Lydia Ashton, Ph.D.
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330 N. Orchard St.
Madison, WI
Room 3115-G
lashton@wisc.edu
+1 (608) 316-4384
Research And Teaching Interests
Primary: Psychology and Economics and Experimental Economics
Secondary: Public Economics and Neuroeconomics
Education
2014 Ph. D in Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley
2010 M.S. in Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley
2006 B.S. in Economics (with honors), Universidad de Monterrey
Fellowships, Grants and Awards
2015 Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) Small Grant in Behavioral Health Economics [$2,000]
Lowe's Applied Neuroscience Award Runner-Up
2014 Experimental Social Science Laboratory (X-Lab) Mini-Grant [$2,000]
2013 Russell Sage Foundation Small Grant in Behavioral Economics [$6,960]
Giannini Foundation Mini Grant [$13,500]
2012 Breslauer Graduate Conversation Group Award [$1,000]
2008-10 University of California, Berkeley - Chancellor’s Fellowship for Graduate Study
2007 Universidad de Monterrey Academic Research Award
Professional Activities
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Professional Experience
2013-14 CEGA’s Behavioral Economics and Reproductive Health Initiative, Graduate Student Researcher
2012-13 Prof. Peter Berck, University of California, Berkeley, Graduate Student Researcher
2012 Prof. Maximilian Auffhammer, University of California, Berkeley, Graduate Student Researcher
2008-10 Prof. Justine S. Hastings, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Part-time Research Assistant
2007-08 Prof. Justine S. Hastings, Yale University, Research Assistant
Teaching Experience
2012 Microeconomics (ECON 100A), UC Berkeley, Graduate Student Instructor
2011 Psychology and Economics (ECON 119), UC Berkeley, Graduate Student Instructor
2011 Industrial Organization (EEP 164), UC Berkeley, Reader (held weekly office hours)
2010 Econometrics (ARE 212), UC Berkeley, Reader (held weekly office hours)
Other Information
Skills: Stata, Matlab, R, C++, LaTeX.
Languages: Spanish (native), English (fluent)
Citizenship: Mexican (U.S.A. Permanent Resident)
References*
• Sofia Villas-Boas, Professor (Thesis Committee Chair)
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley
• Peter Berck, SJ Hall Professor (Thesis Committee)
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley
• Shachar Kariv, Benjamin N. Ward Professor (Thesis Committee)
Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley
• Justin Sydnor, Associate Professor
Wisconsin School of Business, Univerity of Wisconsin-Madison
• Justine S. Hastings, Associate Professor
Department of Economics, Brown University
*Please download PDF for contact information.
BRITE-Lab [UW-Madison], Public Economics [UW-Madison], Institute for Research on Poverty Webinar [UW-Madison]
2016 ASSA/AEA Conference, 6th Annual Meeting of the French Experimental Economics Association, 11th NeuroPsychoEconomics Conference, 2015 Russell Sage Foundation Early-Career Behavioral Economics Conference, 2014 Economic Science Association (ESA) International Meetings, 2013 Giannini Agricultural and Resource Economics Student Conference (GARESC), 2012 American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meetings
2015 Society for Neuroeconomics Conference, 2013 Behavior Change Research Network (BCRN) Conference
Journal of Public Economics
Co-organizer of the Women in Economics Research Workshop [UC Berkeley, Spring 2014], Organizer of the Breslauer Behavioral Economics and Health Policy Group [UC Berkeley, Spring-Fall 2012]
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