Rate My Professor Caroline Noblet

Caroline L. Noblet is an Associate Professor in the School of Economics at the University of Maine, Orono, where she joined the faculty in 2007. She earned her Ph.D. in Economic Psychology from the University of Maine in 2012, an M.S. in Resource Economics and Policy from the University of Maine in 2005, and a B.A. in Economics and Environmental Science from Boston College in 1999. Noblet's research centers on behavioral and experimental environmental economics, examining how people process and utilize environmental information, including risk perceptions, choice architecture, valuation of the environment, and environmental motivation in natural resource decision-making. Her current projects address PFAS contamination, coastal water quality and management, aquaculture, forests, and sustainability behaviors. She actively collaborates with decision-makers on research relevant to Maine's environmental and economic challenges and serves as a faculty fellow at the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions.

Noblet has garnered significant recognition for her teaching, mentorship, and research contributions. Awards include the 2023 Outstanding mentorship of students in sustainability research from the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, the 2024 College of Earth, Life and Health Sciences Research Collaboration Award for PFAS Collaborative research, the 2023 Outstanding Public Service through Economics award from the Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association, the 2022 Outstanding contribution toward the development of a solution by a research team from the George J. Mitchell Center, the 2016 Faculty Outstanding Teaching Award from the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture, and the 2012 Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award from the same college. Her scholarship has received funding from the National Science Foundation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, NOAA, National Forest Service, and others. Key publications feature 'The (indirect) effects of windfall funds on sustainability behavior: Insights for carbon fee dividends' (Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy, 2023, with Shana McDermott), 'Forever Chemicals Needing Immediate Solutions: Mainers’ Preferences for Addressing PFAS Contamination' (Maine Policy Review, 2022, with Charity Zimmerman and Molly Shea), 'Economic valuation as a communication device for environmental philanthropy: Evidence from the lab and field' (Land Economics, 2021, with Sandra H. Goff and J. Ross Anthony), 'Public Preferences for Investments in Renewable Energy Production and Energy Efficiency' (Energy Policy, 2015, with Mario F. Teisl et al.), and 'Does one good turn deserve another? Evidence of domain specific licensing in energy behavior' (Environment and Behavior, 2017, with Shannon K. McCoy). She led the plenary session at the 2023 Association of Environmental and Resource Economists conference.