Jennifer Raynor
Assistant Professor
Russell Labs
1630 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: 608-515-8220
E-mail: jennifer.raynor@wisc.edu
Education/Experience
Expertise
Natural resource economics, applied econometrics
Education
Degree | Institution | Major Field | Granted |
B.A. | LeMoyne College | Econonomics | 2005 |
M.A. | Johns Hopkins University | Applied Economics | 2012 |
M.S. | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Environment and Resources | 2016 |
Ph.D. | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Agricultural and Applied Economics | 2017 |
Professional Experience
Institution | Title | Year |
Wesleyan University | Assistant Professor | 2019-2022 |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | Research Economist | 2017-2019 |
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics | Economist | 2006-2013 |
Research
Jennifer’s research focuses on how to improve the efficiency and sustainability of natural resource management. She strives to inform on-the-ground decision-making and works closely with state and federal resource managers to design and evaluate conservation policies. She frequently collaborates with researchers in other fields, such as ecology, oceanography, and climatology. Her inter-disciplinary training makes her a particularly effective and valued member of these teams.
Jennifer has published in top general interest science journals, including Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Her research has also been featured in The Atlantic, The Associated Press, The Washington Post, The Economist, National Geographic, Scientific American, and Smithsonian Magazine, as well as major international news outlets. Two of her publications (Lynham et al. 2020 and Raynor et al. 2021) rank in the top 0.5% of all research outputs ever scored for online attention by Altmetric; the latter paper ranks in the top 100 for outputs of a similar age.
Courses Taught
- FWE 652 Decision Methods for Natural Resource Managers – Applications of quantitative methods, including optimization and simulation, to the management of natural resources, especially forests.
Publications
Publications
9. Lewis, L., J. Raynor, and L. Richardson (2024). “The nature of the beast: wildlife valuation from the iconic to the ordinary.” Annual Review of Resource Economics 16: 11.1-11.20. [Full-text]
8. G. McDonald, J. Bone, C. Costello, G. Englander, J. Raynor (2024). “Global expansion of marine protected areas and the redistribution of fishing effort.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121(29): e2400592121. [Full-text]
7. Paolo, F., D. Kroodsma, J. Raynor, T. Hochberg, P. Davis, J. Cleary, L. Marsaglia, S. Orofino, C. Thomas, and P. Halpin. “Satellite mapping reveals extensive industrial activity at sea.” Nature 625: 85–91. [Full-text]
- Selected media coverage: The Economist, Financial Times, The Conversation
6. Medoff, S., J. Lynham, and J. Raynor (2022). “Spillover benefits from the world’s largest fully protected MPA.” Science 20(378): 313-316. [Full-text]
- Selected press: National Geographic, Nature, Bloomberg, BBC, Der Spiegel
5. Raynor, J., C. Grainger, and D. Parker (2021). “Wolves make roadways safer, generating large economic returns to predator conservation.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118 (22):e2023251118. [Full-text; Supplementary Information]
- Selected press: The Atlantic, The Economist, Freakonomics Radio
4. Lynham, J., A. Nikolaev, J. Raynor, T. Vilela, J.C. Villaseñor-Derbez (2021). “Reply to ‘Catch rate composition affects assessment of protected area impacts’.” Nature Communications 12(1):1590. [Full-text]
3. Siders Z.A., N.D. Ducharme-Barth, F. Carvalho, D. Kobayashi, S. Martin, J. Raynor, T.T. Jones, and R.N.M. Ahrens. 2020. “Ensemble Random Forests as a tool for modeling rare occurrences.” Endangered Species Research 43:183-197. [Full-text]
2. Raynor, J. and D. Phaneuf. 2020. “Can Native Species Compete with Valuable Exotics? Valuing Ecological Changes in the Lake Michigan Recreational Fishery.” Journal of Great Lakes Research 46(3): 643-655. [Full-text by request]
1. Lynham, J., A. Nikolaev, J. Raynor, T. Vilela, J.C. Villaseñor-Derbez. 2020. “Impact of two of the world’s largest protected areas on longline fishery catch rates.” Nature Communications 11(1):979. [Full-text]
Last updated: July 21, 2024
People
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Faculty & Academic Staff
- Townsend, Philip
- Hua, Jessica
- Trowbridge, Amy
- Raynor, Jennifer
- Chen, Min
- Turner, Wendy
- Burivalova, Zuzana
- Cherwin, Karie
- Nack, Jamie
- Zuckerberg, Benjamin
- Van Deelen, Timothy
- Berkelman, James
- Rissman, Adena
- Rickenbach, Mark
- Radeloff, Volker
- Pidgeon, Anna
- Peery, M. Zachariah (Zach)
- Pauli, Jonathan
- Özdoğan, Mutlu
- Kruger, Eric
- Drake, David
- Bowe, Scott
- Adjunct & Affiliate Faculty
- Emeritus Faculty