{"id":33749,"date":"2017-06-12T10:18:55","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T14:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=33749"},"modified":"2017-06-13T15:32:47","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T19:32:47","slug":"grad-school-q-matt-gnagey-05-professor-weber-state-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2017\/grad-school-q-matt-gnagey-05-professor-weber-state-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Grad School Q & A: Matt Gnagey ’05, professor at Weber State"},"content":{"rendered":"

Matt Gnagey, now an assistant professor at Weber State (Ogden, Utah), graduated from 草莓社区 in 2005, majoring in economics and justice, peace and conflict studies. He received his doctorate in agricultural, environmental and development economics in 2014 from The Ohio State University.<\/em><\/p>\n

Describe your research and professorship at Weber State.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am in my third year as an assistant professor of economics at Weber State University. My research is focused on understanding the environmental and economic impacts of land use, and the valuation of non-market environmental amenities. One study analyzes the value of recreational trail access for the local community, focusing particularly on the heterogeneity of valuations in different neighborhoods in the city. <\/span><\/p>\n

The “heterogeneity of valuations in different neighborhoods” is essentially saying that different communities in Ogden place different premiums of access to trails. We are interested in examining which communities\/neighborhoods place the highest value on the trails, and which communities\/neighborhoods in the city do not value the trails as much.<\/span><\/p>\n