Monica Fisher

Assistant Professor

Oregon State University
Corvallis Oregon 97331-3601




Resume

Education

Ph.D. Agricultural Economics, 2002. Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
M.S. Agricultural Economics, 1996. Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

Professional Experience

  • Assistant Professor, Oregon State University, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, July 2006 to present.
  • Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina, Department of Geography, August 2005 to July 2006.
  • Research Associate, Rural Poverty Research Center, Oregon State University, October 2003 to June 2005.
  • Research Associate, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, January to June 2003.
  • Economic Consultant, Co-investigator with Dr. Bruce Weber on a project funded by the Brookings Institution, April 2001 to July 2002.
  • Economic Consultant, Purdue University - International Food Policy Research Institute Partnership on farm-level response to market reforms in Benin and Malawi, June to December 1998.
  • Economic Consultant and Economic Intern, Natural Resources Based Agricultural Research Project, Dakar, Senegal (a project financed by USAID), January to March 1998, June to August 1996, January to April 1995, and June to October 1994.

Selected Publications

Scholarly Journal Articles
  • Fisher, Monica. 2007. Why is U.S. poverty higher in nonmetropolitan than in metropolitan areas? Growth and Change, forthcoming.
  • Fisher, Monica, Gerald Shively, and Steven Buccola. 2005. Activity choice, labor allocation, and forest use in Malawi. Land Economics 81(4): 503-517.
  • Weber, Bruce, Leif Jensen, Kathleen Miller, Jane Mosely, and Monica Fisher. 2005. A critical review of rural poverty literature: Is there truly a rural effect? International Regional Science Review 28(4): 381-414.
  • Fisher, Monica. 2005. Is rural residence endogenous to poverty? A reply. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 30(2): 202-204.
  • Fisher, Monica. 2005. On the empirical finding of a higher risk of poverty in rural areas: Is rural residence endogenous to poverty? Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 30(2): 185-199.
  • Fisher, Monica and Gerald Shively. 2005. Can income programs reduce tropical forest pressure? Income shocks and forest use in Malawi. World Development 33(7): 1115-1128.
  • Fisher, Monica G. and Bruce A. Weber. 2004. Does economic vulnerability depend upon place of residence? Asset poverty across metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas. Review of Regional Studies 34(2): 137-155.
  • Shively, Gerald and Monica Fisher. 2004. Smallholder labor and deforestation: A systems approach. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 86(5): 1361-1366.
  • Fisher, Monica, 2004. Household welfare and forest dependence in rural Malawi. Environment and Development Economics 9(2): 135-154.
  • Fisher, Monica G., Rebecca L. Warner, and William A. Masters. 2000. Gender and agricultural change: Crop-livestock integration in Senegal. Society and Natural Resources 13(3): 203-222.
  • Fisher, Monica G., William A. Masters, and Mamadou Sidibe. 2000. Technical change in Senegal's irrigated rice sector: Impact assessment under uncertainty. Agricultural Economics 24(2): 179-197.
Articles Under Review:
  • Shively, Gerald and Monica Fisher. Smallholder labor and deforestation.
  • Fisher, Monica and Gerald Shively. Improved agricultural technology and tropical forest pressure: The case of Malawi's Starter Pack Scheme.

Papers Presented

  • On the empirical finding of a higher risk of poverty in rural areas: Is rural residence endogenous to poverty? Paper presented at the Rural Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Sacramento, August 11-15, 2004.
  • Asset poverty across the rural-urban continuum: evidence from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, 1989-1999. Paper presented at the Southern Regional Science Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, March 11-13, 2004.
  • Do tropical forests provide a safety net? Income shocks and forest use in Malawi. Paper presented at the American Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, July 27-30, 2003.
  • Links between agricultural intensification and smallholder-led forest degradation in southern Malawi. Paper presented at the Cornell University workshop "Reconciling Rural Poverty Reduction and Resource Conservation: Identifying Relationships and Remedies," Ithaca, New York, May 2-3, 2003.
  • Activity choice, labor allocation, and forest use in Malawi. Paper presented at the Second World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists, Monterey, California, June 24-27, 2002.
  • Gender and agricultural change: crop-livestock integration in Senegal. Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, August 1998.
  • Gender and agricultural change: crop-livestock integration in Senegal. Paper presented at the African Studies Association Annual Meeting, Columbus, Ohio, November 1997.

Awards and Fellowships

  • Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award 2003, Honorable Mention. American Agricultural Economics Association.
  • Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award 2003, Purdue University.
  • Andrews Fellowship, Purdue University, September 1995 to June 1997.

Professional Affilations

  • American Agricultural Economics Association
  • Southern Regional Science Association