Seollee Park

Seollee Park is an Assistant Professor at the School of Economic Sciences and the Paul G. Allen School for Global Health at Washington State University (WSU), holding this position since 2022. She previously served as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (2019–2022) and a Consultant at The World Bank (2012–2014). Her academic journey includes a Ph.D. in Applied Economics from Cornell University (2014–2019), an MPA/ID in Development Economics from Harvard Kennedy School (2010–2012), and a B.A. in Economics & International Studies from Ewha Womans University (2010).

Her research focuses on health and nutrition in developing countries, employing field and lab-in-the-field experiments with a behavioral and gender lens. Key topics include the determinants of undernutrition, intervention design for improving health outcomes, and the psychological consequences of poor health. Her work spans multiple countries, including Kenya, India, Nigeria, Niger, Madagascar, Ethiopia, and the Dominican Republic.

Her publications address issues like the efficacy of nutrition education programs, conservation policy impacts on wildlife consumption, and drivers of nutritional change in South Asia. While no awards are explicitly listed, her research demonstrates significant contributions to development economics and global health policy.

Her professional activities include grants related to global health interventions and collaborations with institutions like the World Bank. She leads research teams focused on multidisciplinary approaches to solving nutritional challenges in low-income settings.