Neha Khanna

Neha Khanna is a Professor of Economics at Binghamton University (State University of New York). Her research covers global oil markets, the relationship between economic growth and environmental quality, voluntary and strategic self-regulation and strategic behavior and pollution spillovers under the U.S. Clean Air Act. On-going projects examine the environmental justice issues arising out of the intergenerational persistence in exposure to pollution as well as the welfare consequences of exposure to roadway noise. In 2020, she received the coveted SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities and in 2024 she was awarded the Lois B. DeFleur Faculty Prize for Academic Excellence by Binghamton University. She also received NAREA’s (Northeastern Association of Agricultural and Resource Economics) 2021 Distinguished Member Award for continuous and outstanding contribution to the profession. She has served on the Board of Directors for the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE) and as President of NAREA.

Education
PhD, Cornell University
MA, BA, Delhi University

Research Interests
Environmental Economics

Awards
2024 Lois B. DeFleur Faculty Prize for Academic Achievement, 2024
Distinguished Member Award by the Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association (NAREA) 2021
Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities, 2019-2020
Recognition of Outstanding Service, 2016. Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association.
Best Paper Award, 2015. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review.
Editor’s Choice Award, 2006. Western Economic Association International, for papers published in Contemporary Economic Policy.
Daniel J. Hoffman Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Binghamton University, 2001-02.