, Southern Economics Association Conference, Tampa, FL, November 2001.

 

“The Potential of Joint Implementation given Alternative CO2 Limitations”, Southern Economic Association Conference, New Orleans, LA, November 1999.

 

“Sustainability in Economies Dependent on Exhaustible Resources: The Intersection Between Amazonian Sustainability and Mineral Development”, Southern Economic Association Conference, Baltimore, MD, November 1998.

 

Grants awarded:

U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education, Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, U.S.-Brazil Higher Education Consortium Program, $200,000 to facilitate faculty and student exchange, 2007-2012.

 

Humanities Institute, Fairfield University, College of Arts and Sciences, $3,500 to facilitate the presentation of an honorary degree to Ms. Sheri Liao, environmental activist and Sophie Prize winner, Spring 2008.

 

Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence, Council on International Educational Exchange, for Prof. Marcos Pedlowski to spend one year teaching at Fairfield University, academic year, 2005-2006.

 

U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education, Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, The US-Brazil Consortium for Environmental Studies: Student and Faculty Research for the Improvement of Environmental Decision-making at the Community Level, $75, 000 to facilitate student research and internship opportunities, 2004-2006.

 

Humanities Institute, Fairfield University, College of Arts and Sciences, $8,800 to facilitate student immersion in Nicaragua, March 2003.

 

Humanities Institute, Fairfield University, College of Arts and Sciences, $5,600 to facilitate student immersion in Nicaragua, March 2002.

 

U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education, Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, U.S.-Brazil Higher Education Consortia Program, $208,000 to facilitate student and faculty exchange between U.S. and Brazilian Universities interested in environmental studies, 2001-06.

 

Achievements and Honors:

Fairfield University, nominee, 2007 State of CT Community Service Awards, April 10, 2007.

 

Fairfield University, Office of the Academic Vice President, nominee, 2007 Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching U.S. Professors of the Year.

 

Department of Economics, nominee, Fairfield University, College of Arts and Sciences distinguished teaching award, Spring 2003.

 

Fairfield University research awards; summer research stipend, Summer 2000; pre-tenure leave, Fall 2001; sabbatical, Spring 2008.

 

                        Rio Branco Scholarship, Ministry of Foreign Relations, Brasilia, 1998.

 

J. Fred and Wilma D. Holly Fellowship, Department of Economics, The University of Tennessee, 1998-1999.

 

Department of Economics, Dissertation Scholarship, The University of Tennessee, 1998.

 

Institute for the Study of World Politics, Dissertation Fellowship, Washington DC, 1998.

 

Vogeley Academic Scholarship, full academic scholarship to The Pennsylvania State University, 1988-1993.

 

Professional Memberships:

                        American Economic Association

                        International Society of Ecological Economics

                        U.S. Society of Ecological Economics

                        Association for Environmental and Resource Economics

                        Southern Economic Association

                        Economic Association of Southern Connecticut

 

Campus Academic Affiliations:

                        Economics Department

                        International Studies Program

                        Environmental Studies Program

                        Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program

                        Asian Studies Program

 

Scholastic Service:

University service:

                        General faculty standing committees

                        Committee on Conference with the Board of Trustees, 2006-2009

Athletics Committee, 2000-2003

                        Faculty Development and Education Committee, 2000-2003, Chair, 2001-2002

                       

                        Directorships

                        Enviromental Studies, co-director with Tod Osier, 2006-2008

 

                        Appointments

            National Council for Science and the Environment’s Council of

Environmental Deans and Directors, 2007-2008

 

Ad hoc committees

Campus Sustainability Committee, 2008-present

Environmental Steering Committee, facilitator, 2007-present

Green Initiative, co-chair with Ric Taylor, 2006-2007

Dean’s Interdisciplinary Programs Review committee, 2006

Economics Department Merit Committee, 2006-2008

Child care committee, 2002-2007

Faculty Committee on Social Justice, Environment, 2000-2001

Student Research Stipend Committee, University Fellows and Presidential

Scholars, 2000, 2001, 2002 (Dean appointed faculty panel charged with evaluating student research stipend applications)

                        Economics Department faculty search committee, 2007, 2007, 2008

                        International Studies faculty search committee, 2005, 2005 (director position)

                        Program on the Environment, director’s search, 2008, chair

Environmental Sciences/Biology/Chemistry/Physics faculty search committee, outside member, 2001, 2005, 2005, 2007, 2007 (chair, physics)

Arts and Sciences Awards Committee, Social Science, 2000

                        New Faculty Orientation, panel guest, 2000

 

Student related

Nicaragua immersion- Justice and the Developing World, March 2002, 2003,

2005, 2009

                        Green Campus Initiative, faculty advisor, 2008-2009

                        Circle K, faculty advisor 2000-2009

                        (Dean of Freshmen) Dean’s List Dinner, faculty speaker, 2003

                        Junior Faculty Development Program mentor, 2000-2001

                        First Year Experience (FYE) facilitator, Fall 2000

                        Freshman Orientation, June 2000

University Scholars’ Day, February 2000

Mission Volunteers Leader - Tijuana, Mexico Group, Campus Ministry, May

2000

                       

Service to the Profession:

                        Referee

                                    Perspectives in Economics Education Review, 2006

Natural Resources Forum, A United Nations Journal, 2004.

Participant

            Commitment to Social Justice in Jesuit Higher Education, 2005

International Conference on Globalization for Leaders in Jesuit

Higher Learning, 2003

                        Discussant, Southern Economic Association Meetings, 1999, 2001, 2002

Session Chair, Southern Economic Association Meetings, 2000

Dissertation Committee, Nataliya Plesha, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics, defense, May 2011.

 

Service to the Community:

Town of Monroe Conservation Commission, charter appointee, secretary, 2003-2008

Nicaragua Tertulia (tutorial) guest lecturer, New Haven-Leon Sister City Project

Board of Directors Meeting, 2002

                        Fairfield High School - Model U.N., guest advisor, 2001