Sarah Marsden Greene 
Lecturer, Economics | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY, UNITED STATES
An economist focused on economics education and ecological economics of climate change policies.
Areas of Expertise (4)
Timber trade
Environmental Economics and Policy
Ecological Economics
Economics Education
Biography
Sarah Greene received her PhD in Ecological Economics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2008 with research focused on the microeconomic theory and practice of Daniel Kahneman’s concept of Experienced Utility applied to poverty and underdevelopment in Central America. Dr. Greene’s early education includes an MSc degree from Virginia Tech in Wood Science and Forest Products and a BSc degree from Penn State in Forest Science.
Much of her undergraduate and graduate education included research on the trade of forest products and the influence of this trade on political and social relations among communities. While working as a Fulbright Scholar in Nicaragua, Dr. Greene studied trade of non-timber forest products, especially medicinal plants, and their role in the local sustenance and health outcomes. Dr. Greene also has work experience in the paper industry, where she was involved in procurement and quality control of raw material and interacted frequently with the highly competitive logging and sawmill firms of central Pennsylvania.
Currently, Dr. Greene teaches Principles of Economics, Money and Banking, and Environmental Economics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where she holds the position of Lecturer in Economics.
Research interests include economics education, economic development, markets for forest products and related physical capital and technologies, and international trade of timber and non-timber forest products. A present focus involves trends in economics education and climate change policy.
Education (3)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Ph.D., Ecological Economics
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University: M.Sc., Wood Science and Forest Products
The Pennsylvania State University: B.Sc, Forest Science
Links (1)
Media Appearances (5)
Hybrid Courses in the Post-COVID Classroom
Inside Higher Ed print
2022-03-30
Your institution’s attendance expectations may not always jibe with your students’ preferences, Sarah Marsden Greene writes, especially when it comes to large lecture courses.
How can people improve bad credit
WalletHub online
2022-03-15
For someone who has a poor credit score, the most important thing to do to improve this score is to pay back all debt by its due date. This must be your absolute requirement of yourself. Do not let anything interfere with this. Make sure you mail the payment or order the payment in your bank’s online system with enough days for the payment to be received. You must guarantee yourself that your payments will always be made and received on time.
Digitalization Could Save The World Economy From Runaway Inflation
International Business Times print
2022-02-19
... “Digitalization represents technological progress which, in general, always benefits society,” says Sarah Greene, Ph.D., lecturer in economics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. “One of these benefits is a reduction in the cost of producing goods and services. Alone, this would lead to falling consumer prices.” ...
Higher gas prices fuel EV interest, but cars' costs still a big factor
Albany Times Union print
2021-12-01
... While rising gas prices might be encouraging the consumer to think electric, Marsden thinks car buyers should keep in mind that the engineering and technology involved in building such vehicles are “far more costly” than the gas-guzzling variety. ...
The US Middle Class Is Changing — What Are the Biggest Obstacles It’s Facing?
GO Banking Rates online
2021-11-03
... “The cost of living is rising and hitting middle class households where their budgets are already stretched (food costs, insurance, college education, energy and housing),” said Sarah Marsden Greene, a lecturer in economics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. “This drives up the range of income that would classify a household as middle class. Hence, there are many households that 10 years ago would have been solidly middle class but now they have fallen to less than that.” ...
