C. Leigh Anderson


C. Leigh Anderson
Professor of Public Affairs
Ph.D., University of Washington, 1989

Contact Information:
Parrington Hall, Room 224
cla@u.washington.edu
206.543.0365

Areas of Specialization:
International Development; Trade and Environmental Policy

C. Leigh Anderson joined the Evans School faculty in 1997 as a tenured associate professor after spending eight years at the School of Public Administration at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. She teaches economics, statistics, and courses in international affairs, and her primary field of study is applied microeconomics and property rights in the areas of international development, and trade and environment. Anderson has also taught or been a visiting researcher at the University of California at Berkeley, Lahore University of Management Sciences in Pakistan, and Renmin University of China in Beijing.

She is currently researching issues in microfinance, and has previously studied the effect of U.S. environmental rules and regulatory processes on corporate behavior, and the effects of market reforms on energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in China and Pakistan. Anderson is a recipient of the University of Washington’s (UW) Excellence in Teaching Award and the UW’s Department of Economics Henry T. Buechel Award for outstanding undergraduate teaching.

She holds a Ph.D. and MA in Economics from the University of Washington, and a BA in economics from the University of Calgary.

Curriculum Vitae (21KB PDF)

Publications & Links

  • Curriculum, Research, and Outreach in Microfinance: A joint microfinance project sponsored by the US State Department. Participants: Baikal Institute of Business and International Management (BIBIM ISU), Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington, Siberian Academy of Public Administration (SAPA).

  • Making Progress: Essays in Progress and Public Policy: Edited by C. Leigh Anderson, Making Progress: Essays in Progress and Public Policy draws on writers from many disciplines to provoke a broad-based discussion on the meaning of, measurement of, and necessary conditions for, progress.