Contact PLAID
General Information
For all enquiries about the PLAID project, including data requests, please contact:
Brooke Russell
PLAID Project Manager
+1 (757) 221-1294
barussell@wm.edu
Our Experts
Rob Hicks is an Associate Professor of Economics at the College of William and Mary. He received his PhD from the University of Maryland in 1997. He has published extensively in the area of fisheries management, water policy, and environmental economics. Dr. Hicks is currently expanding his research to include international environmental issues.
Brad Parks is a non-resident researcher at the Institute and an Associate Director in the Department of Policy and International Relations at the Millennium Challenge Corporation. He received his MSc in Development Management from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2004. His research interests include global environmental politics, international political economy, and development theory and practice.
Daniel Nielson is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Brigham Young University. He received his PhD from the University of California, San Diego in 1997. His research interests include agency theory, multilateral development banks, social and environmental assistance, and comparative politics, particularly in Latin America.
J. Timmons Roberts is a Professor of Sociology and the Director of the Program on Environmental Science and Policy at the College of William and Mary. He received his PhD from Johns Hopkins University in 1992. He has a wide range of interests related to environmental policy and environmental justice including work on the social impact of climate change and environmental justice in the United States and Latin America, especially Brazil.
Michael Tierney is Director of International Relations and Associate Professor of Government at the College of William and Mary. He received his PhD from UCSD in 2003. His interests include international organizations, IR theory, political economy of development, and institutions. He has written numerous articles and book chapters applying agency theory to cases in international relations.