Jamie Hansen-Lewis (2014-2015 ESOC Research Specialist) is an Assistant Professor of Agriculture and Resource Economics at the University of California, Davis. Dr. Lewis, a specialist in environmental and development economics, earned her Ph.D. and M.A. in economics from Brown University in Rhode Island and B.A. in economics from Swarthmore College. She worked previously at the World Bank as a Junior Professional Associate in the Africa region.  Her research interests include political and environmental economics of developing nations. Her previous research projects have used geospatial data analysis to examine the effects of mining and environmental policy in Brazil.