Hello! 

I am a PhD student at the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University. My research interests lie at the intersection of environment and resource economics and development economics. I focus primarily on questions relating to water, from understanding the economic impacts of too little or too much water, to exploring interventions around health and water quality.

Before coming to Cornell, I earned a Bachelors of Arts in Economics and French & Francophone Studies from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. I studied abroad in Dakar, Senegal with African Consultants International and participated in cross country, indoor, and outdoor track.

I can be reached at mjd438@cornell.edu.