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C
HRISTINA
R.
P
ETERS
Department of EconomicsMetropolitan State College of DenverCampus Box 77, PO Box 173362Denver, CO 80217-3362cpeter80@mscd.edu
U.S. Citizen Date of Birth: 2/21/78 Female
Education
PhD in Economics
, 2008University of Colorado at Boulder
Fields
: Development Economics, Environmental Economics, Applied Econometrics
Dissertation
: “Marriage Markets
and Female Empowerment in Rural Bangladesh:Evidence from Three Experiments
”
MA in Economics
, 2003University of Colorado at Boulder
Thesis
: “The Power of the Party: Income Dispersion and the Communist Party Network
in
China’s Economic Transition”
BA with Honors in Anthropology, Concentration in Environmental Studies
, 2000Grinnell College, 1996-2000
Australian National University, Fall 1998 Semester Abroad
Experience
Assistant Professor of Economics
, 2008-PresentMetropolitan State College of Denver
Graduate Part-time Instructor
, 2005-2008
Teaching Assistant
, 2003-2005Department of Economics, University of Colorado at Boulder
Lead Graduate Teacher
, 2006-2007Graduate School, University of Colorado at Boulder
Program Assistant
, 2006United States Agency for International Development (USAID)Bureau for Eastern Europe and Eurasia Program Office, Strategic Planning & Analysis Division
Papers and Publications
“
Effects of Family Planning and Health
Services on Women’s Welfare:
Evidence on Dowries andIntra-Household Bargaining in Bangladesh
”
,
Under Review
“Marriage Market Effects of a Wealth Shock in Bangladesh” (with A
. Mushfiq Mobarak andRandall Kuhn),
Under Review
“Regional Disparity and Economic Performance
in Eastern Europe and Eurasia” (with Ron Sprout
and Robyn Murphy), USAID Working Paper Series on the Transition Countries No. 5,
Under Review
Peters, p. 2
“The Tradeoff between Family Size and Child Health in Rural Bangladesh” (with Daniel Rees and
Rey Hernandez-Julian)
Cultural Anthropology:
“Grid
-Group Analysis, Social Capital, and Entrepreneurship Among North-American Ethnic
Groups”
(2002)
Cross-Cultural Research
36(1): 48-72. (with D. Douglas Caulkins)
Work in Progress
“Micro
credit and Female Social Action in
Bangladesh”
“Technology and Student Performance: The
Aplia
Effect” (with Rey Hernandez
-Julian)
“Medical Tourism” (with Katherine Sauer)
Research Presentations
“The Tradeoff between Family Size and Child Health in Rural Bangladesh”, Paper presented at
the Western Economics Association, Vancouver, Canada, July 2009.
“Regional Disparity and Economic Performance in Eastern Europe and Eurasia”,
Paper presentedat:-
The Association of Private Enterprise Education, Guatemala City, Guatemala, April2009.-
US Department of State, Washington, DC, July 2008.-
USAID Eastern Europe and Eurasia Bureau, Washington DC, July 2008 and August2006.
“Marriage Ma
rket Effects of a Wealth Shock in Bangladesh
,” Paper presented at the Northeastern
Universities Development Consortium (NEUDC), Boston, MA, November 2008.
“Effects of Family Planning and Health Services on Women’s Welfare: Evidence on Dowries and
Intra-
Household Bargaining in Bangladesh,”
Paper presented at:-
Midwest Economics Association, Chicago, IL, March 2008.-
Economic Research Service (USDA), Washington, DC, February 2008.-
Department of Economics, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, February 2008.-
Department of Economics, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, February 2008.-
US Government Accountability Office, Washington, DC, January 2008.-
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, DC, January 2008.-
Department of Economics, University of Colorado at Denver, January 2008.-
Development and Demography Workshop Series, University of Colorado at Boulder,April 2006.
“Grid
-Group Analysis, Social Capital, and Entrepreneurship Among North-American EthnicGroups,
”
Paper presented at the National Conference of the Society for Cross-CulturalResearch, New Orleans, LA, April 2000.
“Redirecting the Rivers: A Case Study of the Channelization of the South Skunk River,” Poster
presentation at Iowa Academy of Science Annual Meeting, Des Moines, IA, April 2000.
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