Anna Josephson

Dr. Josephson's core research focuses on individuals and households in around the world, working on risk, development, food security, and agriculture. Much of this research is centered in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Ethiopia, Malawi, and Zimbabwe, as well as Asia, including Bangladesh, India, and the Philippines. In her work, Dr. Josephson explores the relationships between individuals and their risky environments and investigate how households and small firms make decisions to ensure survival under challenging conditions. Along with Dr. Michler, she co-directs the Applied International Development Economics (AIDE) Lab.

Dr. Josephson also study the process of economic research, including instructional pedagogy, ethics in research, and gender in the profession.

For more visit: annajosephson.org.

Degrees

• Ph.D., Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, 2017
• M.S., Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, 2013
• B.S., Geology & Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2011

Awards & Honors

• Early Career Scholar Award, University of Arizona (2023)
• Award for Excellence in Resilience Research for Global Development Challenges, University of Arizona (2023)
• AAEA International Section Best Publication – Honorable Mention, AAEA International Section (2023)
• Outstanding MSc Thesis AAEA, Advisor to Emil Kee-Tui for their thesis “Labor, Credit, and Markets: Evidence from the Philippines – 1971 – 2016” (2022)
• Uma Lele Prize for Best Paper on Gender, 30th International Conference of Agricultural Economists, 2018

Classes Taught

• AREC 150C: The Global Economy of Food: Sustaining Life

Recent Publications

• Josephson, A. (2024). Intra-household management of resources: evidence from Malawi. Review of Economics of the Household.
• Michler, J.D., A. Josephson, T. Kilic, S. Murray. (2022). Privacy protection, measurement error, and the integration of remote sensing and socioeconomic survey data. Journal of Development Economics 158: 102927.
• Rudin-Rush, L., J.D. Michler, A. Josephson, J.R. Bloem. (2022). Food insecurity during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in four African countries. Food Policy 111: 102306.
• Hilsenroth, J., A. Josephson, K.A. Grogan, L.M. Walters, Z.T. Plakias, L.H. Palm-Forster, S. Banerjee, T. Wade. (2021). Present, past, future: Status of women and minority faculty in agricultural and applied economics. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 44 (1): 71 – 91.  
• Josephson, A., T. Kilic, J.D. Michler. (2021). Socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 in low-income countries. Nature Human Behaviour 5: 557 – 565.