Anne M. Alexander
Director, International Programs
University of Wyoming
Work Address:
Office of International Programs
Department 3707
1000 E. University Ave.
University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone (307) 766-3677
aalex@uwyo.edu
Education:
Ph. D., Economics, University of Wyoming
M.A., Regulatory Economics, New Mexico State University: Graduate with High Honors
B.B.A., Economics, International Business, New Mexico State University: Crimson
Scholar Graduate with Honors
Dissertation Research:
The Role of Market Power in the Spatial Location of Industry
Committee co-chairmen Dr. Shelby Gerking & Dr. Owen Phillips
Teaching and Research Fields:
International Economics
Political Economy
Health Economics
Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
Industrial Organization, Antitrust, and Regulatory Economics
Honors and Awards:
2006: Outstanding Faculty Award, U.W. Alumni Association and Student Alumni
Association, University of Wyoming
2002-2003: U.S. Department of State/American Association for the Advancement
of Science Diplomacy Fellow
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Chosen by U.S. Department of State to learn about and assist with U.S. foreign policy
on energy development and anticorruption/transparency efforts in Africa.
Speechwriter for Assistant Secretary of State Walter H. Kansteiner. Primary liaison
to World Bank on energy policy issues for Bureau of African Affairs. Portfolio
included oil development in the Gulf of Guinea, the Chad-Cameroon Pipeline, and
public finance in extractive industry-based economies.
2001: Outstanding Junior Faculty Teaching Award, College of Business,
University of Wyoming
1997: Attalio and Hedy Bedont Outstanding College of Business Graduate
Student Award, University of Wyoming
1997: Outstanding Ph.D. Student Award, Department of Economics and Finance,
University of Wyoming
1997-present: Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, member, University of Wyoming
1996: John P. Elbogen Meritorious Classroom Teaching Award, University of
Wyoming.
Research:
Published:
"A Method for Valuing Global Ecosystem Services," Ecological Economics
27, November 1998; Anne Alexander, John A. List, Michael Margolis, and Ralph C.
d’Arge
In Progress:
“The Impact of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease on Objectively Measured
Employee Productivity and Health-related Work Absence,” Peter Wahlqvist, Richard
Brook, Anne Alexander, Sara Campbell, and Nathan Kleinman. Working paper (under
review)
“The Optimal Structure of Health Savings Accounts,” Anne Alexander and Kem
Krueger. Working paper.
“Economic Determinants of Medication Compliance” Anne Alexander and Kem
Krueger, Working paper.
"The Price of Power: Campaign Finance Structures and the Value of Elected
Office," Anne Alexander, Robert W. Godby, and Sherrill Shaffer. Working Paper
Congressional Testimony and Speeches Prepared:
“Extractive Industries and Governance in Angola,” speech prepared for the
Honorable Walter Kansteiner, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, for the
Corporate Council on Africa, June 2003
“Equatorial Guinea: a U.S. Perspective on Oil Exploration,” speech prepared for
James Dunlap, Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs,
for the Corporate Council on Africa, June 2003
“Transparency and Good Governance in Extractive Industry Based Economies,”
remarks prepared for the Honorable Janice Bay, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for
Economic Affairs, for the U.K. Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative Ministerial,
May 2003
“U.S. Energy Policy and Africa: Perils and Possibilities,” speech prepared for the
Honorable Pamela Bridgewater, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs,
for the Heritage Foundation, April 2003
“African Oil and U.S. Energy Security,” U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee
testimony prepared for the Honorable Alan Larson, Under Secretary of State for
Economic Affairs, Washington, D.C., April, 2003
“Outlook on U.S. Energy Security,” U.S. House International Relations Committee
testimony prepared for the Honorable Alan Larson, Under Secretary of State for
Economic Affairs, Washington, D.C., March, 2003
“U.S. Policy Priorities in Africa,” speech prepared for the Honorable Walter
Kansteiner, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs for the Corporate Council on
Africa West Africa Oil and Gas Forum, Houston, TX, November 2002
Grant Proposals and Funded Research Grants:
2006: University of Wyoming Faculty Grant-in-Aid, “Incentives in Health Savings
Accounts: A Pilot Study.”
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Co-Principal Investigator Kem P. Krueger
Proposal to test in laboratory experimental setting the structures of Health
Savings Accounts and potential improvements in information and
institutional structure.
Funded: $5,800
2006: College of Health Sciences Research Grant , “Investigating the Relationship
Between Health Literacy and Adherence to Medication Regimes
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Co-Principal Investigator Kem P. Krueger
Proposal to research whether low medication adherence has relationship
to low levels of health literacy.
Funded: $4,700
2005: University of Wyoming, Ellbogen Center for Teaching and Learning,
“Aligning Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment in the Department of
Economics and Finance.”
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Funded: $500
2004: National Science Foundation, “Natural Resources and Economic Development
in Africa.”
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Co-Principal investigators Edward B. Barbier and Joanne C. Burgess
Proposal to explore and systematically test three hypotheses on the
possible links between environmental and resource conditions and
economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa.
2003-2004: Wyoming State Legislature, "Prevailing Wage Study.”
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Co-Principal investigator Robert W. Godby
Charged with identifying prevailing wages of workers who work for
firms contracting for State of Wyoming work.
Funded: $76,200
2002-2003: Wyoming State Legislature, "Male-Female Wage Disparities in
Wyoming"
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Co-Principal investigators John Jackson, Martin M. Greller, and
Catherine Connelly
Charged with identifying causes of wage disparities among men
and women in Wyoming, which are the largest in the nation; also
charged with quantification of economic impacts of disparity as
well as benefits and costs of eliminating disparity.
Funded: $75,000
Teaching Experience:
Health Economics
Economic Development
International Finance
Global Business Environment
Industrial Organization & Public Policy
Economics, Law, & Government
Principles of Macroeconomics
Principles of Microeconomics
Intermediate Microeconomics
Managerial Economics
Econometric Skills
Antitrust Issues
Quantitative Analysis
Mathematical Economics
Conference Presentations and Seminars:
“Poverty in Wyoming,” seminar for Newman Center, Laramie Wyoming,
February 2006
“Economics and the Evolution of the U.S. Economy,” two-day seminar for
Wyoming History Cowboy Coalition - Natrona County School District teachers
working toward exceptionally qualified certification, social studies for No Child
Left Behind, Casper, Wyoming, February 2006
Co-Organizer, “Symposium on Energy as a National Security Issue,” with Dr.
Jean Garrison, Laramie, Wyoming, April 2005
"A Theory of the Interaction of Internal & External Economies in Industrial
Location;" Midcontinent Regional Science Association Annual Meetings, Indianapolis,
IN, June 1997
"Exploration for Exhaustible Resources: Environmental Damages Versus
Supply Stability," Front Range Environmental and Natural Resource Seminar,
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, September 1996
"Unemployment Insurance Programs and Job Search Behavior," University of
Wyoming Graduate Student Working Paper Series, Laramie, WY, October 1996
University Service:
University: Student Leadership and Civic Engagement Team; Advisor, Cardinal
Key
College of Business: Student Evaluations review team
Department of Economics and Finance: Curriculum and Assessment
Committee; advisor for Economics and Business Economics majors
Professional Affiliations:
Member, American Economic Association
Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Member, Western Regional Science Association
Member, Midcontinent Regional Science Association
Other Relevant Employment Experience:
2005 – 2006: Research Affiliate, Human Capital Management Services: research
design of health care system and economic impacts of health
2002 - 2003, Resources Economist, U.S. Department of State, Bureau of African
Affairs, Economic Policy Staff; responsible for portfolio including energy
development, particularly oil development and policy in the Gulf of Guinea;
anticorruption and extractive industry transparency; and U.S. policy toward international
financial institutional programs in sub-Saharan Africa
1996, Consultant for Resource and Environmental Management; developed a
hedonic economic model for valuation of human life in a wrongful death suit.
1993, Research Associate, Center for Energy Studies, University of Texas at
Austin; under contract with the Public Utility Commission of Texas, responsible for
maintenance and application of production-cost models for analysis of demand-side
management programs.