Biography
Michael D. Kaplowitz [Ph.D. Resource Development, MSU J.D., Duke University] is Professor of Environmental Law and Policy. Kaplowitz has published Property Rights, Economics, and the Environmentand has published peer-reviewed articles on valuation of ecosystems, law and economics, wetlands, watershed management, and research methods in American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Ecological Economics,Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum, Landscape and Urban Planning, and elsewhere. His research is supported, in part, by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and others. Kaplowitz is building an integrated research and teaching program with colleagues in Israel that will provide hands-on, experiential learning opportunities for MSU students focused on environmental management and policy in Israel. This will tie together collaborative research of MSU and Keren Kayemet (JNF) and overseas study opportunities. Professor Kaplowitz developed the Green Israel summer program in Israel in summer 2008.