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Department of Agricultural Economics School of Economic Sciences JILL J. McCLUSKEY Pullman, WA 99164-6210 Distinguished Professor of Sustainability Phone: (509) 335-2835 Washington State University Fax: (509) 335-1173 mccluskey@ wsu.edu https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Qbp4C-oAAAAJ&hl=en DEGREES Ph.D., 1998, Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley Fields: Economic Theory, Environmental & Resource Economics, Industrial Organization Dissertation: Environmental Contamination and Compensation, Advisor: Gordon Rausser M.S., 1995, Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley M.A., 1993, Economics, Georgetown University B.A., 1989 Business Economics & Political Science, University of California, Santa Barbara ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Associate Director, School of Economic Sciences (SES), Washington State Univ. (WSU), 2016-. Distinguished Professor of Sustainability, WSU, 2015-. Professor, School of Economics Sciences, WSU, 2007-. Affiliated faculty, Program in Viticulture and Enology, WSU, 2010 -. Chair, Graduate Studies, School of Economics Sciences, WSU, 2003-10, 2013-15, 2016-17. Visiting Professor, Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, 2011. Affiliated faculty and Advisory Board, LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium, 2009-. Affiliate faculty, Program in Viticulture and Enology, WSU, 2009- Associate, Center for Wine Economics, Robert Mondavi Institute, UC Davis, 2009 -. Visiting Associate Professor, Carson College of Business, WSU, 2004. Associate Professor, School of Economic Sciences, WSU, 2004-07. Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, WSU, 1998-04. HONORS Washington State Academy of Sciences, elected member 2016. Faculty Excellence in Research Award, College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences, WSU, 2016. President Elect 2014-15, President 2015-16, Past President 2016-17, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) formerly American Agricultural Economics Association. Best Research Poster, International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR), Annual Meeting 2013. Dissertation advisor for the 2012 Food Distribution Research Society (FDRS) Applebaum Award for the Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation. Best paper, American Association of Wine Economists Annual Meeting, Princeton, NJ, 2012. Chapter author for Economics of Regulation of Agricultural Biotechnologies, which was awarded the AAEA Quality of Communication Award, 2007. Food Policy Fellow, IMPACT Center, WSU, 2002-2007. Dissertation advisor for the International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium (IATRC) Ph.D. Dissertation Award, 2007. President’s Leadership Award, Western Agricultural Economics Association (WAEA), 2005. Outstanding Mentor, Women and Leadership Forum, WSU, 2005. Thesis advisor for the 2003 Outstanding Thesis Award, AAEA. Jill J. McCluskey Page 2 Thesis advisor for 2003 Outstanding Thesis Award, WAEA. Dissertation advisor for the 2001 FDRS Applebaum Award for the Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation. Fellow, Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley, 1997-98. LEADERSHIP TRAINING LEAD21 Class 13 Participant, March 2017-February 2018. Leadership development program for faculty in land-grant universities’ colleges of agricultural, environmental, and human sciences GRANTS AND CONTRACT SUPPORT (PI or co-PI) granting total period agency contract PI title Role Advancing the State of the Art for Short and Long Run Fruit and Vegetable 9/17-9/18 USDA $50,000 J. McCluskey Projections PI access to IRI 9/17-9/18 USDA data J. McCluskey Retail Market for Organic Food PI The Two-Body Problem: An Evaluation of University Partner Accommodation Policies with Implications for Retention 9/13-9/17 NSF 450,000 J. McCluskey and Promotion of Women PI Assessment of the Cider Market: Pilot 9/14-9/15 AMS, USDA 48,508 T. Marsh Study in Washington State co-PI WSU- Commercialization of New Crop 1/14-6/15 CAHNRS 66,791 J. McCluskey Varieties PI SEP : Consortium for Nature-Inspired 10/12-9/17 NSF 1,900,000 S. Chen Lignocellulosic Biomass Processing co-PI Measuring Impact of Work-Life Policies on Recruitment, Retention and Promotion of Female and STEM PI of Sub- 1/13-12/13 WSU-NSF 10,000 J. McCluskey Faculty contract Measuring Impacts of Partner Accommodation Policies on Recruitment, Retention and Promotion PI of Sub- 1/12-12/12 WSU-NSF 10,000 J. McCluskey of Female and STEM Faculty at WSU contract Measuring Impacts of Partner Accommodation Policies on Recruitment, Retention and Promotion PI of Sub- 1/11-12/11 WSU-NSF 10,000 J. McCluskey of Female and STEM Faculty at WSU contract Urban Food Consumption Patterns and Trends in China: Implications for U.S. 1/10-1/13 AFRI USDA 299,542 T. Wahl Exporters and Global Ag. Markets co-PI Robert Wood Promoting Healthy Kids' Menu Items in 1/10-6/11 Johnson Fn. 150,000 D. Allen Quick-Service Restaurants co-PI 8/09-9/11 ERS, USDA 40,000 J. McCluskey China's Food Consumption Trends PI Response to Nutrition Information Provision on Grocery Store Shelves: An 12/07-1/10 NRI, USDA 319,000 J. McCluskey Experimental Approach in the Field PI Consumer Response to Naturally 9/06-8/07 Pace Int. 14,915 J. McCluskey Enriched Apple Coatings PI Jill J. McCluskey Page 3 granting total period agency contract PI title Role Food Choices, Marketing, Consumer WSU- Knowledge, and the Cost of Healthy 1/07-12/07 CAHNRS 3,000 J. McCluskey Diets PI WA Raspberry WSU Raspberry Market and Product 1/07-12/09 Commission 6,000 T. Wahl Development co-PI Consumers’ Willingness to Purchase 7/07-6/08 WSU-Impact 22991 C. Ross Washington State Red Wines co-PI Ag. In the An Analysis of Consumer Demand for co-PI of 6/06-8/06 Middle 5,000 K. Painter Sustainably Produced Farm Products subcontract Grocery Store Shelf Labels, Nutrition and Pricing Information, and Consumer 9/05-9/08 NRI, USDA 237,039 J. McCluskey Choice PI Stemless Sweet Cherries: Fruit 1/05-12/07 WSU-Impact 68,275 M. Whiting Characteristics and Consumer Opinion co-PI Demand Impacts and Implementation 10/04-9/07 NRI, USDA 460,000 C. Durham of Eco-labels for Food Products co-PI Determinants of Child Care Center PI of Sub- 1/04-12/05 WA DSHS 167,537 B. Boyd Employment Continuity contract The Existence of Quantity Surcharges 1/04-12/05 U. of Wisc. 216,17 J. McCluskey Due to Product Differentiation PI WA Potato Value-Added Research for Potato Culls 1/03-12/05 Commission 50,000 T. Wahl and Waste co-PI Kellogg The Washington Fair Trade Agriculture 1/03-12/06 Foundation 200,000 T. Schotzko Project co-PI Incentives and Performance in Potato 1/02-12/03 U. of Wisc. 10,296 J. McCluskey Contracts with Processors PI Cross-Cultural Consumer Response to 12/01- Genetically Modified Foods and Food 12/04 WSU-Impact 70,000 J. McCluskey Safety Issues PI 8/00-8/01 NRI, USDA 65,000 J. McCluskey Reputation and Labeling PI Increasing Washington Apple Exports 5/01-5/02 WSU-Impact 25,000 S. Devodoss to India co-PI WSU-New Economics of the ‘Washington Apple’ 6/00-6/01 faculty seed 6,245 J. McCluskey Label PI NICPRE, Reputation and Consumer Response to 10/00-9/01 USDA 13,000 J. McCluskey the ‘Washington Apple’ Label PI Consumer Response to Sustainable 9/99-12/00 AMS, USDA 77,474 J. McCluskey Agricultural Product PI Stigma of Environmental Damage on PhD 9/97-8/98 EPA-NFS 42,260 G. Rausser Residential Property Values student Total $4,919,490 UNIVERSITY TEACHING Industrial Organization and Markets: EconS 594, Ph.D. field course in industrial organization theory, 2004-12, 2014-15, 2017-. EconS 593, Ph.D. field course on topics in industrial organization (co-taught), 2008-10. AgEc 551 Ph.D. course with an agricultural industrial organization/contract theory focus, 2000, 02. AgEc 550, M.S. course with an agricultural industrial organization focus, 1999, 2001-05. AgEc 350, Undergraduate agricultural marketing course, 2001-04. Jill J. McCluskey Page 4 Microeconomic Theory: Econ 503, Ph.D.-core microeconomic theory II, 2003-05; 2011-14, 2017. EconS 550, Masters course in Game theory and Experimental Economics, 2007. Mathematical and quantitative methods: AgEc 512, Special topics in Ph.D.-level econometrics (co-taught), fall 1999. ARE 211 (U.C. Berkeley), Graduate student instructor, first-year Ph.D. math/econometrics, 1995. Math Preparation Course for incoming Ph.D. students (U.C. Berkeley), summer 1995. MAJOR PROFESSOR FOR PHD ADVISEES (8 current, 36 graduated) Name, Dissertation Date Placement 1. Molla Shiraj, Economics of Food Demand Exp. Current student 2020 2. Joshua Tibbitts, Essays on Industrial Organization Exp. Current student 2020 3. Afrin Islam, Economics of Social Media and Risk Perceptions Exp. Current student 2020 4. James Miller, Economics of Human Capital and Disability Exp. Current student 2019 5. Modhurima Amin, Food Safety and Income Inequality Exp. Current student 2019 6. Syed Badruddoza, Retail Markets for Organic Food Exp. Current student 2019 7. Kiana Yektansani, Essays on Product Differentiation Exp. Current student 2018 8. Anthony Delmond, Reputation in Wine Markets Exp. Current student 2018 9. Alisher Mamadzhanov, Markets for Alternative Energy and 2017 United Nations Local Food (co-chair, A. Espinola) 10. Megan Waldrop, Economics of Organic, and Sustainability 2017 Associate, Touchstone Research Products 11. Zarrina Juraqulova, Academic Labor Market and Family 2015 Assistant Professor, Denison University Planning. 12. Tongzhe Li, Experimental Economics and Sustainable Energy 2015 Assistant Professor, Univ. of Windsor 13. Georgina Mitchell, Economics of Education: Analyzing 2015 Economist, Coeur d’Alene Tribe Policies that Affect Success in Education. 14. Pratikshya Sapkota Bastola, Essays on Development and 2015 Model Validation, Freddie Mac Environmental Economics of Nepal 15. Brandon Ware, Food Deserts: The Spatial Location of 2014 Instructor, Butler University. Grocery Retailers in Urban Areas 16. Jadrian Wooten, Applied Microeconomic Topics i n 2014 Instructor, Penn State University American Professional Soccer. 17. Lillian Carrillo, Culture and Consumer Preferences 2013 Assistant Professor, Universidad Autónoma de Occidente, Colombia 18.
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