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Assistant Professor

Economics & Business

Michelan Wilson is a microeconomist with research interests in environmental and natural resource economics and environmental justice. Her dissertation research focused on the valuation of ecosystem services with particular focus on fisheries in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence in Canada.

Michelan received her Ph.D. in Economics from Colorado State University and a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of the West Indies in Jamaica, where she grew up. Michelan’s research and teaching are driven by her experience growing up in a small island developing state, that is highly dependent on its natural resource base and vulnerable to environmental degradation.