Primary Environment (OpenSource)
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QGIS
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R Studio
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Atom
Ashley Lowe Mackenzie
Office 316
213 Ballard Extension Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331
loweas@oregonstate.edu
Research & Presentations
- Environmental and Natural Resource 🌲
- Provision of Environmental Public Goods 🏞️
- Outdoor Recreational Economy 🏕
- Applied Microeconomics 👩💻
- Aspiring Econometrician λ
- Non-Market Evaluation ⛰️
- Behavioral Economics 📈
- Benefit Cost Analysis ⚖️
- History of Economic Thought 💡
- Social Media 📱
Research
The Instragram Effect
Is social media changing our demand for public land?
Public lands in the United States have recently experienced a significant increase in visitation levels. Journalists and park managers suggest Instagram, a social media platform, is a reason for this increase. We explore this issue within Oregon State Parks using data on geotagged photo uploads to Instagram as a potential influential determinant of park visitation. Using a variety of model specifications, we show suggestive evidence that the provision of information by georeferenced content in Instagram can be correlated with increases in visitation ranging from 1.9 to 14.5 percent. We also find evidence that viral, or influential, social media post may influence visitation for many months after posting.
Presentations
People and Nature at OSU
Nov. 17 2020
Education 📖
Oregon State University
- Current Ph.D. student in Applied Economics
- Expected Graduation in September, 2022
- Masters in Applied Economics 2020
Portland State University
- Bachelor of Science in Economics
- Minor in Philosophy
- Graduated Winter 2011
Portland Community College
- Associates of Art focus in Economics
- Completed 2007
Employment
Instructor - Oregon State Unversity
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AEC 253 Environmental Law, Policy and Economics 2020
Graduate Teaching Assistant - OSU
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AEC 525 Applied Econometrics 2019
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AEC 447 Agriculture Price and Market Analysis 2020
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AEC/ECON 432 Environmental Law 2019
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AEC 388 Agricultural Law 2018
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AEC/ECON 352 Environmental Economics and Policy 2018
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SUS 350 Sustainable Communities 2020
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AEC 253 Environmental Law, Policy and Economics 2019
Undergraduate - PSU
- STAT 105 Criminology Statistics 2009-10
Non-Acedemic Employment
Outdoor Recreation Economic Initiative
- 2020 Data Analyst Consultant
2013-14,19 Oregon Parks and Recreational Department
- 2019 Contractor - Data Analyst
- 2013-14 Park Ranger Assistant
Seasonal Recreational Employment
- 2012 T Lazy Ranch - Snow Mobiles
- 2012 Denali ATV - Tourism ATV Denali National Park
- 2009 Vahalla Lodge - Remote Alaska Fishing
- 2009 Yukon River - Tourism Artic Circle
Programming and Software Experience
Programming & Markup Language
HTML
CSS (bootstrap)
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JavaScript (d3, C3, dc, leaflet, Jquery)
Markdown
Python
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R
Examples of Website Design
Proprietary Software
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MATLAB
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STATA
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Microsoft Office
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ArcGIS
Developer Tools
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Git
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Github
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Chrome DevTools
Awards and Scholarships
2017, 2019 - ◊ - Lincoln County Foundation Hall Family Trust Scholarship
2017 - ◊ - Lincoln County Foundation Mark Dimock Scholarship
2017 - ◊ - OSU Emery Castle Scholarship in Economics
2009-2010 - ◊ - Newport, OR VIDA Education Savings Program
2009 - ◊ - Newport High School Doerfler Newport High School Scholarship
Personal Achievements
I am a avid backpacker 🗻and have made a documentaries on my thru-hikes of the Pacific Crest Trail and Continental Divide Trail 🎥
Thru-Hike Documentaries:
Continental Divide Trail
A thru-hike from Canada to Mexico of an approximatley 3,000 miles trail
Completed Jun 28-Nov 21. 2014
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States Hiked:
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Montana
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Wyoming
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Colorado
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New Mexico.
Pacific Crest Trail
A thru-hike from Mexico to Canada 2,660 miles
Completed Apr.-Oct 2011
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States Hiked:
Other Production
Betty Ann Coates
A Memorial Video narrated by my grandmother.
Presentations on Hikes
- REI (Portland, Clackamas, Hillsboro)
- Logsden Community Club
- Newport Public Library
- Rotary Club.