Nicole Mason

Graduate Research Assistant

Phone: 517-614-0382
Email: masonn@msu.edu

B.Sc., Allegheny College, 2000

Nicole Mason joined FSRP in 2005 as a graduate research assistant. Her current research focuses on understanding the impacts of HIV/AIDS on rural livelihoods in southern Africa. Her master’s thesis is an empirical test of the new variant famine hypothesis using nationally-representative survey data from Zambia.

Professional Interests

• Understanding the impacts of HIV/AIDS on rural livelihoods
• Food security and poverty reduction strategies in Africa

Selected Publications

Chapoto, A., T.S. Jayne and N. Mason. 2006. Security of widows’ access to land in the era of HIV/AIDS: panel survey evidence from Zambia. Working Paper No. 19. Lusaka, Zambia: Food Security Research Project.