Washington State University

School of Economic Sciences

Eric Jessup

Associate Research Professor

EDUCATION

  • 1998 - Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, Ph.D. Agricultural Economics
  • 1992 - University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky, M.S. Agricultural Economics
  • 1988 - University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky, B.S. Agricultural Economics

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • 2002 - Present Washington State University Pullman, WA, Associate Research Professor, School of Economic Sciences
  • 1999 - 2002 American Express Phoenix, Arizona - Manager, International Risk Management, New Product Dev.
  • 1998 - 1999 American Express Phoenix, Arizona - Econometrician
  • 1994 - 1998 E. Washington Intermodal Study Pullman, Washington - Economist
  • 1996 Washington State University Pullman, Washington - Lecturer
  • 1993 - 1994 Washington State University Pullman, Washington - Graduate Research Assistant
  • 1991 - 1992 University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky - Teaching/Research Assistant
  • 1991 Farm Credit Services Lexington, Kentucky - Loan Analyst

CONSULTING

  • Northwest Container Services, Inc., Portland, Oregon
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland, Oregon
  • Idaho Department of Transportation, Boise, Idaho
  • Port of Moses Lake, Moses Lake, Washington
  • Port of Whitman, Colfax, Washington
  • HDR Engineering, Inc., Bellevue, Washington
  • Idaho Wheat Commission, Boise, Idaho
  • Battelle Northwest Memorial Institute, Richland, Washington
  • Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute, Fargo, North Dakota
  • Washington State Department of Transportation, Olympia, Washington

FIELDS OF INTEREST

  • Transportation Modeling and Economics
  • Applied Econometrics
  • Marketing

HONORS

  • 2008 Academic Vice President for the Transportation Research Forum
  • Best Paper Award at the 2006 International Economics and Business Research Conference, titled “Transportation Usage and Characteristics of Washington State Warehouse/Distribution Center Businesses.”, Siena, Italy, May, 2006.
  • Best Paper Award at the 2004 International Applied Business Research Conference, titled “Business Decisions in a Cooperative Environment”, San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 2004.
  • Selected as Student of the Year from the Northwest Region University Transportation Center Program, 1996.
  • President, Agricultural and Rural Transportation Chapter, National Transportation Research Forum, 1995-1996.
  • Selected as an Eno Fellow by the Eno Transportation Foundation's Board of Regents at the Transportation Leadership Development Conference, Washington D.C., 1994.
  • Inducted into the Gamma Sigma Delta National Honor Society, 1993.

PUBLICATIONS

Recent Journal Articles

  • Kahachatryan, Hayk and Eric L. Jessup. “Spatial Investigation of Mineral Transportation Characteristics in the State of Washington.” Article accepted for publication in the Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, Spring, 2008.
  • Peterson, Steve and Eric L. Jessup. “Transportation Infrastructure Investment and Economic Activity: Evidence Using Vector Autoregression, Error Correction and Acyclic Graphs.” Article accepted for publication in the Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, Summer, 2008.
  • Painter, K.M., Jessup, E.L., Gossard, M., & Casavant, K. (2007). "Demand Forecasting for Rural Transit: Models Applied to the State of Washington." Transportation Research Record. #1997 (2007), 35-40.
  • Jessup, Eric, Jon Newkirk, Ken Casavant, and Marcia Hill Gossard. 2007. “Qualitative Research for a Quality of Life: Benefits of Rural Airports.” Western Planner, 28 (1).
  • Farrell, Terence, Ken Casavant, and Eric Jessup. “An Approach to Determining the Market for Academic Positions: Application to the Discipline of Agricultural Economics.” Journal of College Teaching and Learning, TLC Publication #191, January, 2007.
  • Jessup, Eric, Ken Casavant, and Quinton Pike. “Transportation Usage and Characteristics of Washington State Warehouse/Distribution Center Businesses: A First Look.” Journal of Business Case Studies, JBCS# S06-168, Spring, 2007.


Research Publications - Proceedings

  • Everett, Jamie N., and Eric L. Jessup. “Investigating the Demand for Warehouse Space and the Spatial Attributes Influencing Those Decisions.” Proceedings, Canadian Transportation Research Forum, Winnipeg, Canada, June, 2007.
  • Khachatryan, H., and Eric L. Jessup. “Payload Weights and Hauling Distances: The Potential Effects on Highway Deterioration.” Proceedings, Canadian Transportation Research Forum, Winnipeg, Canada, June, 2007.
  • Galloway, H., Ken Casavant and Eric L. Jessup. “Projections of British Columbia-Washington Truck Freight Border Crossings Based on Commodity Trade.” Proceedings, Canadian Transportation Research Forum, Winnipeg, Canada, June, 2007.
  • Jessup, Eric L., Cullen, K., and Jerry Lenzi. “Washington State All-Weather Road GIS Mapping: Improved Statewide Freight Flows and Connectivity.” Proceedings, Transportation Research Forum Annual Meetings, Boston, MA, May, 2007.
  • For a complete list see full vita above.

Eric Jessup

Contact Info

E-mail Address
eric_jessup@wsu.edu

Office Location:
301B Hulbert Hall
Office phone: 335-5558

 

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