Aparna Howlader

I am an Assistant Professor of Economics at the School of Business and Enterprise, Chatham University, in Pittsburgh. I earned my Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2019.

I am an environmental and natural resource economist who studies how land policies and institutions shape agricultural, environmental, and economic outcomes. My research combines applied microeconomics, economic history, and institutional economics, and it is organized around three agendas:

• The long-run effects of U.S. land conservation policies and institutions, from the Dust Bowl era to the present

• Environmental and agricultural issues in developing countries, with a focus on land use, technology adoption, and land reclamation in South Asia 

• Rural and urban land policies in the United States, particularly how agricultural land conservation and suburban development interact

Please find my CV here 

Email:     A.Howlader@Chatham.edu; aparnahowlader.econ@gmail.com 

Upcoming Conferences

NEUDC 2026 | Cornell University, Ithaca, NY | November 7–8

SEA 96th Annual Meeting | Houston, TX | November 21–23