Erika N. Sasser

Bio and Research:

ERIKA N. SASSER is Visiting Assistant Professor at the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences at Duke University. Dr. Sasser received her AB from The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and completed her PhD in the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke in 1999. Dr. Sasser is currently working on a book entitled Cultures of Property: The Impact of Property Rights Traditions on Forest Management in North America. Based on her dissertation, the book investigates the impact of social beliefs about property rights on natural resource management and the use of forest resources in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Dr. Sasser's other research interests include the evolving shape of environmental regulation of business and the impact of private, voluntary governance mechanisms on environmental outcomes. Her work focuses on the growing dependence on certification in the forest products sector. She is also interested in the emerging policy controversies surrounding genetically modified foods and organisms.