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Education
Ph.D. in Applied Economics and Management, Cornell Univeristy, 2019 - Present
M.S. in Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, 2022
B.A. in Economics and French & Francophone Studies, 2019
Publications
Rohr, J. R., Sack, A., Bakhoum, S., Barrett, C. B., Lopez-Carr D., Chamberlin, A. J., Civitello, D. J., Diatta, C., Doruska, M. J., De Leo, G., Haggerty, C. J. E., J Jones, I. J., Jouanard, N., Lund, A. J., Ly, A. T., Ndione, R. A., Remais, J. V., Riveau, G., Schacht, A., Seck, M., Senghor, S., Sokolow, S. H., and Wolfe, C. (2023). A planetary health innovation for disease, food, and water challenges in Africa. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06313-z.
Working Papers
Doruska, M. J., Barrett, C. B., and Rohr, J. R. (2023). Modeling how and why aquatic vegetation removal can free rural households from poverty-disease traps.
Doruska, M. J., Barrett, C. B., Mbaye, S., and Rohr, J. R. (2024). Estimating Demand When Turning a Public Bad into an Impure Public Good.
Works in Progress
Doruska, M. J. and Dillon, B. “Changes in Surface Water Availability and Adaptation by Herders in Sub-Saharan Africa”
Doruska, M. J. "Flood Risk and Differential Firm Investment: Evidence from Dakar, Senegal"
Other Writing
Doruska, M. and Hoddinott, J. (2020) What works to reduce extreme poverty? A selective review. DEEP Working Paper 01. Data and Evidence to end Extreme Poverty Research Programme: Oxford. Available at: https://doi.org/10.55158/DEEPWP1
Teaching
Gratduate Teaching Assistant at Cornell University
AEM 2555: Corporate Sustanability: The Business Challenge, Spring 2020
AEM 4940/6950: Sustainable Business, Fall 2023
AEM 2000: Contemporary Controversies in the Global Economy, Spring 2024
Teaching Assistant at Lawrence University
ECON 380: Econometrics, Winter 2019
ECON 223: Quantitative Decision Making, Fall 2018
Grants
PEDL Exploratory Research Grant "Flood Risk and Differential Firm Investment: Evidence from Dakar, Senegal" [£31,678], 2024
STEG PhD Reserach Grant "Flood Risk and Differential Firm Investment: Evidence from Dakar, Senegal" [£14,161], 2024
Einaudi Center for International Studies Graduate Travel Grant [$1700], 2024
Cornell University Graduate School Research Travel Grant [$1,550], 2024
J-PAL King Climate Action Iniative "Adaptation to Long-Term Changes in Surface Water Availability by Herders in West Africa" [$9,600], 2023
Honors and Awards
William A. McConagha Prize, Lawrence University, 2019
Iden Charles Champion Award in Commerce & Industry, Lawrence University, 2019
Philip and Rosemary Wiley Bradley Achievement Scholarship in Economics, Lawrence University, 2018
Service
Peer Mentor, STAARS program
Reviewer, STAARS and STAAARS+ program
President, Applied Economics and Managemtn Graduate Student Association
Founder and Co-Chair, Dyson Diversity Council
President, Diversity in Cornell Economics
Chair, Graduate Students for Gender Equity in Economics
Vice President, Diversity in Cornell Economics
Co-Founder, Development Tea
Miscellaneous
Languages: English (native), French (advanced), Wolof (Beginning)
Software: Stata, R, Julia, QGIS, Google Earth Engine, LaTex, Microsoft Office Suite
Athletic: 3 x marathoner; Competed in varsity cross country, indoor, and outdoor track for Lawrence University, 2015-2019; MVP of Women’s Track & Field 2019; Breakthrough female athlete of the year, Lawrence University Athletics Department, 2019