The WestWater Team

Christina Steinhoff
Economist

Christina Steinhoff is an associate economist with WestWater Research. She has research experience in both labor and resource economics. Prior to joining WestWater, Christina was an economist for the Washington State Employment Security Department's Labor Market and Economic Analysis Branch. She earned her Master's of Arts in Economics at Washington State University. Her master's thesis was on the effects the distribution of property rights has on coalbed methane development in the Powder River Basin. Upon graduation, she taught a semester of economics in Thailand for Khon University and later became a graduate fellow for The Property and Environment Research Center in Bozeman, Montana. Christina also has a B.A. in print journalism and in economics from the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana. She started her career as a business reporter for the Independent Record in Helena, Montana.