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Maureen Cropper

“After being a member of the Department of Economics at Maryland for 32 years, it was both a challenge and a privilege to be the first female Chair of the department. I would like to thank the faculty and staff of the department for their support and also my colleagues in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences. I could not have done this without them.”

2019
First woman Chair of the Economics Department
Distinguished University Professor & Chair
Department of Economics
College of Behavioral & Social Sciences

Maureen Cropper is an Environmental Economist who joined the University of Maryland in 1980. In 1995 she was the first woman to be elected President of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. In 2005, she was the first woman to be elected a Fellow of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. She is also the first woman to serve as Chair of the Department of Economics (2012-2019).