Catherine S. NormanAssistant Professor Geography and Environmental Engineering Secondary Appointment: Economics Ames 211 (office) 410-516-5184 () norman@jhu.edu (primary) |
Education
| PhD 2005, University of California, Santa Barbara |
| MA 2001, University of California, Santa Barbara |
| BA 1997, Drew University |
Experience
| 2011-2012: Sabbatical funded by AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellows Program, hosted at the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Policy, Policy and Regulatory Analysis Division. |
| 2005-: Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering (Joint with Economics since 2010), The Johns Hopkins University |
| Understanding links between the natural capital embodied in resource endowments and institutional and development outcomes |
| Evaluating linkages between economic growth and environmental quality |
| Environmental policy analysis |
| Economics of international environmental agreements |
| Applied Environmental Microeconomics |
Journal Articles
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Lo Prete, C., Hobbs, B.F., Norman, C.S., Cano-andrade, S., Fuentes, A., Von Spakovsky, M., Mili, L. (2011). Sustainability and reliability assessment of microgrids in a regional electricity market. Energy. DOI » |
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Fan, L., Norman, C.S., Patt, A.G. (2011). Electricity capacity investment under risk aversion: A case study of coal, gas, and concentrated solar power. Energy Economics. 34(1). 54-61. DOI » View record in Web of Science SM |
| Ashenmiller, B., Norman, C.S. (2011). Measuring the Impact of Anti-SLAPP Legislation on Monitoring and Enforcement. The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy. 11(1). |
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Norman, C.S. (2010). Escaping the Resource Curse. Economica. 77 (306). 403-404. DOI » View record in Web of Science SM |
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Norman, C.S. (2010). Anti-SLAPP Legislation and Environmental Protection in the United States: An Overview of Direct and Indirect Effects. Review of European Community and International Environmental Law.. 19(1). 28-34. DOI » |
Presentations
| Rockets and Feathers in the EU ETS Phase II, US Environmental Protection Agency, National Center for Environmental Economics, November 16, 2011 |
| Rockets and Feathers in CO2-Power Markets: New Evidence from the Second Phase of the EU ETS. European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists 18th Annual Meeting, Rome., July 2, 2011 |
| NSF Workshop: Integrating Economic and Financial Principles into Environmental Engineering Research and Education. Invited speaker., January 27, 2011 |
| Rockets and Feathers in the EU ETS Phase II, Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting, November 21, 2010 |
| Resources For The Future Workshop. The Value of Information: Methodological Frontiers and New Applications. Invited Discussant for Richard Bernknopf, “The Value of Earth Observations in Environmental Regulation: The Case of Land Use and Pollution.”, June 29, 2010 |
| "Climate Policy" speech to the Anne Arundel County Elephant Club., January 28, 2010 |
| Anti-SLAPP Legislation and Regulator Response: Spillovers to the Clean Air Act. Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio., November 23, 2009 |
| Environmental Engineering and Science: the case for including economics. Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors Annual Meeting, Iowa City., July 21, 2009 |
| Risk Aversion and CO2 Regulatory Uncertainty in Power Generation Investment: Policy and Modeling Implications, Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Amsterdam., June 27, 2009 |
| Risk Aversion and CO2 Regulatory Uncertainty in Power Generation Investment: Policy and Modeling Implications (poster), AERE Workshop on Energy and the Environment, June 18, 2009 |
| Uncertainty and Risk Aversion In Electricity Supply and Investment Choices Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting . Washington, DC. 2008-11-21., November 21, 2008 |
| Uncertainty& Risk Aversion in a Market Equilibrium Model: Are Deterministic & Risk-Neutral Policy Models Biased? INFORMS National Meeting. Washington DC. 2008-11-00., October 31, 2008 |
| Regulatory Uncertainty & Risk Aversion in a Market Equilibrium Model: Are Deterministic & Risk-Neutral Policy Models Biased? CU Boulder Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop. Colorado. 2008-09-20., September 20, 2008 |
| Uncertainty& Risk Aversion in a Market Equilibrium Model: Are Deterministic & Risk-Neutral Policy Models Biased? Atlantic Energy Group Meeting. FERC, Washington DC. 2008-09-17., September 17, 2008 |
| Economics of Coordinating International Environmental Protection Regimes Economics Honor Society Awards Dinner. Drew University, Madison, NJ. 2008-04-28. (Invited), April 28, 2008 |
| Energy Efficiency and Conservation Climate Change: Science and Solutions. 8th National Conference on Science, Policy, and the Environment. Washington, DC. 2008-01-17. (Invited), January 17, 2008 |
| The Montreal Protocol at 20: Ongoing Opportunities for Integration with Climate Protection Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting. New Orleans. 2007-11-19., November 19, 2007 |
| Sustainability and Microdevelopment EWB-JHU Panel Session. Johns Hopkins. 2007-11-14. (Invited), November 14, 2007 |
| Research Topics DoGEE Alumni Day. JHU. 2007-09-29. (Invited), September 29, 2007 |
| Anti-SLAPP legislation and Citizen Enforcement: Measuring the ‘Chill’ of Strategic Lawsuits EAERE 2007. Thessaloniki. 2007-06-30., June 30, 2007 |
| Anti-SLAPP legislation and Citizen Enforcement: Measuring the ‘Chill’ of Strategic Lawsuits American Economic Association / ASSA Annual Meeting. Chicago. 2007-01-05., January 5, 2007 |
| Methyl Bromide Phaseout Under the Montreal Protocol Stratospheric Protection Division Brownbag Seminar Series. US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington DC. 2006-12-13. (Invited), December 13, 2006 |
| Rule of Law and the Resource Curse International Policy Seminar. Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies. 2006-10-23. (Invited), October 23, 2006 |
| Rule of Law and the Resource Curse Third World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists. Kyoto, Japan. 2006-07-07., July 7, 2006 |
| INTEGRATING SOCIAL SCIENCES INTO CLEANER-WATERS: Progress Report of the CLEANER-WATERS Social Science and Economics Committee National Academies of Science: Meeting of the Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change . Arlington, VA. 2006-05-19. (Invited), May 19, 2006 |
| Anti-SLAPP legislation and Citizen Enforcement: Measuring the “Chill” of Strategic Lawsuits Economics Department Seminar. Occidental College. 2006-03-13. (Invited), March 13, 2006 |
| Rule of Law and The Resouce Curse: Abundance versus Intensity Canadian Resource and Environmental Economics Study Group. Montreal. 2005-10-02., October 2, 2005 |
| Rule of Law and the Resource Curse Fordham University Economics Seminar. New York. 2005-02-00. (Invited), January 31, 2005 |
| Rule of Law and the Resource Curse Johns Hopkins University, DoGEE Seminar. Baltimore. 2005-02-00. (Invited), January 31, 2005 |
| Rule of Law and the Resource Curse University of California, Davis Agricultural Economics Seminar. Davis, CA. 2005-02-00. (Invited), January 31, 2005 |
| Rule of Law and the Resource Curse Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Economics Seminar. Carbondale, IL. 2005-01-00. (Invited), December 31, 2004 |
| Is the Environmental Kuznets Curve an Emprical Regularity? Occasional California Conference on Environmental Economics. Santa Barbara. 2003-10-00., September 30, 2003 |
Committees
| 2011: Freshman Book Committee |
| 2010: E2SHI Environment, Energy, Sustainability and Health Institute Executive Committee |
| 2009: Sustainable Hopkins Infrastructure Program - Advisory Committee |
| 2008: Global Environmental Change and Sustainability- Advisory Committee |
| 2007: JHU Sustainability Committee |
| 2010 - 2010: Ilene Busch-Vishniac Lecture Planning Committee |
| 2009 - 2009: Environment Institute Steering Committee |
| 2009 - 2009: DoGEE Undergraduate Awards Committee |
| 2007 - 2009: Faculty mentor – Green Idea Generator |
| 2006 - 2009: DoGEE Fellowship Committee |