CURRICULUM VITAE

Greetings! I am an assistant professor in environmental economics and policy at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh.
                                               
Research: My research focuses on the empirical evaluation of environmental and environmental health policies:

• Corporate Social Responsibility programs (self-regulation and voluntary programs) i.e., its impact on pollution-intensity, industrial accidents and occupational hazards in the chemical industry.
• Remediation of hazardous waste sites, its benefits and gentrification effects.
• Environment and health impacts of development policies (e.g., piped water provision on infant mortality rates in Brazil and the impact of NAFTA on the pollution-intensity of US-Mexican trade).

                                                I apply GIS and Econometrics tools to unique national-level databases that my                                                                 co-authors and I have constructed on the US chemical industry and Superfund sites. 

                                                Teaching: I teach graduate courses in Global Environmental Policy, Global Health Policy                                                     and Development Economics.

                                                Work experience: I have worked for the Environmental Protection Agency (consultant),                                                 the World Bank (project assistant) and Human Rights Watch Americas (intern).
                                               
                                                Education:
                                                PhD Economics, MIT 
                                                M.Sc. Environmental Science & Management, Oxford (Rhodes Scholar)
                                                BA Jurisprudence, Oxford (Rhodes Scholar)
                                                BA Economics and Environmental Science & Policy, Harvard, summa cum laude
                                                IB  United World College Adriatic, Italy

                                                Personal: I am a dual citizen of the US and Italy. 
                                               
                                                 My office is at 3205 Posvar Hall, 230 S. Bouquet St. Pittsburgh PA 15260.
                                                 My email is  shanti(at sign)gspia(period)pitt(period)edu

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