Litzow, Erin
Short Bio
Erin Litzow is an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Dallas, in the School of Economic, Political, and Policy Sciences. Before joining UT-D, she received her PhD in Food and Resource Economics at the University of British Columbia (UBC). She is also an affiliate of the Duke Energy Access Project and an International Associate with Environment for Development (EfD) - Chile. Prior to her graduate studies, she worked as both a researcher and development practitioner across Africa and Latin America, with work spanning the topics of energy, agriculture, rural market development, governance, and education.
Research interests
Erin’s research interests lie at the intersection of environmental, development, and energy economics. She is currently working on projects related lead (Pb) pollution exposure, household and firm energy transitions, and women’s empowerment.
Grants and consultancy
- Center for Global Development, 2025
- The global landscape of electric cooking, IRENA, 2023
- Energizing health: accelerating electricity access in health-care facilities, WHO, 2021-2023
- CIDER Small Grants in Innovative Data, University of British Columbia, 2020-2021
- Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Explore Grant, 2018-2019
Awards
- President’s Academic Excellence Initiative PhD Award, UBC, 2020-2024
- International Doctoral Fellowship, UBC, 2018-2022
- John Schildroth Memorial Scholarship, UBC, 2020
- Fellowship, Duke University Energy Initiative Energy, Summer 2016