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Jill McCluskey

  1. Director, School of Economic Sciences – Regents Professor
Email Addressmccluskey@wsu.edu
LocationHulbert 101C Academic Faculty Office
Phone509-335-2835

Biography

Research Interests

  • Applied industrial organization, retail markets, and reputation
  • Nutrition, access to healthy food, and food safety
  • Consumer preferences for food, including new technology, food labeling, organic/eco-labels, and sensory attributes
  • Environmental, natural resources, and energy economics

Education

  • PhD, 1998, Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley

Selected Current Honors, Affiliations, Editorial and Service Positions

  • President Elect (term 2024-27), At-Large Board member (2021-24), International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE)
  • Chair, 2023-present and Member, 2017-present, Board on Agricultural and Natural Resources (BANR), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
  • Alumna of the Year, 2022, Dept. of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley.
  • Fellow, 2022, Agricultural and Resource Economic Review.
  • Fellow, 2021, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
  • Editor, 2021-23. American Journal of Agricultural Economics.
  • Fellow, 2019. Western Agricultural Economics Association, 2019
  • Fellow, 2018. Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA)
  • President-Elect 2014-15, President 2015-16, Past President 2016-17, AAEA
  • Faculty Associate, Robert Mondavi Center for Wine Economics, University of California, Davis, 2009 – present.

Current Doctoral Advisees

  • PhD expected 2027:  Sita Khanal
  • PhD expected 2028: Asif Chowdhury
  • PhD expected 2029: Roshani Acharya, Srijan Budhathoki, Jillian Hyink

Recent Selected Journal Articles

  • McCluskey, J.J. and J. Hyink, 2026. “How Changing Food Preferences and Technology are Transforming Food Markets,” Journal of Agricultural Economics https://doi.org/10.1111/1477-9552.70044.
  • Navelski, J., S. Badruddoza, J.J. McCluskey, F. Pascual 2026. “Estimating Ideology and Influence in Social Media Networks: Opinions on Genome Editing of Livestock,” Applied Network Science 11(1) DOI:1007/s41109-025-00759-y.
  • Okhunjanov, B.B., J.J. McCluskey, and R.C. Mittelhammer, 2025. “Underpricing and Perceived Scarcity,” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2024.106873

Books

  • DeGorter, H., J.J. McCluskey, J.F.M. Swinnen, D. Zilberman. Modern Agricultural and Resource Economics and Policy: Essays in Honor of Gordon C. Rausser. Springer, New York: Springer Publishing.
  • Huffman, W.E. and J.J. McCluskey, 2020. New Technology and Conflicting Information: Assessing Consumers’ Willingness to Pay for New Foods. Hackensack, NJ: World Scientific Publishing.
  • McCluskey, J.J. and J.A. Winfree, eds., 2017. The Economics of Reputation. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing.