Peter Schuhmann, PhD
Professor of Economics in Economics and Finance Department
Cameron School of Business at the University of North Carolina Wilmington
Dr. Schuhmann earned his Ph.D. in economics from North Carolina State University in 1996 with field concentrations in environmental economics and statistics.
Dr. Schuhmann has taught six unique undergraduate courses, three graduate-level courses and has supervised over 100 graduate and undergraduate independent studies and theses. He teaches traditional face-to-face courses, hybrid courses, and fully online courses and was the co-organizer of an annual regional economics teaching workshop held in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina for 15 years.
Dr. Schuhmann's primary area of research is the non-market valuation of environmental goods and services, largely focused on coastal and marine resources in North Carolina and the Caribbean. His research includes analysis of willingness to pay for changes in coastal and marine resource quality, including beach width, beach amenities, reef health and species diversity, as well as examinations of the costs and benefits of fisheries policy and shoreline management.
Dr. Schuhmann's work has been published in journals such as Ecological Economics, Land Economics, Marine Resource Economics, Marine Policy, Natural Resource Modeling, and the Journal of Environmental Management.