Susan B. Kask
Department: Economics
Phone: 828-771-3713
Box: 6125
Office: Spidel 203
Email: skask@warren-wilson.edu
Degree and Institution:
Ph.D. Economics from University of Wyoming
B.A., University of Colorado
Recent Publications:
Kask, Susan "Using Computer-aided presentations (CAP) in teaching: does it improve student learning?"in Readings in Teaching and Learning, Edited by Leslie Nunn, The CIBER Institue, Littleton, CO. May 2004 page 113-124.
Holmes, T.P., J.C. Bergstrom, E. Huzar, S. B. Kask, and F. Orr III. "Contingent Valuation, net Marginal Benefits, and The Scale of Riparian Restoration." Ecological Economics. April 2004.
Kask, Susan, "Sustainable Development: How Can We Actually Do This?" Heartstone, Vol. 4, No. 1, Spring 2003, pages 86-93.
Research/Development Activities:
Blue Ridge Parkway Project for ECO 380, Fall 2002
Sustainable Tourism Development in Graham County North Carolina for ECO 383, Spring 2003
Cost Benefit Analysis of Solar Panels at WWC for ECO 380, Fall 2001
Arrival Year: 2001
Personal Info: Susan Kask is the Department Head and an economics professor at Warren Wilson College. She has taught and conducted research for over 15 years in western North Carolina at Warren Wilson, UNCA, and WCU. Prior to coming to western North Carolina she was the New Zealand Energy Economics Research Fellow doing research at the University of Auckland in Auckland, New Zealand. She received her Ph.D. in economics from the University of Wyoming and her Bachelors from the University of Colorado. She has published numerous articles and book chapters nationally and internationally in the fields of environmental, ecological, and development economics, as well as, in economic education. Her research focuses primarily on the attitudes and choices made by individuals involving complex environmental services and natural resources such as scenic recreation on the Blue Ridge Parkway and ecosystem goods and services from the Little Tennessee river. Her research involves designing, implementing, and analyzing surveys, as well as facilitating focus groups and stakeholder meetings. She is currently working with a team of researchers developing a decision model for sustainable farm management funded by the USDA National Research Initiative program.