Maria Porter

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Economy and Moral Science at the University of Arizona. I also have a courtesy appointment in the Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics. My research involves work in applied microeconomics, trust, social preferences, risk and time preferences, impact evaluation, and intra-household resource allocation. I use a variety of research methods, including randomized control trials, laboratory experiments, and survey data analysis. I am currently involved in research projects in Burkina Faso, China, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, and the U.S.  I have taught courses in intermediate microeconomics, household and development economics, behavioral and experimental economics, and econometrics. I completed my PhD in Economics at the University of Chicago. 

"[Economics] is judged ultimately by how well it helps us understand the world, and how well we can help improve it." Gary Becker