Assistant Instructional Professor About Katherine Baird Katherine Baird is an Assistant Instructional Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago. Her research covers areas of environmental and energy policy. In particular, she is interested in studying funding mechanisms for climate change adaptation, as well as how markets incorporate disaster-related risk. At Harris, she teaches courses in industrial organization and regulation, cost-benefit analysis, and statistics. Katherine has served as a NORC Fellow [https://www.norc.org/Pages/default.aspx] and has researched with the Institute of Government and Public Affairs [https://igpa.uillinois.edu/]. During her time as a PhD student, she conducted research with Jim Sallee [ https://nature.berkeley.edu/~sallee/ ] and Koichiro Ito [https://koichiroito.com/ ]. Katherine holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago as well as a Master’s in Education and a Master’s in Economics from University of Illinois at Chicago. Contact Information Room 3099 katherine.baird@uchicago.edu Recent News Experts Unveil Recommendations for Transforming 911 Fri., July 01, 2022 Alumni Profile: Akerah Mackey, MPP’21 Thu., June 30, 2022 More news Upcoming Events UChicago Harris Coffee Chat in Chicago, IL Thu., July 07, 2022 | 8:00 AM Plein Air Cafe 5751 South Woodlawn Ave Chicago, IL 60637 United States UChicago Harris Coffee Chat in Chicago, IL Sun., July 10, 2022 | 2:00 PM Plein Air Cafe 5751 South Woodlawn Ave Chicago, IL 60637 United States More events