Her areas of specialization include economics of the equine industry, decision making under risk and uncertainty, other-regarding preferences, incentives, and neuroeconomics. Her research has been published in the Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Economic Inquiry, Neuron, and Nature Neuroscience. Dr. Stowe received a Ph.D. in Economics from Texas A&M University (2002) and was previously on the faculty at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business (2002-2008).